Sedgemoor (South)

Sedgemoor (South)
RoadChef
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Road:	M5 southbound between J21 and J22
Address:	Roadchef Motorways Ltd Brent Knoll Picnic Area Rooksbridge Axbridge Somerset BS26 2UF
Telephone number:	01934 750888
Signposted from the road?	Yes
Opened:	1970s (rest area) 1986 (MSA)
Previous operators:	Department for Transport
Previous names:	Brent Knoll Rest Area
Grid reference:	ST359526
Services type:	Single site located between junctions on one side of the motorway.
Visit Sedgemoor (South)/RoadChef's official website

RoadChef's half of the split services, for southbound traffic. The services are a lot more modern than their northbound counterpart, and they're bigger too.

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Facilities

General: BT Openzone, Local Information, Picnic Area, Children's Play Area, Traffic Information
Restaurants: RestBite, The Burger Company, Costa Coffee
Shops: WH Smith
Fuel: Total (pump types unknown)
Motel: none

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which HGVs must pay £16, or £18 to include a £10 food voucher.

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

Trivia

Sedgemoor was originally the Brent Knoll Rest Area, which opened with the rest of the M5 and was ran by the people who ran the M5 at the time, the Department for Transport. However, it quickly became a crime hotspot so the DfT encouraged Welcome Break (the owners of the next services north, Gordano) to take over the northbound rest area and RoadChef (the owners of the next services south at the time, Taunton Deane) to take over the southbound services. Over time both operators expanded their sites and now we're left with a full service area.

Chester is the only other service area to have been developed this way. Today, the idea of rest areas is being strongly considered and they may well become a common sight on the motorway.

As an aside, the services are within a close proximity to the Brent Knoll Hill, which is why you can tell you're approaching the services long before you see signs for them.

Survey Results

In 2010 the Somerset Visitor Centre at the services was chosen as the ninth best by Visit England, and they were noted for their environmentally-friendliness and promotion of sustainable tourism.

In 2006, the services were given a 4 out of 5 by Holiday Which?

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: brenda stopped here 1st september 2010 ordered food and then found not one table was clean to sit at all had still the mess from the customer before,and no teaspoons to stir tea not be using theses again Posted: 02 Sep 2010, 15:06 Roarke Been here twice , feb 2008 and feb 2009, and will go this Feb 2010 as well. Complete heaven in my view, small, clean, good car park, cosy... and open - last year we mistakenly called in leigh delamere on the M4 and found the toilets at leigh delamere CLOSED !!!! (8:30am if you please..., just unbelievable). yes this place is a little oasis, foods a bit pricey but they have to pay for the facilities somehow. Really look forward to calling in here en route, each year. Never used the northbound side, only southbound. Gordano is apparently nice but a bit to near that busy junction - I always want to get past the traffic and then chill. Posted: 14 Feb 2010, 17:40 Steve Arrived here at 9pm on a Wednesday evening, to find both the restaurant and the Wimpy were closed. Had to travel on to Bridgewater services to get a meal. I won't bother stopping here again. It looks as if one of the derelict buildings on this site was once a Little Chef. Posted: 26 May 2009, 09:21 Mikael The road off the M5 leading into the services is awkward and you get to the entrance before you know it, even if you've slowed down. Definitely take it easy on the way in, and out. On the way out of the car park, watch out as you proceed along the exit road back onto the M5, HGVs dart straight out of the petrol station without even bothering to look to their right to see if anything's coming. The cafeteria is like the ones on most British motorway services, mediocre fare at best and vastly overpriced for what you actually get. If you're coming down from the north of Bristol, get off the M5 and stop at Cribbs Causeway, go to Marks and Sparks and buy some sandwiches, snacks and drinks there instead. They'll be far cheaper and nicer than the slops they serve up in Sedgemoor's 'cafeteria'. Posted: 16 Nov 2008, 20:56 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Sedgemoor (South) here, or you can return to Sedgemoor (South). Posted: 08 Jan 2006, 12:21
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