Trowell

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Trowell
Moto
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Road:	M1 between J25 and J26
Address:	Moto Hospitality Ltd Trowell Motorway Services Area M1 Trowell Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG9 3PL
Telephone number:	01159 320291
Signposted from the road?	As Burger King/M&S
Opened:	1967
Previous operators:	Mecca Leisure, Granada
Grid reference:	SK492407
Services type:	Two sites located between junctions, connected by an internal bridge.
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Trowell has a history of being slated but Moto have tried their hardest to brighten it up a bit. The northbound and southbound sites are very different, with northbound having recently had an extension. The car park is very small and finding spaces can sometimes be difficult.

It is currently sitting in the middle of a set of major roadworks on the M1.

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Facilities

General: Local Information, Picnic Tables, Children's Play Area, Showers, Wi-Fi
Restaurants: Eat & Drink Co., Burger King, Costa Coffee
Shops: WH Smith, Marks and Spencer Simply Food
Fuel: BP with pumps for Unleaded, Ultimate Unleaded, Diesel and Ultimate Diesel
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 can be paid through the phone, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by CP Plus.

Trivia

Trowell featured briefly in the TV show 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet', and was referred to briefly in 'Mock the Week' where Hugh Dennis suggested a sign after the services saying 'wish you hadn't eaten for 26 miles'.

A Costa Coffee will open here soon.

Survey Results

In 2006, Holiday Which? gave Trowell a rock-bottom 1/5 in their survey. It didn't come last though, Cullompton on the M5 did.

Also in 2006 the services won a five-star loo award.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: Qasim I was very disappointed to call in to Trowell (0115 9320291) only to learn that an excellent initiative in 2003 was unilaterally withdrawn last year. It is also disappointing that staff realise that the facility was and is still needed (only one of two of its kind out of hundreds of service stations on the UK motoroways). I was advised thaty they have spotted people regularly praying in public on the stairwell. Those praying do not wish to be a hazard for people walking past and are tolerant of the absence of a small private clean place to contemplate on their journey. Rather than change websites like motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Trowell still identifying this facility christians, muslims and people of other faiths wanting to stop on route to pray - could a new facility please be found at this services station on the Mq or any other on popular routes like the M1 between Leeds and London that have many Moto services? It is excellent to see that the service station is providing a service to disabled people where the contemplation room used to be, but I do not see why such a valuable service that was being used every day by users who chose this services to stop off and give their custom had to be cancelled rather than moved. Posted: 15 Dec 2009, 11:46 alex I stopped here (southbound) and has about a 6 mile hike to get to M&S, there are no signs saying you need to cross the bridge, otherwise I wouldn't have stopped! Anyway, nice selection of sandwiches. Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 08:58 MatthewB6323 A visit to Trowell southbound on Monday 23 March 2009, at about 3pm, suggested that this service area, already quiet on the strength of visits in recent years, is suffering badly from the current M1 widening scheme. Patronage seemed very low, and Cafe Ritazza had just closed, seemingly for the day, with only the E&DC cafeteria remaining open. Not being attracted to the coffee machine, we left for Donington Park, despite its inconvenient placing for southbound travellers. Posted: 25 Mar 2009, 14:02 MatthewB6323 I think that the original operator of Trowell was Mecca. Posted: 22 Jul 2008, 12:09 Johnny The southbound site is better, but still not great. Posted: 28 Dec 2006, 19:49 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Trowell here, or you can return to Trowell. Posted: 08 Jan 2006, 11:33
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With thanks to the users 'Ziathon', 'alex' and 'MatthewB6323' for the information used on this page.