Corley Services | |
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Location in Warwickshire, England | |
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County | Warwickshire |
Road | M6 |
Coordinates: | 52°28′20″N1°32′53″W / 52.472240°N 1.548005°W |
Operator | Welcome Break |
Date opened | 17 January 1972 [1] |
Website | Welcome Break |
Corley services is a motorway service station between junctions 3 and 3A of the M6 motorway in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is close to the village of Corley, with the nearest city being Coventry several miles to the south, with Birmingham being situated slightly further to the west. A footbridge, made of concrete but now clad in green fibreglass panelling, spans the motorway to link services on both sides.
Forte was awarded the £500,000 contract on 29 May 1969, to open in late 1971. [2] It is situated on the Ansty to Coleshill section of the M6, which opened on 1 July 1971. [3] The site would have room for 400 cars, 150 lorries, and 24 coaches. [4]
The northbound side opened on Monday 17 January 1972 (six months after the section of motorway it serves) and was originally operated by Forte. [5] Malcolm Standadge was the general manager. The southbound side would open possibly by late March 1972, when the M6 was fully open. [6]
It is currently operated by Welcome Break and receives approximately 2 million visitors per year.
There was mining subsidence from Coventry Colliery in May 1975, which closed the northbound site. [7]
In December 2003, Corley became the first motorway service station to have a permanent Police Community Support Officer, jointly funded by Welcome Break and Warwickshire Police. [8]
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