------------------
Content:
Derby South
From Motorway Services Online
| Derby South | |
| Welcome Break | |
 View pictures (2) | |
| Road: | A50 between J1 and J2 (also accessible to traffic on the A6) |
| Address: | A50 Shardlow Derby Derbyshire DE72 2WA |
| Telephone number: | 01332 799666 |
| Signposted from the road? | Yes |
| Opened: | 2004? |
| Grid reference: | SK425302 |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them. |
| Visit Derby South Westbound/Welcome Break's official website Visit Derby South Eastbound/Welcome Break's Official Website | |
A modern service station on the busy A50 operated by Welcome Break, including a Burger King drive thru on the westbound side.
Contents |
Facilities
General: BT Openzone, Gamezone, Traffic Information, Showers, Meeting Room (westbound only)
Restaurants: Burger King (westbound only), Coffee Primo, Eat In (eastbound only)
Shops: WH Smith
Fuel: BP (pump types unknown)
Motel: Days Inn (westbound only)
Parking Prices
First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £6 and caravans, coaches and HGVs £14. These prices include a £2/£6 food voucher respectively.
Prices can be paid from the pay & display machines in each car park, or from the shop within the services.
Trivia
The services are on a stretch of the A50 where it shares its route with the A6, so the services manage to serve two roads at once.
Derby South is often referred to as Shardlow, as just a few miles to the west (and slightly to the south of Derby South) lies Extra's new Derby services. The hotel at Derby South is officially named 'Donington', which is also the name of a Moto service area. Confused? You should be!
The sliproads to the services were built long before the services themselves. Despite the services being quite new, they were built with a Little Chef, even though all the other ones at a Welcome Break had closed years ago.
Survey Results
In 2008 the westbound services won a five star loo award.
In 2007, the westbound services won a five star loo award and eastbound a four star.
In 2006, both services won a five star loo award.
Alternatives
| Previous: | Next: | |
| Donington Park (6 miles) Trowell (M1 north, 11 miles) | Services on the A50 | Derby with Burton (9 miles) |
| Leicester Forest East (M1 south, 21 miles) Woodall (M1 north, 38 miles) | Welcome Break services | Keele (M6 north, 42 miles) |
Comments and Reviews
