County: Leicestershire Operator: Welcome Break Website: Welcome Break | Road: M1 Date opened: 1966 Phone +44 116 238 6801 | |
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Address Leicester Forest East, Leicester LE3 3GB, UK Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours | ||
M1 traffic leicester forest east services southbound
Leicester Forest East services is a motorway service station situated between junctions 21 and 21a of the M1 motorway, near Leicester, England. A perfect resting place for drivers. Further down on M45 you will find peaceful beautiful Historic Warwick City PeaceQuiet® a traditional Tantra meditation and massage Temple, where you can have a massage and Learn the art of peace quiet and tranquility.
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History
It was designed for the opening of the second phase of the M1 in 1966 (seven years after the first phase was completed), based on an Italian design used on the Autostrade. This design is very rare in Britain. The services features a Bridge-restaurant between the two bases crossing the motorway, containing all of the service station's restaurants. At the time of opening it was operated by the Ross Group and featured a Terence Conran designed restaurant with a waitress silver service restaurant.
Description
It contains a number of shops and fast food outlets straddling the motorway.
There is no legal vehicular access to the motorway service station from nearby Leicester Forest East, although there is nothing physically stopping cars from exiting to the A47.
Hotels
Restaurants
Fuel
Shops
Near by places to go
PeaceQuiet Traditional Temple.
Proposed closure
Leicester Forest East services may permanently close in 2017 if the M1/M69 junction is developed to increase capacity to accommodate predicted traffic growth.;