Charnock Richard

Charnock Richard
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Road:	M6 between J27 and J28
Address:	Motorway Break Charnock Richard Motorway Services Area Park Hall Road Charnock Richard Chorley Lancashire PR7 5LR
Telephone number:	01257 791494
Signposted from the road?	Yes
Opened:	1963
Previous operators:	Motorway Services Ltd, Trusthouse Forte
Grid reference:	SD544152
Services type:	Single site built upon the motorway.
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A very old service area offering all the basic facilities. The fast food is on the bridge.

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Facilities

General: Meeting Room, BT Openzone, Traffic Information, Coach Driver's Haven, Welcome Break Gaming, Conference Room, Showers
Restaurants: Burger King, Coffee Primo, Eat In, KFC
Shops: WH Smith
Fuel: Shell (pump types unknown)
Motel: Days Inn^{[book rooms]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 and caravans, coaches and HGVs £17.50. These prices include a £2/£7 food voucher respectively.

Prices can be paid in the shop and restaurant, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by ParkingEye.

Trivia

Charnock Richard was the first service area to open on the M6. It opened in 1963 and like other services from its time, the fast food is on the bridge. In 2006, the bridge had to be restructured because it was close to falling on to the motorway!

On the first Wednesday of every month people from the police, Highways Agency and VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency) meet with lorry drivers at the northbound services to talk about any concerns they may have.

Survey Results

In 2008 the southbound services won a five star loo award.

In 2007, Charnock Richard won a four star loo award.

In 2006, Holiday Which? gave the services a 2 out of 5 and they won a five star loo award.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: dozysuzy Hi I need help from all you lovely people out there. I was travelling up and down down the M6 last week, stopping at Charnock Richard and I think one of the other services, and when I got home I realised I had lost a bunch of keys - car keys, house keys, the lot. If anyone finds a bunch of keys with a Vauxhall car key and a key fob that has a photo of a German Shepherd, I would be eternally grateful if you could contact me. Many thanks. DozySuzy PS My husband was driving, using his keys, just in case you were wondering. Posted: 12 Jun 2010, 13:13 The insider in training The insider in training wrote: Coachdriver cards are going byebye from the 1st Feb. That will be fun when it's busy. And will we get told how to recognise the thousands of different ID coachdrivers can carry? Nope. Oh well, at least it wont freeze the tills. Heh, forgot to say it's because we're going back to a manual system! Told you I was only in training. Posted: 21 Dec 2008, 00:18 The insider in training Coachdriver cards are going byebye from the 1st Feb. That will be fun when it's busy. And will we get told how to recognise the thousands of different ID coachdrivers can carry? Nope. Oh well, at least it wont freeze the tills. Posted: 21 Dec 2008, 00:17 Yorkie Called in to Charnock Richard three times, this last two weeks got to hand it to them called on all occasions between 10pm -11.30pm the site was well stocked in the shop rest rooms clean ( a bit smelly ) it was spotlessly clean everwhere else very very impressed, take a look on the carparks that is a good sign of the standard you are going to be met with,I could not fault Charnocks it was unbelivebly clean round the kerbstones as well, it was a pleasure to sit and have a break there well done charnock, Ps there was a little 4 legged critter about but it was away from the building. Posted: 27 Aug 2008, 12:58 da good service always full bitt of wate if coach turns up with lots of people shop selling good range of newspapers and good range of road maps. Posted: 05 Sep 2007, 19:09 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Charnock Richard here, or you can return to Charnock Richard. Posted: 24 Sep 2005, 10:05
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