| 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 |
| Opened: | 1994 |
| Previous operators: | Mobil?? |
| Grid reference: | SP339579 |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them. |
| Visit Warwick Northbound/Welcome Break's official website Visit Warwick Southbound/Welcome Break's Official Website Facebook Page | |
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 WiFi, Picnic Area, Children's Play Area, Traffic Information, Welcome Break Gaming, Meeting Room (northbound only), Showers
Restaurants: Burger King, Eat In, KFC, Starbucks, Papa John's Pizza
Shops: WHSmith (with Costa Express Krispy Kreme), Fone Bitz (southbound only), Waitrose
Fuel: BP (with: Costa Express LPG)
Motel: Days Inn[book rooms: north south]
Parking Prices
First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £10. Further information is not available, please update this if you know.
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.
The services originally consisted of two competing plans: one by the Department for Transport and the other by Mobil. Mobil would have included a vehicular bridge at the services, while the DfT considered building a footbridge and later dropped it.
Survey Results
In May 2012 and August 2011 the services were rated as 3 stars by Visit England, who said they had the best toilets.
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.
Alternatives
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| none on M40 Hopwood Park (M42 west, 22 miles) Tamworth (M42 north, 35 miles) Hilton Park (M6 north, 45) Corley (M6 south, 26 miles) Telford (M54, 53 miles) Norton Canes (M6 Toll, 47 miles) | Services on the M40 | Cherwell Valley (23 miles) |
| Hopwood Park (M42 west, 22 miles) Corley (M6 south, 26 miles) Telford (M54, 53 miles) | Welcome Break services |
Oxford (M40, 53 miles) Peartree (A34, 35 miles) |
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