A brand new service area on the new section of the A1(M) motorway, now fully open and bridging a large gap between services. It claims to be the greenest motorway service area in Britain.
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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, Upper Crust
Shops: WH Smith, Marks and Spencer Simply Food
Fuel: BP with pumps for Unleaded, Ultimate Unleaded, Diesel, Ultimate Diesel and AdBlue
Motel: Days Inn[book rooms]
Parking Prices
First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £12. Further information is not available, please update this if you know.
Trivia
Wetherby was controversially given planning permission in 2007 under the name 'Kirk Deighton'. It was built by North Midland Building Ltd. on the instruction of Moto, and it claimed to be the most environmentally-friendly service station around, with features including a large funnel to act as air conditioning and a giant 'wing' for a canopy.
It has a 126-bedroom hotel (the first to be built at a Moto which isn't a Travelodge), this was originally going to be three-story but the plans were rejected for being unsightly. The current hotel spent a year in development.
There are 67 HGV spaces, 20 coach spaces, 395 car parking spaces and a 309-space overflow car park. The petrol station opened on the 5th July 2008, with the rest of the services opening on the 23rd August.
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Congratulations on having that lovely sustainable building with all those features and some information to go with it. What a shame this is juxaposed with all that obvious money wasting rubbish. Its really in your face - not to mention the super-tempting-to-children machines just where children will be waiting for their parents.
I don't want my children so close to so many of these machines. Yes I know they are checked regularly but they are very obvious.
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Anonymous
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I called in to the services recently, made some phone calls from my car, spent £15 on food & drink then got waylaid on some more phone calls. Was later sent a bill by "Total Parking Solutions" for £11.75 (£10.00 + VAT). Absolutely disgusted. If there were signs they were not cvery obvious. Will not be using any MOTO services again.
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NP
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Me too - this is ridiculous! I bought a sandwich and a paper and was waiting for a colleague in my car in the car park with the engine running to keep the aircon on. My colleague was held up in heavy traffic which meant that I was there for just under 3 hours. I then received a parking fine for £50 based on number plate recognition a few days later. Needless to say I am contesting this even if it costs significantly more than the parking fine.
My advice: use the garage on the road into wetherby!
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Yiannos
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Just to add another complaint on parking tickets - we stayed at the Days Inn and parked our car outside the hotel - the hotel advertised that parking was free, so it never crossed our minds that areas outside the hotel would require parking fees.
Anyway, as we were just visiting the U.K, we received a letter from Hertz that they charged us 50 pounds for a parking fine as well as charged another 35 pounds for administration.....
All this, without EVER receiving the ticket in the first place.
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Mark the ex-Moto customer
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PARKING RIP OFF WARNING
Just wanted to add my bit to the warnings about Wetherby.
The parking warning signs are not obvious & if you are more than 2 hours you get a charge, £80 (reduced to £50 if you pay quickly - ah that's nice of them isn't it?) but bumped up to £120 if you don't pay within 28 days.
Absolutely incredible approach to customer service. I travel a lot but I won't be stopping at a Moto again.
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Jan
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I parked in my Motorhome at Wetherby services at 11.30pm and fell asleep till approximately 5.30am. I didn't see any signs saying that I had to pay I would willing have paid for my break Had I been aware there was a charge, I now have a £60 fine do I have to pay this?
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Anonymous
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i popped in to costa on my way to leeds as i had been to visit relatives in cornwall, the service was great, im not a costa lover but i was tired and in need of a coffee, wot topped it off i lost my phone in costa seating area, it wasnt untill i set off that i realized, i went back to have a look, i was panicing, and the lad on the counter came over his name was michael spoors, he asked me if i had lost something and i explained to him,he told me he had found on the side and that he has got it, i was overwhelmed and shoked, he was really honest and i thanked him a lot, i will be visiting costa again  great service |
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Pete Starr
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Well at least it wasn't just me that didn't see any car paking signs!!! Although when phoning CP Plus I was reliably informed that there are 30 - 40 signs regarding car parking around... if only i lived a bit closer, I'd be back there to count them!!
My first letter was a reminder notice saying that i owed £80 - first letter never came... was it ever posted i wonder!?
MOTO[color=#000000]won't be bothered about this because it is too much of a money spinner for them (on top of the overpriced goods/services/petrol that accompany services.[/color]
Just be warned about the parking fellow travellers!!!
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Ian P
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DON'T USE SERVICE STATION AT WETHERBY OR ANY MOTO SERVICES
I used it for a business Meeting in May of this year because the facilities has free connection to broadband and they are more or less promoting you stay longer than 2 hours. Both myself and my colleague were fined £50 for parking over the 2 hour limit. The warning signs regarding the parking time limit and small and difficult to see!!
This is the last time I visit MOTO anywhere in the UK and I am spreading the word!! CROOKS, nothing more!
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Steve
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Used this place frequently for Pit Stop....
1) Difficult to understand why anyone would want to spend more than two hours parked up here other than for a kip. However, do charges apply to HGV drivers who by law must have a rest period?
2) There has to be a compromise between staff cleaning these places and us doing our bit by taking trays and plates back to counter, it's not difficult.
3) Car Parking bays are definitely too small, I always park well away from the entrance to avaoid panel damage.
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