Tibshelf

Tibshelf
RoadChef
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Road:	M1 between J28 and J29
Address:	RoadChef Newton Wood Lane Newton Alfreton Derbyshire DE55 5TZ
Telephone number:	01773 876600
Signposted from the road?	Yes
Opened:	1998
Previous names:	Chesterfield
Grid reference:	SK448603
Services type:	Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
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Facilities

General: BT Openzone, Business Lounge, Conference Room (northbound only), Meeting Room (southbound only), Traffic Information
Restaurants: RestBite, The Burger Company, Costa Coffee
Shops: WH Smith, Fonebitz
Fuel: Shell (pump types unknown)
Motel: Premier Inn^{[book rooms]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which HGVs must pay £18, or £20 to include a £10 food voucher.

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

Trivia and History

The services were planned to be a few hundred yards further up the M1, on the other side of the footbridge you can see ghost slips and land shaped for a normal straight four-sliproad service area. Presumably an expansion of the industrial estate meant that the site had to be moved.

In 1995 Welcome Break worked on new plans for a service area here. They had to hold back as the Highways Agency were considering dropping plans to widen and realign the M1 which would have affected the position of the services. After this happened RoadChef and Extra showed an interest in the plans, and eventually pushed through with them to become operator and forecourt operator respectively.

Tibshelf used to proudly boast that "no other service station offers you such flexibility and choice". No-one knows exactly what they meant or where this extra choice was.

Survey Results

In 2006, Holiday Which? rated the services at 2/5.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: Anonymous Visit tibsheld south about four times a week. Good costa and decent shop. But Rats my God !! at 6am more rats than staff!! At 11am today still more! I may have to buy a flask. Posted: 03 Aug 2010, 21:21 Anonymous Tibshelf.Watch the petrol pumps. I have been in twice to the s/b and they have started with 7p on the dial. Pump 11 the last time. The shop didnt want to know. I think someones scimming. Posted: 02 Aug 2010, 22:13 Anonymous I went to tibshelf southbound services while on travel to the south west during the snowfall of late 2009-2010.. Alright service station, but there dosn't seem as much services as you would expect. Some toilets, a wimpy bar( A dying resturant in the uk..) and a games room . But what i was dissapointed about is that it was still covered in snow, they had gritted the footpaths but not the car park .Not very good for a busy m1 service station The message is So when it snows heavily, don't go to tibshelf unless you want to slide around in the car park! Posted: 17 Jan 2010, 18:49 Anonymous I went in on the 13th jan to have a costa hazlenut latte with my husband who is the cook there (of which i was sat on my own waiting for him to go on his break not disturbing anyone), i was told i am not allowed to stay in for coffee i am only allowed takeaway, i am sorry am i not good enough to drink in there, and is my husband not allowed to see his wife on his break. I think the management couldn't organise anything, i know i worked there 8 years ago, and they havn't changed. I have heard the stories from my husband, and remember the way i got spoken to like i was trash. I think it is a shame for the younger staff that get all the blame, when their management is a load of rubbish. I was appauled and embarrassed at being asked to leave. Posted: 13 Jan 2010, 20:37 Anonymous hey its not all that bad at tibshelf Anonymous wrote: This has to rank as the worst service station I have been to. I ordered a meal from the main restaurant area. Twenty minutes later after being told that my meal would be brought over, I went back to be told it would be ready in four minutes. After going back 10 minutes later I found that the meal had only just started to be prepared as the cook "had not heard the order". There seems to be a lack of proper management there, and I'm certainly going to AVOID this place in the future. hi can you remember wat time it was,was it north or south and can you remember who served you or discription thankyou Posted: 15 Dec 2009, 13:51 Anonymous This has to rank as the worst service station I have been to. I ordered a meal from the main restaurant area. Twenty minutes later after being told that my meal would be brought over, I went back to be told it would be ready in four minutes. After going back 10 minutes later I found that the meal had only just started to be prepared as the cook "had not heard the order". There seems to be a lack of proper management there, and I'm certainly going to AVOID this place in the future. Posted: 25 Oct 2009, 20:53 davidjohn DISGUSTING CONDITION OF TOILETS TODAY, MENS POOR AND DIRTY, RAN OUT OF TOILET ROLL, WOMENS DIRTY AND SHORT OF SOAP, BABY CHANGING ONE OUT OF ORDER AND OTHER ONE HAD A WET FLOOR. THE MANAGER, SHIRLEY WHITE, COULD NOT FIND A COMPLAINT FORM ! Posted: 18 Oct 2009, 21:37 Anonymous Admin wrote: Post your comments and reviews for Tibshelf here, or click here to return to the Services List. DEAN IN THE NTH SHOP A TOP LAD WHO LIKES TO HELP. UNLIKE MOST MUPPETS THAT WORK THERE Posted: 13 Jun 2009, 13:46 JULIE-ANN A big thank you to Karen in Costa Coffee for excellant service today what a star!! Posted: 01 Dec 2008, 16:54 Anonymous Never actually used Tibshelf because I'm baffled by the site layout! Yesterday in torrential rain (as opposed to usual night time visits) I was stuck between two white vans, the front one covered up the signs and when he went right I saw a sign with a bed over a "P" this I assumed was the car park for the "hotel" and turned right also. I finished up in the coach park noticed that there were two big rough looking lads there and a clamping sign. Got back into car and tried to get round to car park again. Once again signs were blocked from view by vehicle in front and when I saw the "P" sign I couldn't turn because of the prat on my boot! So off up the M1 to the next services. Tibshelf can get stuffed! Posted: 31 Oct 2008, 18:50
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