Kinross services

Last updated

Kinross Services
Kinross Service Station - geograph.org.uk - 1309886.jpg
Perth and Kinross UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Kinross services (Perth and Kinross)
Information
County Perth and Kinross
Road M90
Coordinates: 56°12′35″N3°26′21″W / 56.209628°N 3.439257°W / 56.209628; -3.439257 Coordinates: 56°12′35″N3°26′21″W / 56.209628°N 3.439257°W / 56.209628; -3.439257
Operator Moto Hospitality
Date opened1982 [1]
Website Moto

Kinross services is a motorway service station near Kinross, Scotland. The service station is located next to the M90 motorway and is accessed using motorway junction 6 in both the northbound and southbound directions. [2] It is owned by Moto.

Contents

It is the most northerly motorway service station in the United Kingdom.

History

The services opened in 1982. [2]

In 2011 it was announced that Moto planned to demolish and rebuild the services, with new access via a roundabout. [3]

Related Research Articles

Scotch Corner Junction of the A1 and A66 roads in Yorkshire

Scotch Corner is a junction of the A1(M) and A66 trunk roads near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland", and is a primary destination signed from as far away as the M6 motorway, 50 miles away. The junction's name is derived from the fact that it is the point of divergence for traffic coming from London, the East Midlands and Yorkshire wishing to continue either to Edinburgh and eastern Scotland or to Glasgow and western Scotland.

Moto Hospitality

Moto Hospitality is a British service station operator which operates 58 motorway service stations across the United Kingdom. It is currently the UK's largest service area operator.

Knutsford Services

Knutsford services is a motorway service station on the M6 in Cheshire.

Stafford services

Stafford services is a pair of motorway service stations on the M6 motorway near Stone, Staffordshire, England. In August 2011 it was rated as 4 stars and 3 stars by quality assessors at Visit England.

Lancaster (Forton) Services

Lancaster (Forton) services is a motorway service station, between junctions 32 and 33 of the M6 motorway in England. The nearest city is Lancaster, about seven miles (11 km) to the north. The site is operated by Moto.

Southwaite Services

Southwaite services is a motorway service station, between junctions 41 and 42 of the M6 motorway near Southwaite, Cumbria, England. It is about 7 miles south of Carlisle, within the civil parish of Hesket

Ladybank railway station

Ladybank railway station serves the town of Ladybank in Fife, Scotland.

Stirling services

Stirling services is a motorway service station near Stirling, Scotland. The service station is located where the M9 motorway and M80 motorway join. It is owned by Moto.

Tamworth services

Tamworth services is a motorway service station on the M42 motorway near Tamworth Staffordshire, England. The border between Staffordshire and Warwickshire runs through the middle of Tamworth Services. Tamworth Services opened in 1990. It is owned by Moto. The service station is situated off junction 10, and is thus accessible to non-motorway traffic via the A5.

Severn View services

Severn View services, formerly Aust Services is a motorway service station on the M48 motorway near the village of Aust, northwest of Bristol. It is owned by Moto.

Motorway service area Motorway services in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as 'service stations' or 'services', are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef. Smaller operators include Extra, Westmorland and EuroGarages.

Woolley Edge services Motorway service station on the M1 in Yorkshire, England

Woolley Edge services is a motorway service station on the M1 motorway near Wakefield within the borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies between junctions 38 and 39 close to West Bretton and west of the village of Woolley.

Glenfarg

Glenfarg is a small village in the Ochil Hills in the county of Perth and Kinross, central Scotland and a suburb of greater Mawcarse. Until 14 June 1964, the village had a railway station on the main line between Perth and Edinburgh via Kinross. Although not recommended for closure under the Beeching Axe, the line nevertheless closed to passengers and freight on 5 January 1970, resulting in slower passenger services to Perth via longer routes. The former railway line is now the route of the M90 motorway, which runs along the eastern periphery of the village. At its peak, the village became a popular holiday destination, boasting 4 hotels. Services in the village include a church, small shop, tennis courts, riding school and a primary school with nursery.

Grantham North services

Grantham North Services is a service area operated by Moto located on the A1 at Gonerby Moor Roundabout, four miles north of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The service station has a main car park and coach/lorry park, off which is a BP petrol station.

Extra MSA Services Ltd is a company which operates nine motorway service stations in England, mainly on primary routes. It is based at Beaconsfield services, previously being in the centre of Lincoln. It is also known as Extra MSA Forecourts Ltd.

Wetherby services Motorway service area on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, England

Wetherby Services is a motorway service area north of Wetherby on the A1(M) motorway in northern England. It opened in September 2008, and the hotel opened later. The service station is situated at junction 46 of the A1(M), the interchange between the A1(M) and the B1224. The service area is accessed from a roundabout, making it accessible from both sides of the motorway. It lies just inside North Yorkshire in the parish of Kirk Deighton, although the town of Wetherby is on the West Yorkshire side of the boundary. It is operated by Moto Hospitality.

Leigh Delamere services

Leigh Delamere services is a motorway service station on the M4 motorway situated one mile west of Junction 17, between Bristol and Swindon. It takes its name from the adjoining village of Leigh Delamere. It is one of Europe's largest service stations.

Toddington services

Toddington Services is a motorway service station on the M1 motorway between junctions 11 and 12, just north of Luton and Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. It takes its name from the nearby village of Toddington. It is owned by Moto Hospitality.

Winchester services

Winchester services are a pair of motorway service stations, between junctions 8 and 9 of the M3 motorway near Winchester, England which are both operated by Moto Hospitality.

References

  1. Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed 21 January 2009
  2. 1 2 "Kinross Services". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. Anderson, Alison (11 March 2011). "Planning application for major Kinross motorway services redevelopment". Perthshire Advertiser.