Woolley Edge

Woolley Edge
Moto
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Road:	M1 between J38 and J39
Address:	Moto Hospitality Woolley Edge Motorway Services Area Bramley Lane Bretton Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 4LQ
Telephone number:	01924 830371
Signposted from the road?	As Costa/Burger King (northbound) Burger King/Costa/M&S (southbound)
Opened:	1972
Previous operators:	Taverna, Granada
Grid reference:	SE300140
Services type:	Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
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The last services on the M1 heading northwards, the southbound building has recently been refurbished and it comes with a fair amount of outdoor room unlike the northbound side, which is slightly short of space.

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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 (southbound only)
Fuel: Esso with pumps for Unleaded, Ultimate Unleaded, Diesel and Ultimate Diesel
Motel: Travelodge^{[book rooms: north south]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 and HGVs £16, or £18 to include a £7.50 food voucher.

Prices can be paid through the phone, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by CP Plus.

Trivia

The north-facing sliproads at the services are very long due to the gradients associated with the area. There is a railway tunnel running under the services.

As well as being the last services on the M1, Woolley Edge is the last service area alphabetically, and the service area before Woolley Edge, Woodall, is also the service area before Woolley Edge when driving up the M1. Can you tell that I've ran out of things to say about these services?

Survey Results

In 2006 the services won a five star loo award.

Also in 2006, Holiday Which? rated the services as 4/5.

The services were inspected by the AA on the 3rd and 5th of April 2004. These are their results:

The services were said to have some good facilities, but they were very dirty.

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Comments and Reviews

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Author: Message: Anonymous Just been fined £80 for parking (£50 if you know about it) - the van had a problem and I had more than the parking to worry about. This became a very expensive stop. Check out the signs if you can find them. Wont every use this place again - they will lose more than £80 in lost business. Beware Posted: 24 May 2010, 13:48 alex THERE IS NO MARKS & SPENCER SIMPLY FOOD NORTHBOUND AND NO BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE TWO! I think that they should get an M&S northbound, I ended up driving to Wetherby. And, once again, Caffe Ritazza is now Costa and signed as: NORTH: 'Costa Burger King' SOUTH: 'Costa M&S' Also, no Easter Eggs at Smiths on Easter Saturday (northbound) Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 10:02 sarahj I used to stop here not long after the M1 had been extended to the A1(M) and the place was a dump. Vending machines were all that was available from 22.00. My guess was a not very busy services were getting more custom since the M1 extention. My latest stop (Oct 07) found a rebuilt services with nice food a M&S and a WH Smith. Very impressed and a much needed improvement. Posted: 20 Oct 2007, 07:32 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Woolley Edge here, or you can return to Woolley Edge. Posted: 08 Jan 2006, 12:38
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AA survey results from the Automobile Association, you can view the full report and what they were looking for in this PDF document.