Eynsham services
A40 Eynsham Road
Signposted from the road.
OX29 4EN
map and directions
Two sites located on either side of the road (turning possible).
A pair of petrol stations either side of Eynsham Roundabout.
Facilities
Both petrol stations are accessible in both directions.
Acre Hill
The west site is positioned on the eastbound carriageway. No toilet facilities are available, no HGV access is available, and it closes at night.
Catering: Kingsley Café Outdoor Space: Grass verge only Forecourt: Esso, Tesco Express, Costa Express, Free Cash Machine
Eynsham East
The east site is positioned on the westbound carriageway.
Outdoor Space: Grass verge only Forecourt: BP, Londis, Costa Express, Rollover, Car Wash
Parking Prices
Short-stay car parking is provided at both sites.
No HGV parking is available, although Eynsham East (closer to the westbound side) is accessible to HGVs.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
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Eynsham Filling Station
Eynsham
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 4EN
Trivia and History
The two filling stations were built on small parcels of land left over when the road was built. Both sites opened in around 1984 with the eastbound site branded as Jet.
The original Eynsham branch of Little Chef was positioned a little to the west of both of these. It opened in around 1974 and closed in 1985, when it moved to two new buildings. The original building was demolished shortly after, becoming two bungalows.
Split Sites
The plan was to build a new Little Chef restaurant and lodge to the east of the eastbound filling station, known as 'Wasties Garage' at the time, but instead a restaurant was built on land to the west of the filling station, with the entire site becoming known as Acre Hill service station after the house which sits directly behind the site. This Little Chef gained a Burger King, but became a restaurant and is now a car dealership after closing in around 2005.
The eastbound restaurant building later became a café again, relaunching as Kingsley Café in late 2022 following the owners of a car restoration company situated behind the building acquiring the site.
While that one was being built, another new Little Chef was built at the westbound services, which also closed at the same time. It later became Rumblin' Tums Café before closing in 2010 and becoming the motorcycle accessories shop. A snack bar usually sits in the car park too.
One of the two new Little Chefs was celebrated as being their 250th branch to open.
Meanwhile, in 1990 two different developers also applied to build new services on the A40: one north-west of the Lower Road roundabout and one west of Cuckoo Lane.
Forecourt Development
The eastbound filling station went onto become an Esso filling station gaining a Tesco Express store in 2002. Confusingly, under Tesco ownership, the Acre Hill service station has been renamed Eynsham service station, the same name as the existing BP site.
The eastbound filling station received a major refurbishment from Esso in 2016.
Meanwhile, the westbound filling station was owned by Malthurst under the Total brand. It was acquired by MRH in around 2012, who rebranded it to BP.
MRH added their own-brand Hursts to the site in 2018. Following the merger of MRH and MFG, this became an MFG site in late 2018, and in 2020, they rebranded the store to Londis.
MFG are now seeking to completely demolish their forecourt, to provide new facilities in its place. This will include four electric vehicle charging points, four parking spaces and a new sales shop with a Greggs store inside it.
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