| Leigh Delamere | |
| Moto | |
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| Road: | M4 between J17 and J18 |
| Address: | Granada Hospitality Ltd Leigh Delamere Motorway Services Area M4 Leigh Delamere Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6LB |
| Telephone number: | 01666 837691 |
| Signposted from the road? | As Burger King/Costa/M&S |
| Opened: | 1972 |
| Previous operators: | Taverna, Granada |
| Grid reference: | ST890790 |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, connected by a pedestrian footbridge. |
| Visit Leigh Delamere Westbound/Moto's official website Visit Leigh Delamere Eastbound/Moto's official website Facebook Page | |
Two services located in the middle of nowhere on the M4. The eastbound side is slightly larger and it has a small field by the hotel as well as a children's play area and a lot more trees.
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Facilities
Westbound
General: Picnic Tables, Moto Meetings, Local Information, Lucky Coin, Showers, Moto Free WiFi
Restaurants: Eat & Drink Co., Burger King, Costa, West Cornwall Pasty Co.
Shops: WHSmith (with Costa Express Krispy Kreme), M&S Simply Food, Fone Bitz, Cotton Traders, Travellers
Fuel: BP (with: Costa Express Air1 AdBlue LPG)
Motel: Travelodge[book rooms]
Eastbound
General: Children's Play Area, Picnic Tables, Local Information, Lucky Coin, Showers, Moto Free WiFi
Restaurants: Eat & Drink Co., Burger King, Costa, West Cornwall Pasty Co.
Shops: WHSmith (with Costa Express Krispy Kreme), M&S Simply Food, Mr B's Barber Shop & Nail Bar[1], Fone Bitz, Cotton Traders
Fuel: BP (with: Costa Express Air1 AdBlue LPG)
Motel: Travelodge[book rooms]
Parking Prices
First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £11 and HGVs £20.50, or £22 to include a £9 food voucher.
Prices are paid using PayByPhone - more details. The location code is 2452 (westbound) and 2451 (eastbound).
The fees are strictly enforced by CP Plus.
Trivia
The eastbound service area is almost ten years older than the westbound one, which explains the striking difference between the design of the two sites.
Leigh Delamere used to be listed by the Highways Agency as an "approved truckstop", but no longer are.
There were once plans to rename the services to Chippenham, and beneath the westbound site lies two buried diggers. Why? Who knows!
Both sides have a Secret Exit onto Honey Knob Hill which allows access to the Travelodge's on each side.
Shops
It's one of three services to offer a Barber Shop, the other two being Lymm on the M6 and Toddington on the M1. It's quite surprising that this hasn't suffered the same fate as many other shops at Moto services. Here, T2, Thorntons, Little Chef, The Sock Shop and a Formula One shop have all gone from both sides, the latter being a huge shop which sold a small amount of Ferrari merchandise. The westbound side used to have BHS (one of only two), Birthdays and Scoop stores, and eastbound had a Web Shop and The Body Shop.
In November 2006 the country's first service station WHSmith shop opened here, along with the eastbound M&S Simply Food store.
A few years ago the westbound unbranded restaurant and Caffè Ritazza units became Costa. Recently the eastbound Fork In The Road Restaurant (a unique take on Moto's catering) and Upper Crust became EDC and Costa respectively.
In 2011, the eastbound side gained the first ever Domino's Pizza outlet, in what was billed as the start of a full roll-out. This never happened, and the outlet was removed in January 2012.
In circa 2001 a 'drive-thru' Burger King was added to the service area. Although it has since closed (presumably because it directed trade away from the main building), the set-up can still be seen on both sides.
A Greggs outlet is on the list to open here, opening date unconfirmed.
Survey Results
In October 2012, The eastbound side was awarded the Food Beverage and Forecourt Retailer of the year!
In May 2012 and August 2011 the eastbound services were rated 4 stars by Visit England, who said it had the best family changing rooms. The westbound side was given 3 stars.
In 2006, the services were rated at 4/5 by Holiday Which?
Also in 2006, Leigh Delamere won a four star loo award.
Alternatives
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| Membury (28 miles) | Services on the M4 |
Magor (32 miles) Severn View (M48, 23 miles) Michaelwood (M5 north, 28 miles) Gordano (M5 south, 28 miles) |
| Chieveley (40 miles) | Moto services |
Cardiff West (54 miles) Severn View (M48, 23 miles) Bridgwater (M5 south, 58 miles) |
With thanks to Alex and 'luke-85' for the information used on this page.