Leigh Delamere services

Leigh Delamere Services

The eastbound services
Leigh Delamere services (Wiltshire)
Information
County: Wiltshire
Road: M4
Coordinates: 51°30′42″N 2°09′34″W / 51.511528°N 2.159468°W / 51.511528; -2.159468Coordinates: 51°30′42″N 2°09′34″W / 51.511528°N 2.159468°W / 51.511528; -2.159468
Operator: Moto Hospitality
Date opened: 1972[1]
Website: Moto

Leigh Delamere services is a motorway service station on the M4 motorway situated one mile west of Junction 17, between Bristol and Swindon (close to Chippenham and Malmesbury). It takes its name from the adjoining village of Leigh Delamere. It is one of Europe's largest service stations.

The service area is owned by Moto, and has among other businesses a Marks & Spencer, Burger King and WH Smiths.

Facilities[2][3][4]

Hotels

Restaurants

Fuel

Shops

The station is mentioned in The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and is supposedly named after the mother of an associate of the main villain. It features several times in BBC TV's Gavin and Stacey, although scenes purportedly at Leigh Delamere were filmed at Cardiff Gate services in Wales.

References

  1. ↑ Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. - Accessed 21 January 2009
  2. ↑ (http://www.forepoint.co.uk), Forepoint. "Motorway Services | Moto - Leigh Delamere Eastbound". moto-way.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  3. ↑ (http://www.forepoint.co.uk), Forepoint. "Motorway Services | Moto - Leigh Delamere Westbound". moto-way.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Driving Pit Stop - Find Highway and Motorway services". www.drivingpitstop.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
Next eastbound:
Membury		 Motorway service stations on the
M4 motorway 		Next westbound:
Magor
Severn View (M48)


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