Other Services On this Motorway:

Burton In Kendal
Charnock Richard
Corley
Hilton Park
Keele
Killington Lake
Lymm Truckstop
Knutsford
Lancaster (Forton)
Norton Canes
Sandbach
Southwaite
Stafford
J38 Truckstop
Tebay East
Tebay West

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Opened: 1970 Original owner: Toprank Subsequently: Granada Current Owner: Moto Location: M6 J10a/11

Hilton Park - possibly inspired by the design for Forton?

Then:

Trivia:
For a short while was renamed "Birmingham North" in the 1990's. Has since reverted back to its original name.

Buildings were completed but the services did not open for business for another couple of years.

The last services to have a separate Truckers cafe (a regulatory requirement for many years, now replaced by the voucher system)

A short 10-minute drama was filmed named after and set at these services (more)

The first Cyber-Cafe on an UK motorway opened here in 1999

5 companies were fined £181,000 becuase of abestos found and incorrectly dealt with during refurbishment in 2000.

Along with Trowell, the first MSA in to have a "contemplation room" - a small room with a table, Bible and Koran inside for stressed travellers to pray and unwind. They are trial rooms, 4 trial sites are planned in 2003

According to Motley Fool, this site was the Busiest MSA in 1998

Pictures of Hilton Park after the 1999 Granada Rebuild

Thanks:
Ross Bowman

Received votes so far and a sample of comments: People who prefer this MSA 10 People happy to visit 10 People who avoid this MSA 7 Selection of comments received bring back the separate truckers cafe...give the truckers somewhere quiet to eat and chill after putting up with the idiots on the motorways and somewhere there are no kids running all over the place when they are trying to eat. 02/02/2006 15:48:40 24/06/2006 14:44:36 11/09/2006 21:36:19 i think the staff are treated very badly by the managment at this msa.i have also noticed that at a night time there are many times when a single member of staff left to cope on their own which i think is unacceptable for a company like this 09/10/2006 15:54:29 05/01/2007 10:55:10 Visiting at night is not a good experience! And the price of the luke-warm dishwater that attempted to pass for tea was an insult to anyones intelligence. 16/09/2007 18:24:10

 

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