Motorway Services Online

Revision as of 22:49, 17 December 2019

Location:

M6 at J16
(also accessible to traffic on the A500 and the B5078)

Not signposted in advance.

Postcode:

Access/Layout:

Single site located at a junction..

Rating:

Very small services located off the M6 at J16 and at the end of the Stoke D-Road, for traffic on the A500. The services do not allow lorries, but on both sides of the A500 on the other side of the motorway is a large lay-by which lorries tend to use instead.

Facilities

Catering: Greggs, KFC Drive Thru Amenities: Template:Electric Car : Travelodge Forecourt: Shell, Select, Deli by Shell, Costa Express, Air1 AdBlue

Contact Details

🏢 Address:
Barthomley Road
Barthomley
Crewe
Cheshire
CW2 5PT

🌍 Operators & Official Websites:

Restaurants operated by EG Group
Motel operated by Travelodge
Forecourt operated by Shell
Foursquare Page
📌 what3words: ///cutlets.generally.niece
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Trivia and History

The restaurant after it first opened.

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16 more photos in the gallery

Opened by Kelly's Kitchen 1989

Sold to Forte's Little Chef 1990

Taken over by Euro Garages 2017

The services were built by Kelly's Kitchen in partnership with Petrofina. This was built with a large building, with an overhanging roof and a tall chimney.

As soon as it was opened, Kelly's Kitchen were purchased by Trusthouse Forte who re-branded the restaurant as Little ChefHistory. Forte added a Travelodge next to the restaurant, which took the name Barthomley. The new facilities opened in December 1990.

After Granada purchased Forte, they added a Burger King. This closed a few years later (with Burger King signage still visible but covered up), but it re-opened in 2012. Following various closures, it became the only Little Chef close to a motorway.

The Fina garage became Elf, and then Total. In 2012 the Total garage changed to Shell.

In 2017, Euro Garages purchased the restaurants, and had a year to replace the Little Chef. This didn't happen, so as time ran out they changed its name to EG Diner.

On 20 May 2018, the Burger King and EG Diner restaurants closed. The EG Diner was replaced by a KFC Drive Thru which involved a refurbishment of the current building and a drive thru lane being built around it. This opened on Wednesday 12 September. The Burger King was replaced by a Greggs store which opened in October 2018.

Alternatives

Previous:		Next:
Keele (6 miles)	Services on the M6	Sandbach (5 miles)
Gowy (A51, 25 miles)	Services on the A500	Talke (3 miles) Derby and Burton (A50 east, 40 miles)
none nearby	Euro Garages services	Talke (3 miles)

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 The services were built by Kelly's Kitchen in partnership with Petrofina. This was built with a large building, with an overhanging roof and a tall chimney.
-As soon as it was opened, Kelly's Kitchen were purchased by [[Trusthouse Forte]] who re-branded the restaurant as {{Little Chef|wikia=Crewe}}. Forte added a Travelodge next to the restaurant, which took the name '''Barthomley'''.
+As soon as it was opened, Kelly's Kitchen were purchased by [[Trusthouse Forte]] who re-branded the restaurant as {{Little Chef|wikia=Crewe}}. Forte added a Travelodge next to the restaurant, which took the name '''Barthomley'''. The new facilities opened in December 1990.
 After Granada purchased Forte, they added a [[Burger King]]. This closed a few years later (with Burger King signage still visible but covered up), but it re-opened in 2012. Following various closures, it became the only Little Chef close to a motorway.