Bolton West

Bolton West
Euro Garages
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Road:	M61 between J6 and J8 (there is no J7)
Address:	Euro Garages Anderton Motorway Services Area M61 Horwich Bolton Lancashire BL6 5UZ
Telephone number:	01204 669962 (northbound) 01204 460482 (southbound)
Signposted from the road?	As First
Opened:	1971
Previous operators:	Kenning Motor Group, Rank, Pavilion, First
Previous names:	Rivington, Anderton
Grid reference:	SD621116
Services type:	Two sites located between junctions, connected by a pedestrian footbridge.
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For a while it was the worst service station around by a country mile, but Bolton West is currently being rebuilt. On the 23rd July there was a fire at the southbound services which means there is currently no fuel available.

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Facilities

General: unknown
Restaurants: Burger King
Shops: Retail Store
Fuel: BP (pump types unknown)
Motel: Rivington Lodge (southbound only)

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles. Further information is not available, please update this if you know.

Trivia

Bolton's main claim to fame is that it starred in Peter Kay's pilot episode for his sketch show 'That Peter Kay Thing' in the early 2000s. The show was a 22-minute mockumentary titled 'At the Services' which took a look at a typical day at Bolton West, including manager Pearl Harbour's quest to impress a celebrity. It's thought that they filmed here because they were the only services to let him, but it seems to be quite a coincidence that most of Peter Kay's films are made in or around the Bolton area.

It used to be owned by BP, with the main facilities being leased out to First, but Euro Garages (who specialise in taking over unpopular petrol stations) took over the petrol station and have recently taken over the whole site. The services are due to be rebuilt, but this has been on the cards for over a year.

This part of the page usually tries to remain neutral, but there really is no other way of putting this: it is appalling. Sure enough, it's the lowest-rated service station on this site, with a shocking average of 1.1 out of 5.

Survey Results

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Alternatives

Further Reading

• Bolton West hate thread (from the forums)
• Bolton West sold (from the forums)

Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: travel police called in today , what a shock , the toilets male and female are a total disgrace , yes knock it down ............ Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 21:20 travel police called in today , what a shock , the toilets male and female are a total disgrace , yes knock it down ............ Posted: 10 Aug 2010, 21:16 Anonymous the hotel is now called rivington lodge Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 22:34 Anonymous Bolton services petrol station was set on fire on friday and the building hs been kocked down as they are rebilding them (thank god) Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 22:33 SOmeone I went past on sunday and all that was left was a wall with a burger king sign on Is the petrol still open :shock:  :( :) Posted: 12 Jul 2010, 19:38 Nicholas I went past Bolton West today for the first time in months! All of the signage still refers the service area as being a "First" site; neither the on-site signage or the HA's signs on the motorway itself are yet to be changed over. Posted: 27 Jun 2010, 21:32 Johnny I don't think so, and I can't find it on Travelodge's website. Posted: 11 Jun 2010, 17:18 LemonGrove I'm a bit confused about the Travelodge at these services, I've seen a photo of and a poster above mentioned it now being called Rivington Lodge after Travelodge left it. However Travelodge are still advertising it as one of their hotels and allow you to book it, have they re-bought the hotel? Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 21:07 Johnny Hi Bryn, The planning application made it through, we followed it up in this thread where you can view the plans for yourself (though it looks like the Planning Portal isn't working at the minute). Good to see some work is finally happening on the ground! Posted: 01 May 2010, 19:22 Bryn Buck Looks like demolition of Bolton West has started now - the southbound services appears to be slowly losing the back end of the amenity building. Who knows, now EuroGarages are finally building their Starbucks DriveThru in Blackburn they might have finally decided to rebuild this dump too... did anyone ever work out what happened to their planning permission? Posted: 01 May 2010, 18:59
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