Coneygarth services
A1(M) at J51
(also accessible to traffic on the A784 and the A6055)
Signposted from the road? No (side roads only)
DL7 9EG
(Google Maps link)
Single site located at a junction.
A new truckstop and service area development on the new length of the A1(M), although signposts will take you to the more distant Leeming Bar rest area.
Facilities
COVID-19 update: Most service stations are open with fewer facilities. General advice here.
Catering: Diner 51
Main Amenities: LPW Truck Wash, Showers
Forecourt: Shell, Londis, Subway, Costa Express, Rollover, Air1 AdBlue
Parking Prices
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which HGVs must pay £21.50 which includes a £5 food voucher.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Coneygarth
A1, Junction 51
Leeming Bar
Yorkshire
DL7 9EG
- 📞 Telephone number: 01677 424525
- 🗺 Grid reference: SE281908
- 📌 what3words: ///entitles.library.scooters
Trivia and History
As of 2019 Ordnance Survey maps now mark Coneygarth the same as they mark any regular motorway service area. Some scales mark it alongside Leeming Bar, while others show Leeming Bar as merely a 'motel'.
Planning
When the new A1(M) was being planned to replace the A1 between Dishforth and Barton, it was clear the road was going to go from having many online services to having none.
This led to a long-running planning debate, which came to a head with a public inquiry that ran until 2012. Exelby Services, which used to run a truckstop near Londonderry, were planning to move to a large truckstop at Fairfield Farm.
The inquiry concluded that Leeming Bar should be the main motorway service area, but that there was also a need for a truckstop, and Coneygarth could become one. It did not enter into a signing agreement to be signed from the new road, with the Highways Agency giving preference to Leeming Bar, but some signs have now been placed at the junction.
Although the proposed truckstop was being weighed up against official service areas, throughout the process Exelby were clear that they had no plans for the new truckstop to be signed from the new motorway.
Opening
The filling station officially opened on 7 November 2014, accompanied by a Mace branded store. A Subway outlet opened three weeks later.
The cafe here was originally due to open in early 2015. Plans for a cafe were instead submitted to the local authority in summer 2016, and 'Diner 51' opened on 9 January 2017.
In late 2018 the store changed to Londis.
Alternatives
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