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Leigh Delamere Services
The eastbound services
Leigh Delamere Services is located in Wiltshire
Leigh Delamere Services
Leigh Delamere Services
Location within Wiltshire
Information
CountyWiltshire
RoadM4
OperatorMoto Hospitality
Date opened1972[1]
WebsiteMoto

Leigh Delamere services is a motorway service station on the M4 motorway situated one mile west of Junction 17, between Bristol and Swindon (close to Chippenham and Malmesbury). It takes its name from the adjoining village of Leigh Delamere. It is one of Europe's largest service stations.

The service area is owned by Moto, and has among other businesses a Marks & Spencer, Burger King and WH Smiths.

Facilities[2][3][4]

Hotels

Restaurants

Fuel

Shops

The station is mentioned in The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and is supposedly named after the mother of an associate of the main villain. It features several times in BBC TV's Gavin and Stacey, although scenes reportedly at Leigh Delamere were filmed at Cardiff Gate services in Wales.

References

  1. ^ Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology - Accessed 21 January 2009
  2. ^ (http://www.forepoint.co.uk), Forepoint. "Motorway Services | Moto - Leigh Delamere Eastbound". moto-way.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ (http://www.forepoint.co.uk), Forepoint. "Motorway Services | Moto - Leigh Delamere Westbound". moto-way.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Driving Pit Stop - Find Highway and Motorway services". www.drivingpitstop.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016.


Next eastbound:
Membury
Motorway service stations on the
M4 motorway
Next westbound:
Magor
Severn View (M48)

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