Doncaster (North) services
M18 at J5
M180 at the starting roundabout
(also accessible to traffic on the B1538)
Signposted from the road.
DN8 5GS
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
This is the Moto service area on the M18 and the M180. For the old Little Chef on the A1, see Carcroft. For the former Forte services on the A1, see Barnsdale Bar. For the unbuilt service areas, see History:M18.
One service area serving both the M18 and the M180, with the largest range of facilities available in this corner of the motorway network.
Facilities
COVID-19 update: These details were updated on 12 April 2021, with changes caused by COVID-19.
Catering: Burger King, Costa, Greggs, Costa Express, Krispy Kreme
Shops: M&S Simply Food, WHSmith
Main Amenities: NomadPower, Showers, Brexit Document Advice Point, HGV Covid-19 Test Centre
Hotel: Travelodgebook
Charging Points: Ecotricity
Forecourt: BP, Shop, Greggs, Costa Express, Air1 AdBlue, LPG (FloGas)
Parking Prices
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £15 and HGVs, caravans and motorhomes £26.50. HGVs can pay £28.50 to include a £10 food voucher.
Prices are paid using PayByPhone - more details. The location code is 2434.
The fees are strictly enforced by CP Plus.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Junction 5
M18 Motorway
Thorne
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
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- 📞 Telephone number: 01302 847700
- 🗺 Grid reference: SE667110
- 📌 what3words: ///springing.arranger.reference
Trivia and Design
See also: History:Doncaster (North)
The service area's car park is a base for a local park & share scheme. It is connected by public footpath to Hugh Hill Lane and the wider road network of Thorne, although most of these fields are proposed to be turned into industrial units.
For a long time - long before the service area was built - there has been a plan to build a link road from M18 J5 to the local road network. Work finally started in 2019, with a new roundabout at the entrance to the service area opening in 2020.
Some planning documents called it 'Hatfield North services'. The unusual choice to use parentheses could be an attempt to differentiate from the A1's Doncaster services.
The building at Doncaster (North) uses an atrium design with a large, south-facing, glass frontage and a glass roof running along the middle. This has since been extended forwards over the large open area at the front.
Granada built the site on a 25 year lease, with rent of approximately £1.4m per year. The land is owned by CBRE Global Investors, who paid £21m for it in August 2014.
Alternatives
| Previous: | Next: | |
| none on M18 Woodall (M1 south, 27 miles) Blyth (A1(M) south, 19 miles) | Services on the M18 | none on M18 Ferrybridge (M62 west, 19 miles) West Cave (A63, 21 miles) Glews (M62 east, 10 miles) |
| start of road | Services on the M180 | Barnetby (26 miles) |
| Trowell (M1 south, 55 miles) Blyth (A1(M) south, 19 miles) | Moto services | Ferrybridge (M62 west, 19 miles) |
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