| Corley | |
| Welcome Break | |
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| Road: | M6 between J3 and J3a |
| Address: | Welcome Break Ltd Motorway Services Area M6 Corley Coventry Warwickshire CV7 8NR |
| Telephone number: | 01676 540111 |
| Signposted from the road? | Yes |
| Opened: | 1972 |
| Previous operators: | Trusthouse Forte |
| Grid reference: | SP308860 |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, connected by an internal bridge. |
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The last services on the M6, Corley is quite old but it slowly being modernised with new facilities such as Starbucks Coffee and Days Inn.
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Facilities
General: BT WiFi, Traffic Information, Welcome Break Gaming, Showers
Restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks, Eat In, KFC, Papa John's Pizza
Shops: WHSmith (with Costa Express Krispy Kreme), Fone Bitz, Waitrose
Fuel: Shell (with: Krispy Kreme Costa Express Autogas LPG)
Motel: Days Inn[book rooms] (westbound only)
Parking Prices
First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £10. Further information is not available, please update this if you know.
Prices can be paid in the shop and restaurant, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by ParkingEye.
Trivia
The services are quite old and the bridge is very dodgy indeed - it was built to be cheap and simple to install as the road was already open when it was built. The hotel opened on the 1st June 2008, although one had been planned here for many years.
On the 12th May 2006 a Starbucks Coffee facility (along with Coffee Primo) was added to the westbound side. It was the first Starbucks to be built on the motorway network. The services were also the first to get a Coffee Primo several years before.
As part of a joint move between Warwickshire Police and Welcome Break, Corley was the first (and one of the only) services to have a permanent Police Community Support Officer. Welcome Break have noted that car crime has fallen since.
A few years after it opened, the northbound services were closed amid fears of subsidence due to coal seams below.
In April 2013, Corley gained new showers and a new look KFC.
Survey Results
In May 2012 and August 2011, Visit England rated the services as 3 stars.
In 2008 the westbound services won a five star loo award.
In 2006 and again in 2007, Corley's petrol station won a five star loo award. The services got a four star.
In 2006 Holiday Which? rated Corley as 3/5.
Alternatives
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| none on M6 Watford Gap (M1 south, 23 miles) Leicester Forest East (M1 north, 22 miles) Warwick (M40, 28 miles) | Services on the M6 |
Hilton Park (28 miles) Norton Canes (M6 Toll, 31 miles) Telford (M54, 44 miles) Tamworth (M42 north, 18 miles) Hopwood Park (M42 south, 24 miles) |
| none on M6 Newport Pagnell (M1 south, 47 miles) Leicester Forest East (M1 north, 22 miles) Warwick (M40, 28 miles) | Welcome Break services |
Keele (57 miles) Telford (M54, 44 miles) Hopwood Park (M42 south, 24 miles) |