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
Catering: Burger King, Chow, Costa, Greggs, Costa Express, KFC (northbound only), Krispy Kreme, M&S Coffee to Go, West Cornwall Pasty Co (northbound only), Costa Drive Thru
Shops: Fone Bitz (northbound only), M&S Simply Food, WHSmith
Main Amenities: Electric Vehicle Charging Point (Ecotricity), Fourex Money Exchange, Full Hou$e, Lucky Coin, NomadPower, Showers
northbound only: Truck Wash, Changing Places
southbound only: Multi Faith Room
Motel: Travelodgebook
Forecourt: BP (with: BP Autogas LPG), Shop, Greggs, Costa Express, Krispy Kreme, Air1 AdBlue
Parking Prices
First two 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 portacabin 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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