Charnock Richard services
| Charnock Richard Services | |
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 The main building (2007) | |
  Charnock Richard Services Location within Lancashire  Charnock Richard Services Charnock Richard Services (the Borough of Chorley) | |
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| County | Lancashire |
| Road | M6 |
| Coordinates: | 53°37′50″N 2°41′30″W / 53.630425°N 2.691779°W |
| Operator | Welcome Break |
| Previous operator(s) | Trust House Forte |
| Date opened | 1963[1] |
| Website | Welcome Break |
Charnock Richard Services is a motorway service station, between Junctions 27 and 28 of the M6 in England. The services are close to the boundary between the Lancashire borough of Chorley and the Metropolitan borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester. It was the first service station to open on the M6 Motorway, when it opened in 1963. It is currently operated by Welcome Break.[2][3]
The complex was designed by Terence Verity, of Verity Associates.
The fastfood restaurant is located on the bridge over the motorway, instead of there being one on each side. In 2006, the bridge restaurant had to be restructured.[3] It was operated by Trust House Forte, when it opened in 1963.[2] The nearest town is Chorley.
Charnock Richard Services, southbound side, has an unusual and unique site layout. It is usual in motorway service areas within the United Kingdom for the fuel forecourt to be the last facility encountered, before rejoining the motorway. Charnock Richard services has the fuel forecourt sited at the top of the entry slip road, i.e., on arrival.
Architecture of motorway service areas was then still experimental, and this arrangement was not deemed a success, and therefore not repeated. The Motorway Services User Survey of 2019 found that Charnock Richard's southbound side was in the bottom five motorway services in the United Kingdom for customer satisfaction.[4]
References
- ^ Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology - Accessed 16 February 2009
- ^ a b "Charnock Richard Services". msatrivia. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Services List: Charnock Richard information". motorwayservicesonline. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
- ^ Smithers, Rebecca (31 July 2019). "Severn Bridge services named as worst on England's motorways". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
External links
- Welcome Break Motorway Services - Charnock Richard - M6 Motorway
- Motorway Services Online - Charnock Richard
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