Grantham North Services
Encyclopedia
Grantham North Services is a service area operated by Moto
located on the A1 at Gonerby Moor Roundabout, four miles north of Grantham
in Lincolnshire
, England
. The service station has a main car park and coach/lorry park, off of which is a BP
petrol station.
It lies in the parish of Great Gonerby
, south of College Farm. It is the only motorway service station in Lincolnshire, which has no motorways (excluding former Humberside
). Very few people refer to it as Grantham North, and is ubiquitously known as the Gonerby Moor Service Area.
in the 1980s and 1990s, under their Welcome Break
group.
The service station is now accessed via a grade separated junction on the A1 after the original Gonerby Moor roundabout was improved during 2008.
The Little Chef
closed in 2008.
The Grantham South services are at Colsterworth
, also owned by Moto, and includes a Little Chef
.
Moto Hospitality
Moto Hospitality is a company which operates 58 motorway service stations across the UK.Moto is owned by a consortium of shareholders including Australian Pension Funds and European and New Zealand Infrastructure Funds and is asset managed by Macquarie Investment Bank...
located on the A1 at Gonerby Moor Roundabout, four miles north of Grantham
Grantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The service station has a main car park and coach/lorry park, off of which is a BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
petrol station.
It lies in the parish of Great Gonerby
Great Gonerby
Great Gonerby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies less than north from Grantham. To its north is the A1 and Gonerby Moor...
, south of College Farm. It is the only motorway service station in Lincolnshire, which has no motorways (excluding former Humberside
Humberside
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...
). Very few people refer to it as Grantham North, and is ubiquitously known as the Gonerby Moor Service Area.
History
The site was owned by Trust House ForteForte Group
Forte Group plc was a British hotel and restaurant company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Granada PLC.-History:...
in the 1980s and 1990s, under their Welcome Break
Welcome Break
Welcome Break is a company which operates thirty-five motorway service stations in the UK. It is the second largest motorway service area operator behind Moto.-History:...
group.
The service station is now accessed via a grade separated junction on the A1 after the original Gonerby Moor roundabout was improved during 2008.
The Little Chef
Little Chef
Little Chef is a chain of roadside restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 and owned by the UK private equity group RCapital. Little Chef's previous owners were The People's Restaurant Group Ltd., a company belonging to British catering entrepreneurs Simon Heath and Lawrence Wosskow,...
closed in 2008.
The Grantham South services are at Colsterworth
Colsterworth
Colsterworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village, together with the hamlet of Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, had a population of 1,508 according to the 2001 census. It lies half a mile to the west of the A1, seven miles south of Grantham...
, also owned by Moto, and includes a Little Chef
Little Chef
Little Chef is a chain of roadside restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 and owned by the UK private equity group RCapital. Little Chef's previous owners were The People's Restaurant Group Ltd., a company belonging to British catering entrepreneurs Simon Heath and Lawrence Wosskow,...
.
Facilities
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- The Eat and Drink Co.
- WHSmith
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- Toilets
- Kids play area
- Payphones
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- BPBPBP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
fuel (24 hours)