BP

British Petroleum in the UK dates back to the 1960s, when they supplied fuel to a number of garages. They began to operate small garages and large motorway sites, including the main lease at Killington Lake and South Mimms.
In the 1980s, BP reviewed their estate and introduced a mid-range style of a site, which would have a large petrol station and space to attach a restaurant. These would be built along new bypasses and busy A-roads.
In 1996, BP began to replace Mobil sites across the UK, including at many motorway services.
As times change, BP insist that their name stands for 'Beyond Petroleum'. They developed a network of charging points called BP Chargemaster, which they intend to introduce to the motorway network to rival Ecotricity. They are also the UK's largest trader of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
BP Connect
See also: Corporate Sites
BP Express is BP's own-branding for the company's corporate sites, which includes the Heart of Scotland motorway service area. The brand BP Connect is used for some BP forecourt convenience stores, although many have been replaced by M&S Simply Food stores.
Wild Bean Café
See also: Wild Bean Café
Most BP Express owned forecourts feature the Wild Bean Café, an own-brand restaurant selling snacks and coffee.
Motorway Operator
In the 1970s, BP were encouraged to bid to run entire motorway services. They bid unsuccessfully for Michaelwood in partnership with Shell, but did win Anderton and Killington Lake.
BP Truckstops
The brand 'BP Truckstops' was launched to promise "a new standard for truck drivers". It consisted of sites such as Barton Park and Alconbury, and later became Nightowl.
Motorway Locations
BP operate at many services. They are: [view on a map - Download KMLrefine search]
- Annandale Water (A74(M))
- Barton Park (A1(M))
- Birch (M62)
- Bridgwater (M5)
- Burton-in-Kendal (M6) (northbound only)
- Cardiff West (M4)
- Chieveley (M4/A34)
- Clacket Lane (M25)
- Doncaster (North) (M18/M180)
- Donington (M1/A43/A50)
- Exeter (M5)
- Ferrybridge (M62)
- Frankley (M5)
- Gretna (A74(M))
- Heart of Scotland (M8)
- Heston (M4)
- Hilton Park (M6)
- Killington Lake (M6) (southbound only)
- Kinross (M90)
- Knutsford (M6)
- Lancaster (M6)
- Leigh Delamere (M4)
- Leeming Bar (A1(M))
- Lymm (M6)
- Medway (M2)
- Michaelwood (M5)
- Northampton (M1/A43)
- Norton Canes (M6 Toll)
- Oxford (M40/A40)
- Pease Pottage (M23/A23)
- Reading (M4)
- Rivington (M61)
- Rownhams (M27)
- Sandbach (M6)
- Severn View (M48)
- South Mimms (M25/A1(M))
- Southwaite (M6)
- Stafford (M6) (northbound only)
- Stirling (M9/M80)
- Strensham (M5)
- Swansea (M4)
- Tiverton (M5)
- Toddington (M1)
- Todhills (M6) (southbound only)
- Trowell (M1)
- Warwick (M40)
- Washington (A1(M))
- Watford Gap (M1)
- Wetherby (A1(M))
- Winchester (M3)
- Woolley Edge (M1)
A-road Locations
BP operate at the following signposted A-road services:
- Acle (A47)
- Alfreton (A38)
- Ashington (A24)
- Astwick (A1) (northbound only)
- Barton Mills (A11) (northbound only)
- Bedford (A6/A421)
- Barnetby Top (A15/A180)
- Battlefield (A49)
- Beckington (A36/A361)
- Besthorpe (A11)
- Bilbrough Top (A64)
- Binley (A46)
- Blenheim (A44) (westbound only)
- Brackley (A43)
- Brampton Hut (A1/A14)
- Breakspears (A414)
- The Buck (A303) (eastbound only)
- Buckland (A420)
- Budbrooke (A46)
- Caenby Corner (A15)
- Capel St Mary (A12) (southbound only)
- Cawledge (A1)
- Centurion (A417)
- Chelmsford (A12)
- Chippenham (A350)
- Colchester (A12)
- Colsterworth (A1)
- Cornwall (A30)
- Cromwell (A1)
- Cross Keys (A38)
- Crossbush (A27)
- Darrington (A1) (southbound only)
- Didcot (A34)
- Doddington (A46)
- Dublin Road (A1/N1)
- Elwick (A19)
- Ely (A10)
- Emsworth (A27) (westbound only)
- Eynsham (A40) (westbound only)
- Family Farm (A34) (northbound only)
- Farnham (A31)
- Grange Park (A45) (southbound only)
- Grantham North (A1)
- Greystones (A590) (eastbound only)
- Handcross (A23) (southbound only)
- Harbledown (A2) (eastbound only)
- Hinckley (A5) (westbound only)
- Hull West (A63)
- Kate's Cabin (Alwalton) (A1) (northbound only)
- Kettering (A14)
- Kilmarnock (A77)
- Littleport (A10)
- Long Sutton (A17)
- Market Harborough (A6)
- Martlesham Heath (A12)
- Monkton (A77)
- Muskham (A1) (southbound only)
- Musselburgh (A1)
- Newmarket (A11/A14)
- Nuneaton (A444)
- Orsett Cock (A13)
- Oversley Mill (A46)
- Panners (A120)
- Petersfield (A3)
- Pevensey (A27)
- Popham (A303) (westbound only)
- Poppleton (A59)
- Pyecombe (A23) (southbound only)
- Queenborough (A249)
- Raunds (A45)
- Rhoswiel (A5) (southbound only)
- Ripley (A3)
- Roundswell (A39)
- Rushden (A45) (eastbound only)
- Saltash (A38)
- Saughall (A494)
- Shenfield (A12)
- Sixfields (A5076)
- Sleaford (A17)
- South Cave (A63)
- South Queensferry (A90)
- Stansted (A120)
- Stoke-sub-Hamdon (A303) (westbound only)
- Stonebridge (A45)
- Sutterton (A16/A17)
- Swaffham (A47)
- Swallowfield (A33) (southbound only)
- Swanley (A20) (eastbound only)
- Thanet Way (A299) (eastbound only)
- Thetford (A11)
- Thirsk (A168) (southbound only)
- Thorpe on the Hill (A46)
- Tickled Trout (A59)
- Tot Hill (A14)
- Towcester (A43)
- Tunbridge Wells (A21)
- Uttoxeter (A50)
- Warminster (A36)
- Wellingborough (A45) (westbound only)
- West Cave (A63)
- Weyhill (A303)
- Whitehouse (A30)
- Willington (A38)
- Wolviston (A19/A689)
- Wyboston (A1) (southbound only)
Former Locations
BP used to be found at the following signposted services:
- Astwick (Northway) southbound (A1)
- Ballinluig (A9)
- Berkshire Downs (A34)
- Blackburn with Darwen (M65)
- Bothwell (M74)
- Bradbury (A689)
- Browns Blue (A511)
- Cullompton (M5)
- Gowy (A51)
- Guildford (A3)
- Hamilton (M74)
- Kingsclere (A339)
- Leicester Forest East (M1)
- Markfield (A511)
- Membury (M4)
- Pont Abraham (M4)
- Red Post (A31)
- Ross Spur (A449/A40)
- Skipbridge (A59)
- Spur End (A3090)
- Thirsk northbound (A1)
- Whitley (A49)
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