Leigh Delamere services
| Leigh Delamere Services | |
|---|---|
| The eastbound services | |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Road | M4 |
| Coordinates | 51°30′42″N 2°09′34″W / 51.511528°N 2.159468°WCoordinates: 51°30′42″N 2°09′34″W / 51.511528°N 2.159468°W |
| Operator | Moto Hospitality |
| Date opened | 1972[1] |
| Website | Moto |
Leigh Delamere services is a motorway service station on the M4 motorway situated one mile west of Junction 17, between Bristol and Swindon (close to Chippenham and Malmesbury). It takes its name from the adjoining village of Leigh Delamere. It is one of Europe's largest service stations.
The service area is owned by Moto, and has a Marks & Spencer.
Facilities
The following facilities can be found at Leigh Delamere:[2]
- Costa - Now East & Westbound; also situated on both Forecourts
- The Eat and Drink Co.
- Burger King
- Costa Coffee
- West Cornwall Pasty Co.
- Domino's Pizza (Eastbound only)
- Marks & Spencer Simply Food
- WHSmith
- Mr. Bee's Barbershop (Eastbound only)
- Lucky Coin
- Fone Bitz
- Travelodge
- Toilets
- Kids Play Area
- Payphones
- Cash Machine
- BP Fuel
In popular culture
The station is mentioned in The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and is supposedly named after the mother of an associate of the main villain. It features several times in BBC TV's Gavin and Stacey, although scenes reportedly at Leigh Delamere were filmed at Cardiff Gate services in Wales.
References
- ^ Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology - Accessed 21 January 2009
- ^ Moto - Leigh Delamere Accessed 26 January 2009
External links
- Motorway Services Online - Leigh Delamere
- Moto - Leigh Delamere East
- Moto - Leigh Delamere West
- Motorway Services Trivia - Leigh Delamere
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