Northampton

Northampton
RoadChef
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Road:	M1 at J15a (also accessible to traffic on the A43)
Address:	Rothersthorpe Service Area Rothersthorpe Motorway Services Area M1 Northampton Northamptonshire NN4 9QS
Telephone number:	01604 831888
Signposted from the road?	Yes
Opened:	1977
Previous operators:	Blue Boar
Previous names:	Rothersthorpe
Grid reference:	SP722573
Services type:	Two sites located within a junction, connected by a one mile public road.
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Modern RoadChef services at the M1/A43 junction, although it's been designed so that you can enter and leave the services without passing through the main junction.

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Facilities

General: BT Openzone, Business Lounge (southbound only), Traffic Information
Restaurants: RestBite (northbound only), Hot Food Company (southbound only), The Burger Company, Wimpy, Costa Coffee
Shops: WH Smith, Fonebitz
Fuel: BP (pump types unknown)
Motel: none

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which HGVs must pay £20, or £22 to include a £10 food voucher.

Further information is not available, please update this if you know.

Trivia

Northampton was opened many years ago under the name Rothersthorpe, one of three sites to be built by Blue Boar. It's the first and only site to break the gap between Watford Gap and Newport Pagnell, the two original motorway services.

When RoadChef took over they demolished each building in turn and replaced it with a more modern design. Originally the services were an online design, in other words they were located between junctions. However, there was a lot of rat-running as traffic used the services so that they could access the A43, and this was such a problem that a new junction was actually constructed around the services to make such movements legal. The A43 has since been upgraded and it is now a high quality dual carriageway (HQDC), forming a north-south link between the M1 and M40 motorways, so it's a good job that the junction was built.

The northbound services also have a works unit on the exit.

Survey Results

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

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: been e hope you all ok in northamptoncant get up to see you as have no transport as retired but still plodding along 5 years after leaving you on night shift on 3 8 2005 miss tose i worked with still cant sleep at night not lost the night shift habit barbie Posted: 15 Jul 2010, 23:31 katherine Can you park a car overnight at Northampton services? How much does it cost? Posted: 01 Jul 2010, 12:04 Anonymous Stopped here on Saturday on the way to football in Oldham. Was quite impressed - the place was spotlessly clean and there is still a decent sized restaurant, as well as a cosy Costa lounge. It coped with my coach, with nearly everyone having breakfast, but not sure how it would cope if a number of coaches stopped at the same time. The building (northbound) is quite small, even though it looks huge in the pictures. Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 02:11 Anonymous There is much personal chef to work on Road in Northampton dealing bad customers such as Sarah, Sue Mason, Abdul Ali, Dores; Elizabth; Jenny, Fatima, who never treated me badly and I served well: Moo; Tracey, Gail; Margarida, Jose; Posted: 05 Jul 2009, 21:55 ANTKO Northampton - It's the best Service of UK. Posted: 09 Jun 2008, 22:51 Johnny Ha ha, thanks for that. Run along now. Posted: 07 Jun 2008, 20:42 Anonymous "It's never too late to get your name in the limelight." I thought that you did this for the love of the services but now i see that you're just another fame-grabbing tosser. Posted: 07 Jun 2008, 12:44 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Northampton here, or you can return to Northampton. Posted: 08 Jan 2006, 12:16
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With thanks to David Miller for the information used on this page.