Warwick

Warwick
Welcome Break
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Road:	M40 between J12 and J13
Address:	Welcome Break Ltd Warwick Services M40 Banbury Road Ashorne Warwick CV35 0AA
Telephone number:	01926 650168 (northbound) 01926 652080 (southbound)
Signposted from the road?	As Starbucks/Waitrose (northbound) Starbucks/KFC (southbound)
Opened:	1994
Previous operators:	Mobil??
Grid reference:	SP339579
Services type:	Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
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This is the Welcome Break service area on the M40. For the smaller services on the A46, see Warwick North.

The southbound services come with a large amount of open space around the side. It's generally a pretty tidy and popular service area, however the parking areas are a little small and often fill up.

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Facilities

General: BT Openzone, Picnic Area, Children's Play Area, Traffic Information, Welcome Break Gaming, Conference Room (northbound only), Showers
Restaurants: Burger King, Eat In, KFC, Starbucks
Shops: WH Smith, Fonebitz (southbound only), Waitrose (northbound only)
Fuel: BP (pump types unknown)
Motel: Days Inn^{[book rooms: north south]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 and caravans, coaches and HGVs £22.50. These prices include a £2/£10 food voucher respectively.

Prices can be paid in the shop and restaurant, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by ParkingEye.

Trivia

The northbound Days Inn hotel was closed for a few months in 2007 after the ground floor flooded. For a fairly new service station the exit slips are surprisingly short. Also, be warned that the speed humps in the car park are lethal!

In 2000 a swan made of quartz chips was put in place in at the entrance to the southbound services, with a flowerbed reading 'Welcome to Warwick'. The swan was based on (but different to that of) the old Welcome Break logo, although it hasn't been seen for quite a few years.

Survey Results

In 2008 the services won a five star loo award.

In 2006 and again in 2007, the northbound services won a five star loo award and the southbound services won a four star one.

Also in 2006, Holiday Which? rated the services as a 3/5.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: mr&mrs smith I have a special memory of this place, Having just gotten married, we drove down from Scotland the next day heading towards Gatwick to go on our honeymoon. Looking for somewhere to stay last minute before our final leg of the journey in the morning to catch our flight from Gatwick. We came upon Warwick south services which was then a welcome break (Aug 1998) Booked into the Welcome Break hotel and unintentionally consumated our marriage in room 13 !! My Wife had too much to drink the night before!! Every now and then while heading South approx once/twice a year we stop at Warwick south and laugh at how young,foolish and maybe romantic we had been. Not sure if she would be too happy with me if I were to re-book room 13 for our 11th anniversary this year? lol and yes we are a real Mr and Mrs Smith ! Posted: 04 Aug 2009, 21:25 Harry These services would be very good if it wasn't for the huge number of rats in the car park !! Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 16:13 Bobby Very good services, with a great selection of places to eat. As with all MSA's, the food is expensive, but what can you do about that? Certainly worth a visit! Posted: 13 Dec 2008, 16:21 Johnny It's now been greatly improved and the toilets are a lot better! However, the southbound road layout is God-awful and very confusing for anyone who wasn't expecting it. Posted: 10 Aug 2007, 17:11 Karen It's good but the toilets are horrid. It's rural location and picnic areas also give it a bit of a problem with rats. Posted: 10 Jun 2007, 16:03 Johnny I think it does, but I'm not sure. It definatly has Coffee Primo. Posted: 24 Jun 2006, 12:35 Hazza Along with Hopwood Park, I can recommend this to anyone with families. Picnic area, a nice grass patch for walking dogs or children, play area, as well as children's TV and colouring inside. Yup - these two are both great! On the other hand. does Warwick have a cafe. Otherwise the only food you can get here is KFC or Burger King! Posted: 24 Jun 2006, 12:32 Johnny Clean, nice and recently refurbished. Could do with nicer toilets, though, apparently they were cleaned just a minute ago, but they weren't very pleasant. Posted: 26 Mar 2006, 16:29 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Warwick here, or you can return to Warwick. Posted: 08 Jan 2006, 12:34
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