Donington Park motorway services

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Donington Park Services
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Donington Park Services
Location in Leicestershire, England
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Donington Park Services
Location on the UK motorway network
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County Leicestershire
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Coordinates: 52°49′18″N1°18′29″W / 52.8218°N 1.3081°W / 52.8218; -1.3081 Coordinates: 52°49′18″N1°18′29″W / 52.8218°N 1.3081°W / 52.8218; -1.3081
Operator Moto Hospitality
Previous operator(s) Granada
Date opened1999
Fuel BP
Website Donington Park at M1 Junction 23A

Donington Park is a motorway service station owned by Moto, near Kegworth village in the English East Midlands. It is accessed from the M1 motorway by junctions 23a (from the south) and 24 (from the north), and is part of the complex of junctions involving the A42, A453, A50 and A6 roads. The service station is adjacent to East Midlands Airport and the East Midlands Gateway freight terminal, and is some 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Donington Park motorsport circuit, from which it takes its name. [1] [2]

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The service area comprises a main building, with car parking to the north, a separate refuelling station to the east and a conservation area and lake to the south. The main building has a central three-story high atrium containing a food court, with flanking three-story wings to west and east containing retail outlets and other facilities on the ground floor, and the rooms of a Travelodge hotel in the upper floors. The main entrance to the building is from the car park to the north, whilst at the south end is an outdoor terrace overlooking the lake. [3]

From a local government perspective, the service station is in the civil parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, the district of North West Leicestershire and the county of Leicestershire. [1]

Donington Park motorway services opened on 8 July 1999, being originally owned by Granada, which became Moto in 2001. [4] [5] It was one of the first to offer a whole set of non-food shops, similar to an airport, which now has been adopted as standard. The neighbouring airport has far fewer landside facilities for those awaiting arrivals (before check-in).[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Election Maps (Map). Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Donington Park Services". Moto Hospitality Ltd. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Donington Park Services". msatrivia.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ↑ The Times . 10 July 1999. Page 49. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Slingsby, Helen (23 May 2001). "Granada gives way to Moto". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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