Durham Services | |
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Location in County Durham, England | |
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County | County Durham |
Road | A1(M) |
Coordinates: | 54°43′44″N1°31′28″W / 54.7289°N 1.5245°W |
Operator | Roadchef |
Date opened | 1994 |
Website | Roadchef Durham |
Durham Motorway Services are at junction 61 on the A1 (M), six miles from Durham City between the villages of Bowburn and Coxhoe in County Durham, England. Opened in 1994 by David Bellamy, the site operates high street brands such as McDonald's, Costa Coffee, WHSmith and on site hotel Days Inn. In 2019, the site opened a McDonald's Drive Thru, the first on the UK motorway network and created an extra 20 jobs in team members, management and customer service.
Belmont is a suburb forming the north-eastern parts of the city of Durham, England. Belmont Parish covers four old coal mining villages of Belmont, Carrville, Broomside and Gilesgate Moor, which have been joined by industrial and suburban developments since the 1950s. As such Belmont can be used either to refer narrowly to the old village area, or the wider parish, particularly the parts to the east of the A1(M) motorway which bisects the area. At the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 8,881.
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