Bankhead services
A92 at Bankhead Roundabout
(also accessible to traffic on the B921)
Signposted from the road.
KY7 6GH
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
Bankhead Park, which is the edge of an industrial estate on the outskirts of Glenrothes, offers a service area for traffic on the A92.
Facilities
Catering: Beijing Banquet, McDonald's Drive Thru Amenities: Travelodge Outdoor Space: Unkempt grass across site; public footpath connections; Children's Play Area (at McDonald's) Forecourt: BP, M&S Food, Wild Bean Café, Car Wash, Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars at all facilities.
Parking within the Travelodge car park is limited to hotel guests only and you must provide your vehicle registration number into the tablet in reception in order to receive free parking during your stay. These restrictions are strictly enforced by Horizon Parking.
No formal HGV parking is available, although HGVs do park on the surrounding roads.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Bankhead Park
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 6GH
Trivia and History
The land here was originally used as part of the Eastfield Industrial Estate. Following the dualling of the A92 through Glenrothes, the land closest to the Bankhead roundabout was rezoned for use as a service area with the land being broken up into a number of plots. This site became known as Bankhead Park.
A number of proposals were put forward by Scot Sheridan Developments for these plots of land with the first coming in 2001 for a filling station and a drive-thru restaurant and another in 2003 for a three-storey, 50-bed hotel. These facilities were eventually built, with the Travelodge hotel opened on 20 December 2004 by John MacDougall MP. The forecourt opened under BP branding in early 2005; it went on to gain M&S Simply Food branding in 2007.
A stand-alone restaurant was also built opposite the filling station and opened around the same time. This was originally home to Wok'n Spice and became Beijing Banquet in the mid-2010s.
A separate proposal for an additional restaurant and a KFC Drive Thru to the rear of the forecourt were put forward shortly after the forecourt and hotel had opened in 2005 but these were refused planning permission. In 2018, McDonald's proposed plans for a drive-thru restaurant on the same land and this was approved with the drive-thru restaurant opening on 19 June 2019.
Major Expansion
BP currently hold planning permission to add two BP Pulse electric vehicle charging points to their forecourt. Meanwhile, Bluewater are seeking to build a Popeyes drive-thru, a Costa Coffee drive-thru, and an electric vehicle charging hub on vacant land at the back of the service area, with additional space left for an extra development; they are pursuing this as of 2024 following an earlier delay.
Whilst planning permission was being sought for the above proposals, PoGo Charge installed four electric vehicle charging bays in the Beijing Banquet car park in 2024. These are yet to go live due to power supply issues.
EG Group also sought planning permission to develop a full service area on the vacant land nearest the roundabout in June 2023. This land, which was cleared in 2017 after Pico Electronics left it some years earlier. A number of drive thru operators raised an interest, with Fife Council keen to see the land developed.
EG Group would have operated their own forecourt, a drive-thru coffee shop, a drive-thru restaurant, 29 car parking spaces, 2 HGV bays, 2 coach bays, 1 abnormal load bay and 22 electric vehicle charging points. It would have been a rare example of an official service area complex appearing to have two rival fuel filling stations.
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