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[Travel] Best services on M1?



BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
10,778
WeHo
Soon I'm off to a wedding in Yorkshire)and am driving up. Normally I get the train for long journeys whenever possible and was just wondering which services do NSC'ers consider the best and why?

I'm looking for somewhere that does a decent coffee mainly but I can't stand Starbucks coffee (nothing to do with their policies etc, just think it tastes crap).

Thanks
 


Notters

Well-known member
Oct 20, 2003
24,865
Guiseley
They're all pretty crap on the M1 to be honest. The good ones are all on the M40/M5/M6.

Coming off the M1 at junction 26 and using IKEA can be a good bet if not at a peak time.
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Soon I'm off to a wedding in Yorkshire)and am driving up. Normally I get the train for long journeys whenever possible and was just wondering which services do NSC'ers consider the best and why?

I'm looking for somewhere that does a decent coffee mainly but I can't stand Starbucks coffee (nothing to do with their policies etc, just think it tastes crap).

Thanks
#accidentalpartridge
 


Ken Newbury

Active member
Feb 6, 2006
426
1/2 mile from LDC country
The one I always stop at on my regular trips between Brighton and Newcastle is Donnington Park. Clean and airy, not overly busy, has a Costa, Gregg's, etc. Plus has a Harvester which has always served me a decent breakfast or evening meal. It's at junction 23A.
 


Brovion

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 6, 2003
19,322
Soon I'm off to a wedding in Yorkshire)and am driving up. Normally I get the train for long journeys whenever possible and was just wondering which services do NSC'ers consider the best and why?

I'm looking for somewhere that does a decent coffee mainly but I can't stand Starbucks coffee (nothing to do with their policies etc, just think it tastes crap).

Thanks

I like Clackett Lane and also the new one at Chertsey. For old-school I like Keele and Wolley Edge.. I don't think any of them are on your route, but as you're obviously a bit of a service station buff they're well worth a detour. .
 




Raleigh Chopper

New member
Sep 1, 2011
12,054
Plymouth
When you are feeling thirsty or hungry and your petrol gauge is on the way down, pull off the motorway and go to a town and get food you can eat, coffee you can drink and petrol all at proper prices and not the expensive horrible crap service stations dish up, especially on the M1.
Maybe do a bit of map research, I find nothing wrong with cafes in supermarkets, Morrisons is usually good with much cheaper fuel.
 


stss30

Registered User
Apr 24, 2008
9,545
Newport Pagnell are decent. On and off the Motorway quickly. I believe it is a Starbucks there, I'm not a huge fan either but there's a Subway which do decent coffee.
 


Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
Watford Gap is roughly half way, very compact, and all you need. We stop there every time. It's just after junction 16 heading north. It helps I get Defence discount on any purchase. That also applies to a blue line card.
 






wolfie

Well-known member
Jul 19, 2003
1,658
Warwickshire
The thing I do like about M1 service stations is that you don't have to drive for several miles to the car park after coming off the slip roads (as at Oxford, Beaconsfield, Chertsey etc)
 


Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
The thing I do like about M1 service stations is that you don't have to drive for several miles to the car park after coming off the slip roads (as at Oxford, Beaconsfield, Chertsey etc)

Except Northampton at 15A.
 




AmexRuislip

Trainee Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
33,727
Ruislip
The thing I do like about M1 service stations is that you don't have to drive for several miles to the car park after coming off the slip roads (as at Oxford, Beaconsfield, Chertsey etc)

The Beaconsfield services aren't that far from the M40, unless you're a snail!
 


grubbyhands

Well-known member
Dec 8, 2011
2,283
Godalming
The thing I do like about M1 service stations is that you don't have to drive for several miles to the car park after coming off the slip roads (as at Oxford, Beaconsfield, Chertsey etc)

There are services at Chertsey, well I never.:ohmy:
 






Sussexscots

Fed up with trains. Sick of the rain.
The one I always stop at on my regular trips between Brighton and Newcastle is Donnington Park. Clean and airy, not overly busy, has a Costa, Gregg's, etc. Plus has a Harvester which has always served me a decent breakfast or evening meal. It's at junction 23A.
+1 this is the one I usually use if using the M1. Couple of reasonable areas to sit outside and doesn't feel like it's been teleported in from the 1960's.
 




Eeyore

Lord Donkey of Queen's Park
NSC Patreon
Apr 5, 2014
23,380
Watford Gap is roughly half way, very compact, and all you need. We stop there every time. It's just after junction 16 heading north. It helps I get Defence discount on any purchase. That also applies to a blue line card.

Always used to be funny when people who sung the Watford Gap song didn't realise it was nowhere near Watford.

Hence they sung it to away fans who were south of there.

:ffsparr:
 











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