I had no complaints on cleanliness inside the service station however - on both visits all of the 28 female toilet cubicles (yes I counted them) were clean and fully stocked with loo roll, and public areas looked clean and bright, which made me surprised it rated so poorly on this category with 2/5. Petrol station prices in Sandbach (Image: Submitted) And a Greggs steak bake while you're at it. ![]() Yet less than a mile from the services and directly off junction 17 is a Co-op petrol station where you can get your petrol for 129.9 or 131.9 instead. The BP station here is selling unleaded petrol for 143.9 and Diesel 147.7 a litre. As an example, you can expect to pay £4.29 for a tuna sandwich, an eye-watering £3.10 for those bags of chocolate buttons that usually cost around £1 at supermarkets and £2.20 for a bottle of pop.Īlso on the issue of pricing, which I'm sure is a bugbear for anyone using motorway services up and down the country, is the price of petrol. I would have expected more of a supermarket/shop type of offering other than WH Smith - although it does offer a full range of snacks and sandwiches.Īlbeit at the vastly inflated prices we have all come to expect at motorway services. Mostly, I'd say, it's what you'd expect from a services, although it was unusually quiet during my visits, presumably due to the continuing restrictions on travel. Mystery over permanent new East Lancs road for six-month construction work.Blackpool shop fronts and streets get makeover in multi-million pound project.There was one unit on each side dedicated to a smaller food concession, but I was disappointed that on both visits neither of these were open - although I'd just missed the ChoZen noodles experience, which currently offers only a limited 12noon - 5pm service which seemed a little odd to me at a 24 hour service station. In service station terms, it's a small site, with both northbound and southbound buildings offering near identical concessions of McDonalds, Costa and WHSmith, toilets, showers, and seating areas that are currently limited due to coronavirus restrictions. She also made sure to explore both the northbound and southbound side to see just why it rated so poorly with Which? reviewers. Sandbach Services on the M6 (Image: Submitted)ĭianne Bourne from the MEN decided to check things our for herself, visiting the services once in the daytime and once at night. They're also know for their hand-pressed burgers and Cumberland sausages. It has its own farmshop, with its own butchers counter that sells beef, lamb and Herdwick mutton from the family farm which is just a mile away. Tebay Services prides itself on offering "real food and prize local produce" John and Barbara Dunning opened Tebay Services in 1972 after the M6 motorway was built through their farm in the Cumbrian hills, and according to Which? is "impeccably clean and spacious". The service station, run by Westmorland, was awarded a customer score of 83%, reports the MEN. ![]() In the north of England it was Tebay at J38-39 on the M6 in Cumbria that ranked best in the ratings. Some of us will plan ahead to decide what service station we'll be stopping at, and handily consumer magazine Which? has published its annual survey of the best motorway service stations in the UK - and perhaps more important which ones you might want to give a miss. ![]() Copenhagen: Danish Architectural Press.As lockdown restrictions ease many families will be hitting the road over the next few weeks to visit zoos, theme parks and perhaps even enjoy a well-earned UK holiday.Īnd if you're preparing to drive some distance, or just have kids with small bladders, it's likely you'll visit a service station whilst out on your travels. Stenum Poulsen, K., Skaarup Larsen, A., & Staunsager, S. The collection of architectural drawings, The Royal Library – Danish Art Library. The logo was later replaced with the minimalist clock design that still adorns the building today. As the station was commissioned and operated by the Texaco petrol company, Arne Jacobsen placed a Texaco logo at the top of the facade. The main building is clad with greyish-white ceramic tiles in a simple pattern. At night, the overhang is illuminated with specially designed uplights, its shiny underside reflecting the light to turn the entire structure into a giant lamp. The building’s simple form clearly expresses the distribution of functions: the box-shaped main building with a flat angled roof originally contained a car wash, offices and storage space, while the toadstool overhang shelters drivers from the rain as they refuel. With its elegant form, the ‘Toadstool’, as the petrol station was dubbed due to its characteristic elliptical overhang, is one of Arne Jacobsen’s minor principal works and clear testimony to his sublime design talent.
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