Markfield

Markfield
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Road:	M1 at J22 (also accessible to traffic on the A50 and the A511)
Address:	Leicester Markfield Moto Service Area A50-M1 Interchange Little Shaw Lane Markfield Leicestershire LE67 9PP
Telephone number:	01530 244777
Signposted from the road?	No
Opened:	1989
Previous operators:	Granada, Moto
Previous names:	Leicester
Grid reference:	SK476111
Services type:	Single site located at a junction.
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Now little more than a Burger King in an oversized building next to the M1, Markfield shows all the promise of being a full service area but doesn't actually achieve it.

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Facilities

General: Car Wash, Children's Play Area, Local Information, Meeting Room, Picnic Tables, Showers, Wi-Fi
Restaurants: Burger King
Shops: unknown
Fuel: Shell (with: AdBlue & LPG)
Motel: Travelodge^{[book rooms]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 and HGVs £14, or £16 to include a £6 food voucher.

Prices are paid using PayByPhone - more details. The location code is 2450.

The fees are strictly enforced by CP Plus.

Trivia

The first application for a service area here referred to a "drive-in type restaurant".

Markfield is officially known as Leicester, but we'll refer to it as Markfield to avoid confusion with ex-Extra's Leicester services and Welcome Break's Leicester Forest East, the latter being only six miles away but due to close at some point in the future.

Under Moto ownership these services had a retail store and a Little Chef, but these were both closed. The Little Chef was then replaced for a short period by a Costa outlet but this also get replaced by a Coffee Nation machine. This has all now been removed because the services was sold by Moto to Euro Garages and all that remains in the main building are toilets and Burger King.

Survey Results

In 2006 the services won a four star loo award.

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