| Michaelwood | |
| Welcome Break | |
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| Road: | M5 between J13 and J14 |
| Address: | Welcome Break Michaelwood Service Area Lower Wick Dursley Gloucestershire GL11 6DD |
| Telephone number: | 01454 260631 |
| Signposted from the road? | As Starbucks/KFC |
| Opened: | 1971 |
| Previous operators: | Mobil, Ross |
| Grid reference: | ST704954 |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, connected by a pedestrian footbridge. |
| Visit Michaelwood/Welcome Break's official website Facebook Page | |
Two services staggered along the M5 in a small strip of woodland.
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Facilities
General: BT WiFi, Welcome Break Gaming, Traffic Information, Showers, Meeting Room
Restaurants: Burger King, Starbucks, Eat In, KFC, Krispy Kreme
Shops: WHSmith (with Costa Express Krispy Kreme), Waitrose (northbound only)
Fuel: BP (with: Wild Bean Café Ecotricity electric vehicle charging point)
Motel: Days Inn[book rooms] (northbound 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
Allegedly the only service area to be named after a TV presenter (Heston might contest that), Michaelwood is actually pronounced 'Mick-all-wood', despite some road signs even referring to it as Michael Wood. For some reason the layout is staggered and built to be as narrow as possible. Tom Nuttall reckons that it's so that both sides can have the exact same layout relative to the bridge access, amenities building and car park locations, which presumably was considered the best layout at the time.
It also seems to have some of the highest-standard slip roads of all motorway services.
According to Welcome Break, it opened on the 12th December 1971.
The services were refurbished in 2011 as they were getting a bit old!
Survey Results
In May 2012 and August 2011, Visit England rated the services as 3 stars.
In 2008 the services won a five star loo award.
In 2007, the services won a five star loo award. In 2006 they got four stars.
Also in 2006, Holiday Which? rated the services at 3/5.
Alternatives
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| Strensham (33 miles) Oldbury (9 miles) | Services on the M5 |
Gordano (16 miles) Magor (M4 west, 20 miles) Severn View (M48, 12 miles) Leigh Delamere (M4 east, 27 miles) |
| Hopwood Park (M42, 62 miles) | Welcome Break services |
Gordano (16 miles) Sarn Park (M4 west, 54 miles) Membury (M4 east, 56 miles) |