County: Somerset Operator: Welcome Break Website: Welcome Break Road M5 motorway | Previous name(s): Brent Knoll Rest Area Date opened: 1987 Operator: RoadChef Fuels Royal Dutch Shell, Esso | |
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Address Sedgemoor Motorway Services Area, Weston-super-Mare BS24 0JL, UK Similar Bridgwater services, Taunton Deane services, Newport Pagnell services, Frankley services, Doncaster North services | ||
Sedgemoor services
Sedgemoor services is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway near the village of Rooks Bridge in Somerset, England. The location of the services can be identified from a long distance because of their proximity to Brent Knoll, an isolated hill on the Somerset Levels.
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The northbound station is operated by Welcome Break, and the southbound station is operated by RoadChef.
The northbound station is one of fourteen service stations for which large murals were commissioned from artist David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history.
Sedgemoor services
History
The sites opened in 1970 as Brent Knoll Rest Area by the Department for Transport; however, after high rates of crime, the services were transferred to Welcome Break and Roadchef. They were upgraded to Motorway Service Area status in 1987 after two service buildings were added.