Motorway Services Online

Retrieved from "https://motorwayservices.uk"

Asking about Boxing Day?

Motorway services are still open for snacks, fuel and toilets - more details.


Carlisle truckstop

Location:

A689 in Carlisle
(near M6 J44)

Signposted from the road? As a lorry park

Postcode:

CA3 0JR

map and directions

Access/Layout:

Single site located at a junction.

Rating:


A large truckstop to the north of Carlisle, which was originally known as the Carlisle Truck Inn. It's now with the Stobart Group and access is controlled by barriers.

Facilities

Catering: Bar, Restaurant Shops: Shop Amenities: Hotel, Free Cash Machine, Games Arcade, Showers Outdoor Space: Busy truckstop with no grass space Forecourt: Fuel

Parking Prices

First 2 hours free for all vehicles after which HGVs must pay £19 per 24 hour period.

Prices are paid in the shop, and can be paid with GBP, EUR, fuel cards or SNAP.

This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.

Contact Details

🏢 Address:
Stobart Truckstops Ltd
Parkhouse Road
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 0JR


Trivia and History

Three storey hotel building.
The Carlisle Truckstop Hotel.

The Carlisle Truck Inn claimed to be the UK's first truckstop. It was positioned on Parkhouse Road, accessed from the traffic lights on Kingstown Road. It had 100 beds, a café, cabaret, a shop, a games room, a repair yard and diesel sales.

Over the following 15 years, the owners said they had been advising many of the UK's newer truckstops.

The site was sold to BP Truckstops in the early 1990s, and they became Nightowl in 2002. Nightowl scaled back their operations massively, leaving just Carlisle and Rugby, which are now with the Stobart Group.

When the A689 Carlisle Northern Development Route opened in February 2012, a more direct access from the motorway was created, including an entry ramp from the new road. The Parkhouse Road entry became an exit only.

Alternatives

Previous:Next:
noneServices on the A689Todhills (M6 north, 3 miles)
Southwaite (M6 south, 11 miles)