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{{Infobox
|colour = #d62300
|image = Burger King Woodall North 2022.jpg
|locations = msas
|associated = [[EG Diner]], [[KFC]], [[Little Chef]]
|introduced = 1993
|predecessors = [[Little Chef Express]], [[Coffee Tempo!]], [[Cafe Nescafe]], [[Burger Express]], [[Julie's Pantry|Julie's Express]]
|successors = [[Coffee Tempo!]]
|website = www.burgerking.co.uk
|facebook = burgerkinguk
|twitter = BurgerKing
|country = both
|openinghours = Most 10am-10pm
}}
Burger King has become extremely common on the motorway, with [[Moto]], [[Welcome Break]] and many of the lesser-known services all making it available.

To encourage social distancing, some Burger Kings support online ordering. Depending on who owns the branch, online ordering is available either from [https://www.moto-way.com/at-moto/order-and-collect/ Moto's website], Welcome Break's app or Burger King's app. Welcome Break are also trialling a 'deliver to car' service.

In response to the growing competition, Burger King spent the 2010s refurbishing their European restaurants to take on a more 'upmarket diner' appearance. In late 2020, the new furniture was contrasted by Burger King's plan to bring back a retro styling. A new logo was introduced, which was a hybrid of two logos they had used between 1969 and 1999.

===Introduction===
[[File:Burger King Exeter.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=Old Burger King.|One of the original motorway Burger Kings, pictured in the early 1990s.]]
The chain was started in 1954, and has spread to more than 100 countries. On the motorways, burger bars like [[Julie's Pantry]] and Granada's [[Burger Express]] became common in the 1980s. [[Pavilion]], who were keen on motorway brand names, began using Burger King at their service areas from 1993, and Granada soon followed by replacing their Burger Expresses with Burger Kings.

This was an era where chains from the high street were still very rarely seen on the motorway, and Granada were very impressed by how popular Burger King turned out to be. They soon pledged to open another 50 branches. When Granada acquired [[Welcome Break]] and [[Little Chef]], most of those got Burger Kings too.

Granada would provide a Burger King wherever it would fit, with seemingly little consistency between branches. Some were just a sales point with no seating, others had a large, dedicated seating area.

From 1997, Granada regarded Little Chef and Burger King as their two most cherished brands, and promoted them both wherever possible. Including the branches within their Little Chefs, Granada were the UK's biggest Burger King franchisee.

===Competition===
Most of the branches opened by Granada are still trading, either as [[Moto]] or [[Welcome Break]] motorway services or within [[EG Group]]'s former Little Chef's. This had given Burger King a huge roadside advantage against their long-time rivals [[McDonald's]], who had been slower at embracing the franchising model.

Burger King's effective exclusivity came to an end in the late 2000s, when Roadchef, who had previously worked with [[Wimpy]] and [[The Burger Company]], agreed a franchising deal with McDonald's. Meanwhile, McDonald's had been much faster than Burger King at opening stand-alone restaurants at key locations along A-roads.

As traditional restaurants became less popular, Welcome Break started replacing their restaurants with other fast food names, some of which proved more popular than (and even pushed out) Burger King. [[First]], another motorway Burger King operator, quit the industry.

In 2012 Moto, who were the only motorway operator now relying solely on Burger King to fulfil its fast food demand, started experimenting with [[KFC]] and later specialist fast food brand [[Chow]]. In 2018, Moto committed to introducing more KFCs, implying Burger King could be about to be pushed to the side.

==Locations==
[[File:Tamworth BK.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=Burger King restaurant.|The style used in the early 2000s, with tiled flooring and red signage.]]
Burger King operate at most Moto, Welcome Break and Euro Garages services. They are: {{viewonamap}}

* [[Abington]] (M74/A74(M))
* [[Birch]] (M62)
* [[Birchanger Green]] (M11/A120)
* [[Blyth]] (A1(M)/A1)
* [[Bridgwater]] (M5)
* [[Burton-in-Kendal]] (M6) ''(northbound only)''
* [[Cardiff Gate]] (M4)
* [[Cardiff West]] (M4)
* [[Charnock Richard]] (M6)
* [[Cherwell Valley]] (M40/A43)
* [[Chieveley]] (M4/A34)
* [[Corley]] (M6)
* [[Doncaster (North)]] (M18/M180)
* [[Donington]] (M1/A42/A50)
* [[Exeter]] (M5)
* [[Ferrybridge]] (M62/A1(M)/A1)
* [[Fleet]] (M3)
* [[Frankley]] (M5)
* [[Gordano]] (M5)
* [[Gretna]] (A74(M))
* [[Hartshead Moor]] (M62) ''(eastbound only)''
* [[Heston]] (M4)
* [[Hilton Park]] (M6)
* [[Hopwood Park]] (M42)
* [[Keele]] (M6)
* [[Kinross]] (M90)
* [[Knutsford]] (M6)
* [[Lancaster]] (M6)
* [[Leeds Skelton Lake]] (M1)
* [[Leicester Forest East]] (M1)
* [[Leigh Delamere]] (M4)
* [[London Gateway]] (M1)
* [[Medway]] (M2)
* [[Membury]] (M4)
* [[Michaelwood]] (M5)
* [[Newark]] (A1)
* [[Newport Pagnell]] (M1)
* [[Oxford]] (M40/A40)
* [[Pease Pottage]] (M23/A23)
* [[Reading]] (M4)
* [[Rivington]] (M61)
* [[Rugby]] (M6)
* [[Sarn Park]] (M4)
* [[Scotch Corner]] (A1(M)/A66)
* [[Sedgemoor (North)|Sedgemoor]] (M5) ''(northbound only)''
* [[Severn View]] (M48)
* [[South Mimms]] (M25/A1(M)/A1)
* [[Southwaite]] (M6)
* [[Stafford (North)|Stafford]] (M6) ''(northbound only)''
* [[Stirling]] (M9/M80)
* [[Swansea West]] (M4)
* [[Tamworth]] (M42/A5)
* [[Telford]] (M54)
* [[Thurrock]] (M25/A13/A282)
* [[Toddington]] (M1)
* [[Trowell]] (M1)
* [[Warwick]] (M40)
* [[Washington]] (A1(M))
* [[Wetherby]] (A1(M))
* [[Winchester]] (M3)
* [[Woodall]] (M1)
* [[Woolley Edge]] (M1)

===Northern Ireland===
Both Northern Ireland's main motorway services have Burger King drive thrus:

* [[Lisburn]] (M1)
* [[Templepatrick]] (M2) ''(north-westbound only)''

===A-road Locations===
* [[Alfreton]] (A38)
* [[Bangor|Bangor drive thru]] (A55)
* [[Barton Mills]] (A11)
* [[Battlefield|Battlefield drive thru]] (A49)
* [[Beacon Hill]] (A14)
* [[Bicester|Bicester drive thru]] (A41)
* [[Carcroft]] (A1) ''(northbound only)''
* [[Chippenham]] (A350)
* [[Cirencester]] (A417)
* [[Colsterworth|Colsterworth drive thru]] (A1)
* [[Spur End|Cooper Dean drive thru]] (A3060)
* [[Countess]] (A303)
* [[Dover Port]]
* [[Ely|Ely drive thru]] (A10)
* [[Feering]] (A12) ''(northbound only)''
* [[Ferrymuir|Ferrymuir drive thru]] (A90)
* [[Fontwell]] (A27)
* [[Fourwentways]] (A11)
* [[Grantham North]] (A1)
* [[Hickstead]] (A23)
* [[Ilminster|Ilminster Drive Thru]] (A303)
* [[Marston Moretaine]] (A421)
* [[Mile End]] (A5)
* [[Monmouth|Monmouth Drive Thru]] (A40)
* [[North Muskham]] (A1) 
* [[Thickthorn|Norwich]] (A11/A47)
* [[Tiverton]] (A361)
* [[Podimore]] (A303)
* [[Rustington]] (A259)
* [[Saltash]] (A38)
* [[Seaton Burn]] (A1)
* [[Shrewsbury]] (A5)
* [[Sleaford]] (A15/A17)
* [[Sourton Cross]] (A30)
* [[Sutterton]] (A17)
* [[Thame|Thame drive thru]] (A418)
* [[Thorpe on the Hill]] (A46)
* [[Thrapston]] (A14/A45)
* [[Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells drive thru]] (A21)
* [[Uttoxeter|Uttoxeter drive thru]] (A50)
* [[Warminster]] (A36/A350)
* [[Whitemare Pool]] (A194)

===Ireland (Republic Of.)===
* [[Birdhill|Birdhill drive thru]] (M7)
* [[Castlebellingham]] (M1)
* [[Enfield]] (M4)
* [[Lusk]] (M1)
* [[Paulstown|Paulstown drive thru]] (M9)
* [[Rathcoole]] (N7) ''(westbound only)''
* [[Wicklow|Wicklow drive thru]] (M11)

===Former Locations===
Burger King has been removed from the following official service areas:

* [[Barnsdale Bar]] (A1)
* [[Boship]] (A22)
* [[Budbrooke]] (A46)
* [[Burtonwood]] (M62)
* [[Chiverton]] (A30)
* [[Collingtree]] (A45)
* [[Cross Hands]] (A48)
* [[Derby South|Derby]] (A50/A6)
* [[Dreghorn]] (A720)
* [[Eynsham]] (A40)
* [[Family Farm]] (A34)
* [[Fenstanton]] (A1307)
* [[Folkestone]] (M20)
* [[Four Pools]] (A46)
* [[Grange Farm]] (A45)
* [[Kate's Cabin]] (A1)
* [[Kettering|Kettering westbound]] (A14)
* [[Magor]] (M4)
* [[Markfield]] (A511)
* [[Markham Moor]] (A1)
* [[Middlewich]] (A54)
* [[Musselburgh]] (A1)
* [[North Muskham]] (A1)
* [[Northop Hall]] (A55)
* [[Oldbury]] (A419)
* [[Old Inns]] (A80)
* [[Ollerton]] (A614)
* [[Oversley Mill]] (A46)
* [[Parkway]] (A57)
* [[Peartree]] (A34/A44)
* [[Popham]] (A303)
* [[Rhostyllen]] (A483)
* [[Rainton]] (A1)
* [[Rufus Stone]] (A31)
* [[Saughall]] (A494)
* [[Sedgefield]] (A689)
* [[South Weald]] (A12)
* [[Sutton Scotney]] (A34)
* [[Whitchurch]] (A41)
* [[Worksop]] (A57)
* [[Winthorpe]] (A46/A17)
* [[Wisley]] (A3)

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