A725 at Bellziehill Junction
(also accessible to traffic on the A721 and B7001)
Signposted from the road.
ML4 3PD
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
A drive-thru restaurant, hotel and petrol station at the Bellziehill Junction, on the main link road between the M74 and M8.
Facilities
Catering: McDonald's Drive Thru Amenities: Premier Inn Outdoor Space: Grass area to side of forecourt; public footpath connections Charging Points: MFG EV Power 150kW CCS & 50kW CHAdeMO Forecourt: Esso, Londis, Subway, Costa Express, f'real Milkshakes, Tango Ice Blast, Car Wash
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars at all facilities. No HGV parking is available.
Parking within the Premier Inn car park is free for hotel guests only and you must give your vehicle registration number to reception staff to receive this.
Parking for non-guests is chargeable and can be paid via the YourParkingSpace app using location code 10055.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Esso
1 Bellziehill Road
Bellshill
North Lanarkshire
ML4 3PD
Trivia and History
Plans for a service area on the site of the former Bellziehill Farm were first proposed by Gulf in 1996. Planning permission was granted for a filling station and drive-thru restaurant with a section of land also dedicated for mixed and commercial leisure use.
Upon opening, Esso were the ones who provided the fuel with one of their Snack & Shop stores and McDonald's providing the drive-thru restaurant, both opening in 1998. The land dedicated for the mixed and commercial use was also developed around the same time with Whitbread building a 40-bed Travel Inn hotel and the Bellziehill Farm branch of Brewers Fayre opening here in June 1998. The restaurant also had a 'Fun Factory' indoor soft play area.
A cash machine was added to the McDonald's car park in 2001 and was situated in its own purpose-built brick building. This was removed in 2018 with another machine being available in the filling station, although the brick building does remain.
The Premier Inn gained a 20-bed annexe in 2010, built on the existing car park. The drive-thru lanes of the McDonald's restaurant were also re-configured in 2010 adding an additional order point.
The filling station was later acquired by MRH in 2014 who rebranded the store to their own-brand Hursts and added a Subway store. MRH were later acquired themselves by MFG in 2018 who in 2020 rebranded the store to Londis.
Six MFG EV Power electric chargers went live here in October 2023. MFG also intend to add two jet wash bays to the forecourt.
The Brewers Fayre restaurant and its indoor play area here became one of the first in Scotland to close to the public on 4 July 2024, as part of Whitbread's Accelerated Growth Plan. The restaurant is now only available to hotel guests, with plans to convert the land to additional hotel rooms during 2025.
Alternatives
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