A12 northbound at J32A
Signposted from the road.
IP9 2JJ
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Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
A complicated history of several sites clustered around a junction. While it is technically possible to move between northbound and southbound here, it's not an official route.
Facilities
Catering: Cappadocia Outdoor Space: Tiny grass verge only; public footpath connection Forecourt: JET, Londis, Costa Express, Dunkin' Donuts, Rollover
Parking Prices
Short stay customer car parking is available. No HGV access is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Capelgate Services
A 12
London Road
Capel St. Mary
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP9 2JJ
Trivia and Design
When the bypass of Capel St Mary opened in the 1960s, there was a flat crossroads here. A pair of garages opened: the northbound one was accessed from The Street, immediately north of the junction. It was originally known as Pinetree Garage.
The garage was demolished in 1980 and a new filling station and sales shop were built. With the opening of the new underpass, the exit to The Street was closed, and became part of the facility.
The filling station was previously branded JET with a Costcutter Express store. The site was sold to Murco in 2010, with the site becoming more commonly known as Capelgate Filling Station. Murco was acquired by MFG in late 2014, and by summer 2015 it had rebranded back to JET.
MFG rebranded the shop to Londis in 2016. They refurbished this store in November 2022, introducing a new Dunkin' Donuts offering.
MFG hold planning permission to add an eight-bay EV Power electric vehicle charging hub on unused land to the north of the forecourt. They are also currently seeking permission to extend the sales building for the addition of a Greggs concession, which will contain its own internal seating area.
Restaurant History
Forte built a Little ChefHistory on either side of the road in 1986, joining to both the existing filling stations and making use of the space made available by the new road layout. These each gained a Coffee Stop in 1994 and Burger Kings in 1996.
Both restaurants closed in 2012, as part of R Capital's axe of sites deemed to be underperforming. The northbound restaurant closed in January 2012, reopening in December 2014 as Cappadocia Turkish restaurant.
There was once a third restaurant, immediately to the south of here, at the previously junction. This was built in the early 1980s as a Happy Eater. It initially competed with the two Little Chefs, and then pretended to compete while they were both owned by the same company.
Eventually it had to be converted to become a third Little Chef in 1998, but it only lasted like this until 2000, when it inevitably closed. The building went on to become the Harvest Moon Café until 2017, when it was converted into Zaynab Indian restaurant.
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