Leicester Forest East MSA
| Leicester Forest East Services | |
|---|---|
 The services straddle the motorway. | |
  Leicester Forest East Services Location within Leicestershire | |
| Information | |
| County | Leicestershire |
| Road | M1 |
| Coordinates: | 52°37′09″N 1°12′22″W / 52.6192°N 1.206°W |
| Operator | Welcome Break |
| Date opened | 1966[1] |
| Website | Welcome Break |
Leicester Forest East services is a motorway service station situated between junctions 21 and 21A of the M1 motorway, near Leicester, England.
History
It was designed for the opening of the second phase of the M1 in 1966 (seven years after the first phase was completed), based on an Italian design used on the Autostrade.[2]This design is very rare in Britain. The services features a bridge-restaurant between the two bases crossing the motorway, containing all of the service station's restaurants.[1] At the time of opening it was operated by the Ross Group and featured a Terence Conran designed restaurant with a waitress silver service restaurant. [3]
Description
It contains a number of shops and fast food outlets straddling the motorway.
There is no legal vehicular access to the motorway service station from nearby Leicester Forest East, although there is nothing physically stopping cars from exiting to the A47.
Proposed closure
Leicester Forest East services faced permanently closure in 2017[4] if the M1/M69 junction had been developed to increase capacity to accommodate predicted traffic growth.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Leicester Forest East services". Motorway services online. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Leicester Forest East cutting edge design". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Leicester Forest East service station marks 50th birthday". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "M1/M69 Public Consultation Information". Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "Reason for the project". Highways Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
External links
- University of Leicester Centre for English Local History blog
- Motorway Services Online — The Rise and Fall of Leicester Forest East
- Motorway Services Online — Leicester Forest East Services
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