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Penultimate new site opened by Granada before the demerger & rebranding
to become Moto.
When built it was very experimental. Appears to be based on Airport facilities,
providing convienience shopping. (UK law prevents MSA's being anything
more than a stop off point- it must not be a place to drive to)
The original application names this site as "Long Whatton"
The Travelodge is built around the MSA. Neil Turner sent us some picutres
and you can see below the Travelodge hotel is built around the main courtyard
area with windows overlooking it. Handy if you are an insomniac- you can
watch people in the MSA at 3am. Sleep will surely come quickly....
Has a Little Chef, Burger King, FreshExpress, Halfords and a branch of
Thorntons chocolates
Currently has a 5 Star Loo of the year
Award 2003 along with 33 others in the road transport category. (find
best loos overall)
Very pleasant to visit- as one of the newer sites it is airy and does
resemble a shopping court.
Thanks to Neil Turner for sending these photos
Andrew M C Brodie
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In the picture below you can
see the hotel windows on the wall on the right of the picture.
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Thanks:
James (aka Robin Cook)
Neil Turner - photos and pointing out the Travelodge curiosity
Tony Lloyd
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Visited this MSA in 2004 and its cleanliness was terrible, since then it seems to have improved. Has recently became Moto M&S 25/06/2005 09:16:01
It hasnt had time to decay like many of the older services. 19/08/2005 14:23:22
Nice toilets. 19/08/2005 16:17:44
HOW LONG IS THAT DAMN SLIPROAD!!!!!!!!!! 31/08/2005 14:25:06
This is my regular stopoff en route between Bucks and Yorks. The food is nicely presented, and the staff are invariably friendly. Has an air of being properly customer-focussed. Dont like the potted philosophy boards at the food counter... 24/10/2005 08:00:32
01/02/2006 11:46:32
the lake out the back always makes me laugh, more of a pond really. Nice view form there though and little noise from tMway 02/02/2006 10:45:16
Sometimes drive to it for a snack on summer evening drives rather than motorway stop off. Very pleasant atmosphere. 12/03/2006 20:19:28
i hate this services only because of all the planes from the airport 30/04/2006 21:16:07
The signage to the toilet is dismal. The signs are pink and have very silly & confusing men/women graphics. I witnessed several men going into the womens toilet (by Accident!) Otherwise its not bad at all. 02/05/2006 19:01:45
24/06/2006 14:26:31
My Car couldnt have broken down at a better service station! The best one ive ever visited infact. 16/02/2007 23:18:32
i do like Donington Park services although its a bit noisy with the planes overhead 09/04/2007 08:44:06
Visited a few years ago - I was very impressed! 28/04/2007 22:02:01
10/05/2007 13:42:15
Its a nice service station, but last time I visited every single table was full of used coffee cups. I have to clear the coffee cups from one table onto a chair to make space for my toastie 01/12/2007 15:23:19
This was my wifes favourite stop off until the last 6 months - cleanliness is now terrible and the people making the posh coffee are worse than trained chimps 30/12/2007 20:38:50
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