Leicester

Leicester
Extra
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Road:	A46 at junction with the A6
Address:	A46/A6 Trunk Road Service Area Hallam Fields Birstall Leicester Leicestershire
Telephone number:	01522 523737
Signposted from the road?	Yes
Opened:	2008
Grid reference:	SK591107
Services type:	Single site located at a junction.
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This is the Extra service area at the A46/A6 junction. For the Welcome Break services on the M1, see Leicester Forest East. For the small Moto services at the M1/A50 junction, see Markfield.

A new and promising service area at the A6/A46 junction outside Leicester, including a KFC drive thru.

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Facilities

General: GameGrid
Restaurants: KFC, LP4
Shops: Shell Shop
Fuel: Shell (pumps include LPG)
Motel: Etap Hotel^{[book rooms]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £10 and HGVs, coaches and caravans must pay £14.

Trivia

Not to be mixed up with Leicester Forest East and Markfield, Leicester is Extra's newest service area. It managed to crop up and get planning permission rather unscathed, and it opened on the 24th June 2008. The A46 is probably the most unimportant route ever to get a 'proper' service area.

Leicester has a twin sister - Derby with Burton services at the A38/A50 interchange opened just over four weeks after Leicester and it almost identical to it.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: Anonymous I live nearby and sometime go up there for something to at.It is a good service area. Posted: 26 Nov 2009, 22:39 Cher This is not a typical service station, do not expect great things, the services are closed at 10pm on a Saturday evening, you can use the petrol station for the toilet but not much good if you fancied a rest break, what a shame they couldn't come up to the same wonderful standards as the M1 Leicester Forest East Services (Ross' Motorway service).....I'll give it a miss Posted: 18 Oct 2008, 23:23 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Leicester here, or you can return to Leicester. Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 17:11
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With thanks to Jonathan Elton for the information used on this page.