Knutsford

Knutsford
Moto
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Road:	M6 between J18 and J19
Address:	Granada Services Knutsford Motorway Service Area Northwich Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 0TL
Telephone number:	01565 634167
Signposted from the road?	As Burger King/Costa/M&S
Opened:	1963
Previous operators:	Rank, Pavilion, Granada
Grid reference:	SJ733783
Services type:	Single site built upon the motorway.
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Knutsford is an old service area with the restaurant on the bridge. The services are very close to J19, and the northbound onslip is very short.

There is very little space for lorries in the services (hence a half-hearted ban on them), so instead lorries are directed to Moto's nearby Lymm Truckstop.

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Facilities

General: Local Information, Showers, Wi-Fi
Restaurants: Eat & Drink Co., Burger King, Costa Coffee, Krispy Kreme
Shops: WH Smith, Marks and Spencer Simply Food
Fuel: BP with pumps for Unleaded, Ultimate Unleaded, Diesel, Ultimate Diesel, LPG and AdBlue
Motel: Travelodge^{[book rooms]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £10 and HGVs £19, or £21 to include a £7.50 food voucher.

Prices can be paid through the phone, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by CP Plus.

Trivia

M&S on the bridge, where there would have once been a waitress restaurant

On the 9th of December 2004 a Marks and Spencers opened here - Moto's fourth at the time. A shortage of space and increase in HGV-crimes led to Moto asking all lorries to head to their larger, securer site at Lymm. However, if you drive past all the 'no lorries' signs, you'll find that there are spaces for lorries available, albeit signposted 'emergency parking only'. This doesn't seem to deter lorries.

For a short while the parking prices came with an unusual (and expensive) tier system with five different lengths of stay available (24 hours cost £35). This has now been replaced by the standard '2 or 24 hours' system.

The layout within the services is very odd. The Travelodge reception is actually inside the main amenities building, at the back. Whilst the gents toilets are at the back, the ladies and disabled are at the far back (there appears to be another toilet block next to the gents which is fenced off). Originally the entire service station was built on the bridge, with just steps on each side, now there are restaurants and M&S up there, both against the wall, with a traditional corridor running along the south end of the bridge.

Several applications for a Travelodge on both sides of the services were previous rejected as the land is green belt and at the time of the first application (1994) there were few other lodges at service areas and the Highways Agency believed they might be misused. The area by the north-east side of the service area has been left clear to allow for an expansion.

The Highways Agency recently listed it as an approved truckstop, despite it only having 27 HGV spaces.

The stand-up comedy show 'Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie' is based entirely on his experience here and at service stations in general.

Survey Results

In 2006 the services won a four star loo award.

Also in 2006, Holiday Which? rated the services at 3/5.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: Mr B Empson I nearly froze to death in the M&S shop, I have been several times, and it is always cold. Staff I talked to had to wear extra layers of cloths, along with gloves. You would not expect to find these conditions in a third world country. Staff deserve more, and customers demand it. Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 16:32 Anonymous After stopping at Knutsford services on the 29/12/09 i was disgusted to find that after paying £13, for a fast food meal, we were unable to get a seat as all the tables were filthy, which left us with no alternative but to eat our food in the car... not acceptable!!! I do not recommend a visit to this service station, my best advice is to drive on and leave well alone!!!!!!!! Posted: 29 Dec 2009, 21:01 Anonymous Theres no point asking money i would get contact with trading standards i did and got my money and compo iswell Posted: 15 Dec 2009, 18:18 Anonymous I HAD SAME INCIDENT WHERE I HAD £150 POUNDS AND THE MACHINE DIDNT PAY FULL AMOUNT I WAS TOLD TO COME BACK NEXT DAY LUCKY I WAS IN MANCHESTER. THEY STILL OWE ME £75 POUNDS I NEVER GOT PAID THEY ARE W*****S, CHEATS AND FRAUDS I GET VERY ANGRY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT. Posted: 04 Dec 2009, 15:56 Anonymous I Had won some money on the slot machine back in october, where the machine didnt pay me out, i was given a receipt and told to come back in a couple of days and your money will be ready to pickup, so i travelled back to services from derby to my shock they werent aware of anything, i was told you had to ring the cash office before they release the money, so i had been ringing the cash offfice for 6 weeks no answer, 1st december some one answered the phone i explained to them that i had won some money on the slots and you owe me money the lady replied we will get back to you tommorow. i had a phone call today stating the money you won has been send in the post 7/nov/2009 and we cant do anything, i explained i havent recieved anything what do i do they advisor said we send the money out and thats the end, TO BE HONEST I HAVE HAD BETTER SERVICE AT THE POUND SHOP, I WILL BE TAKING THIS ALOT FURTHER. I ADVISE AVOID THIS SERVICES I HAVE BEEN CHEATED GODS KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHEATED FROM THERE MONEY. Posted: 04 Dec 2009, 15:44 Anonymous while recently visiting England,we happened onthis service station,and I amvery happy to say that a lady whose name is Nataliecwas very helpful andconsiderate, Posted: 31 Aug 2009, 18:27 Johnny Visited on a Friday evening in August. Like the M6 itself, the services seem to be far too small for the amount of people they handle, making photo-taking awkward(!) The services are also catastrophically ugly and have very little outdoor seating (or indeed grass). Even so, it seemed to do the basics and was fairly clean. Being able to hear the motorway from the gents is a... unique touch. Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 17:03 alex Now signed as - wait for it ..... BURGER KING M&S This will probably apply to all of the Moto M&S Services - how many more are still Moto? Posted: 17 Apr 2009, 14:27 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Knutsford here, or you can return to Knutsford. Posted: 20 Dec 2005, 20:03
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