| Derby South | |
| Welcome Break | |
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| 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: | 2000 |
| Grid reference: | SK425302 |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them. |
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A modern service station on the busy A50 operated by Welcome Break, including a Burger King drive thru on the westbound side.
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Facilities
General: BT WiFi, Welcome Break Gaming, Traffic Information, Showers, Conference Room (westbound only)
Restaurants: Burger King, Eat In
Shops: WHSmith (with Costa Express)
Fuel: Shell (with: 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 on a stretch of the A50 where it shares its route with the A6, so the services manage to serve two roads at once. The site was eyed by Welcome Break who were looking to avoid the regulations imposed on motorway sites.
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. The Little Chef opened with the services in 2000, and closed during Welcome Break's re-branding in 2006.
The services were designed by ACP Architects.
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 and Burton (9 miles) |
| Leicester Forest East (M1 south, 21 miles) Woodall (M1 north, 38 miles) | Welcome Break services | Keele (M6 north, 42 miles) |