County: Staffordshire Website: Moto Website: RoadChef Fuels BP, Esso | Date opened: 1996 Date opened: 1999 Road M6 motorway | |
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Operators Moto Hospitality, Roadchef | ||
From stafford services to the yard
Stafford services is a pair of motorway service station on the M6 motorway near Stone, Staffordshire, England. In August 2011 it was rated as 4 stars (northbound - Moto) and 3 stars (southbound - Roadchef) by quality assessors at Visit England.
Contents
- From stafford services to the yard
- Severn trent choir doing a flash mob stafford services
- History
- Location
- References
It is unusual, in that the facilities on the northbound (opened 1996) and southbound (1999) sides of the motorway are operated by separate companies: Moto (formerly Granada) and RoadChef respectively. They are 1 mile (1.6 km) apart.
Severn trent choir doing a flash mob stafford services
History
Prior to the construction of the station, a geophysical survey was undertaken to examine cropmarks which possibly marked the location of a ring ditch to ensure that an archaeological site was not destroyed. The ditch was not found, although medieval and post-medieval artefacts were recovered.
Blue Boar constructed the southbound services, in addition to their services at Watford Gap but shortly before completion in 1999 they were acquired by RoadChef, who now operate the site.
Location
The services are located in Staffordshire on the M6 motorway between junctions 14 and 15, and are accessed directly from the motorway. Stoke on Trent is located about 10 miles (16 km) to the north, Manchester about 60 miles (97 km) miles to the north, and Stafford is about 8 miles (13 km) to the south. By road they are about 150 miles (240 km) from London and 30 miles (48 km) from Birmingham.