Motorway service area Motorway service area Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom, also known as 'service stations' or 'services', are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef. Smaller operators include Extra, Westmorland and EuroGarages. The first service area in the UK was at Watford Gap on the M1, which opened with the motorway on 2 November 1959. As more service stations opened, the number of operating companies
Knutsford Services The station played a pivotal role in comedian Rhod Gilbert's special "Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie". The Cheshire Police Motorway Unit has one of its bases here, situated on the southbound side. The services are located near Knutsford, between junctions 18 and 19 of the M6. Knutsford Services Knutsford services is a motorway service station on the M6 in Cheshire Opened in 1963, Knutsford was one of the country's first motorway service stations. As with many services of the time, there are two sites located on either side of the carriageway, linked by a bridge which features a