Toddington services
M1 between J11 and J12
Signposted from the road.
LU5 6HR
map and directions
Two sites located between junctions, connected by a pedestrian footbridge.
Enriched with facilities but not good looks, Toddington is a busy service area and the first in a while for traffic heading from the M25.
Facilities
COVID-19 update: These details were updated on 7 November 2020, with changes caused by COVID-19.
Catering: Burger King, Costa, Greggs, KFC (northbound only), Costa Express, Krispy Kreme, M&S Coffee to Go, Costa Drive Thru
Shops: M&S Simply Food, WHSmith
Main Amenities: NomadPower, Showers
northbound only: Changing Places, Fourex Money Exchange
Hotel: Travelodgebook
Charging Points:
Ecotricity
Forecourt: BP, Shop, Costa Express, Greggs, Air1 AdBlue, LPG (BP Autogas)
Parking Prices
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £15 and HGVs, caravans and motorhomes £30.50. HGVs can pay £32.50 to include a £10 food voucher.
Prices are paid using PayByPhone - more details. The location code is 2469 (northbound) and 2470 (southbound).
The fees are strictly enforced by CP Plus.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Moto Ltd
Toddington
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 6HR
- 📞 Telephone number: 01525 878400
- 🗺 Grid reference: TL030287
Trivia and History
Full details: History:Toddington
In Spring 2018, Transport Focus calculated a 72% satisfaction score for the southbound services, and 82% for the northbound services, making it second-worst and sixth-worst respectively. By 2019 northbound was scoring 91%, while southbound had risen to 89%.
The head office for Granada services and later Moto, this combined with it being a very busy service station has meant it has often been used as a test bed by the firms for new ideas. Previously Granada had used Heston and their London office in Golden Square.
Despite being one of the oldest services Moto owns, it's also one of their busiest and most profitable, helped by the fact that there aren't many services to the south-west. Plans for services at Redbourn were objected to by Granada and refused.
Like all services in England, a new 50-year lease was signed in 1982. This was valued at £2,312,000, making it the most valuable.
Recent Changes
The Little Chef here was the last to leave the motorway network, lasting until 2010. It may well have lasted a little longer as Moto wanted to set up a Costa stand at the entrance to the services, but those plans were refused as inappropriate development, so Costa took over Little Chef instead.
In July 2010, The Barber Shop on the southbound side, situated in a portable building in the car park, closed and reopened in December 2011 as a Faith Room.
Fone Bitz used to have stores on both sides here however the southbound store closed in 2018. A northbound Cotton Traders store also closed in late 2019.
A KFC opened on the northbound side in January 2019.
Alternatives
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| London Gateway (26 miles) Cobham (M25 west, 53 miles) South Mimms (M25 east, 25 miles) Heston (M4 east, 38 miles) Reading (M4 west, 63 miles) Fleet (M3 south-west, 60 miles) Breakspears (A414 west, 15 miles) | Services on the M1 | Newport Pagnell (15 miles) |
| none on M1 Heston (M4 east, 38 miles) Reading (M4 west, 63 miles) | Moto services | none nearby |
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