Chester

I stayed overnight at the Chester services at the end of August. The parking charge signs are numerous and highly visable - you can pay by phone or in the Restaurant. It's probably the only thing you'll want to pay for in the restaurant - the food was dire. Better refreshments at Costa Coffee but as usual, they costa fortune. The Burger facility was closed at 8.30pm - on a Bank holiday Friday evening! (possibly a blessing)
The outdoor eating area was not very lovely - who wants to dine next to the rodent bait boxes?
The car park is well laid out. Partitioned with hedging. Good facilities for campervans, caravans etc. and possible to find a relativly private area for a car driver to have a good sleep. This is an excellent site if you are stopping with dogs. Extensive mowed grass areas surround the entire site. Plenty of bins - which thankfully, most dog walkers had used.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but the place felt dead when I visited on the 8th August at 4pm. It wasn't - in fact it was quite busy - but it seemed like nothing was going on. People were stopping, standing around a bit, and then moving on. This is either a reflection on the location, or more likely, RoadChef's offer.

I did my bit by going to the toilets and then leaving again. There's nothing to say about it, it was OK.

I got one of the parking fines for £80 and rang them and told them that Iw as driving a courtesy car so only just received the letter and they reduced it to £50. Better than £80 but still a p1ss take. I use the services a lot for small business meetings but never again.

I Stayed in the Chester services car park for 4 hours due to heavy traffic and rain on M56 and having travelled over 200 miles to that point needed a rest. I was another one of those unfortunates who got a demand for £80 for overstaying my welcome. However see here for some interesting information:
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?aut ... icle&id=56

I too recently stopped at Chester services (Hapsford) after a long journey for something to eat/drink and a rest, after staying a little over 3 hours received a fine for £80. This is disgraceful. I will not be stopping there again and will make a point of telling all my friends not too, its a RIP OFF!!!!

I recently drove 160 miles and decided to have a break at Chester services on my way home to North Wales, I was horrified today to find I had an £80.00 parking fine come through my letter box, because I stayed for 3hours and 23 minutes. I didn't receive a complaint that I had spent that time in the restaurant buying a meal and buying coffee at Costa's,before setting off on my journey home....."A Disgrace".....You have been warned.

Stopped today 01.12.06 for a shower. The shower room was disgusting. There was mud all over the floor, the sinks looked like they hadn't been cleaned in weeks and the plugs were missing. Nice. But no matter I'm a trucker I've seen worse I would still of been able to shower if there had been any hot water. This place is a joke. Thanks for nothing Chester I'll never stop here again!

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