Magor services is a motorway service station on the M4

M4 motorway

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 in Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

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, Wales

Wales

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.

History

The services originally opened in 1996 along with the Second Severn Crossing and under First became dilapidated and lacking in facilities. In April 2007, the services were even voted the worst in Britain by members of Vans United. After selling their other two motorway services (Bridgwater

Bridgwater services

Bridgwater services is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway near Bridgwater in Somerset, England. The services are located off junction 24 and can be accessed from both carriageways. It is owned by Moto. It was previously operated by First Motorway Services. The services station has a...

 and Rivington, aka Bolton West) to Moto

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...

 and Eurogarages respectively, First then went quiet until, in August 2011, news broke that Magor services had been sold to Roadchef.

Facilities

The following facilities are available at Magor:

• Costa Coffee
  Costa Coffee
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   (to be superseded by a larger outlet from October 2011)
• The Burger Company (to be replaced by a McDonalds from February 2012)
• Self Service Restaurant (to be rebranded as a Hot Food Company/Restbite restaurant soon)
• WHSmith
  W H Smith
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   (opening soon)
• Toilets
• Cash Machine
• Esso
  Esso
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   fuel

The motel has been rebranded from First Lodge to Days Inn.

Location

The services are located at Magor

Magor, Monmouthshire

Magor - meaning 'a wall' - is a large village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, between Chepstow and the city of Newport, and adjoining the Caldicot Levels beside the Severn estuary. Magor lies close to the M4 motorway, which has a nearby motorway service area sharing its name...

 in Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...

 near Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

, south Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 and are located off the M4 at Junction 23A.

External links

• Motorway Services Online — Magor