Opened: 1998

Current Owner: RoadChef


Then:

Trivia:

From Mike B:

"On the M1 north of Junction 28 stubs were built for a service area when the road was first built. The present Tibshelf Services however were actually built just south of these stubs which can still be seen unused. I'm not sure why this is the case, but the present position does mean that the slip roads are sharply curved and entry and exits are at the same point rather than at the north and south ends of the site as they would have been.


Current:

From Tony Lloyd (Pre 2011)

The design is like a tunnel. It's quite a small service area. The front door basically leads an open corridor straight through to more doors at the opposite end. There's toilets at the back, a wee arcade and a couple of retail outlets on one side, and
a standard msa cafe on the other side. Must be the service area with the least natural light, EVER, as the only windows are the far side of the cafe, and the doors at each end. Mmmm. Gloomy. "

Thanks:
Ross Bowman - picture.
Tony Lloyd - description
Mike Burgoyne - Stubs

Received votes so far and a sample of comments:
People who prefer this MSA 19
People happy to visit 8
People who avoid this MSA 14
Selection of comments received
  • The access road is a sight to behold!! - 2005-05-30
  • The cafeteria service people are always friendly. The services are in pleasant surroundings with space to walk away from traffic and exercise the dog. - 2005-12-13
  • i am a coach driver and i always get excellent service. the staff are very friendly and the food is very goog - 2007-10-16
  • Confusing signage on entering n/bnd. Otherwise fine. Good period atmosphere. - 2008-05-05
  • Southbound sign says NOW FULLY OPEN, sign has been there for over 10 years! - 2010-10-27
This is a very old site, and we used to have a voting/comment system here, but for now it is turned off, sorry. Please also note the comments above are very old too and won't necessarily reflect the current state of the site and reflect the opinion of a visitor to the website, not the view of the website operator.

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