A5 southbound at Hinckley
Signposted from the road.
LE10 3ED
map and directions
Single site located between junctions on one side of the road.
These days the A5 is heavily built-up as it skirts the edge of Hinckley, but Dodwells service station is one of the original facilities that's still hanging on.
Facilities
Catering: Greggs Outdoor Space: No grass space; public footpath connections Forecourt: Low Fuel Prices Always, Shop, Costa Express
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Dodwells Garage
Watling Street
Hinckley
Warwickshire
LE10 3ED
Trivia and Design
Dodwells is arguably the southbound partner to Hinckley, which is positioned a mile to the south and signed for northbound traffic. Both forecourts are accessible to traffic on both sides of the road. Thanks to a very strange post code boundary, the two both have the exact same post code.
Two properties are accessed from the service area. There is also a footpath joining it to a nearby supermarket.
History
Dodwells Garage dates back to at least the early 1920s when the site sold fuel alongside housing a tent showroom and clothing store. The site later became a car sales showroom and garage like many others, with the site gaining an Esso-branded forecourt in 1986.
By 1998, the site was owned by Freeway Petroleum Ltd, who were operating the site on a lease from the Dodwell family under the BP brand. The site received a major redevelopment and reopened in late August 1999, with new pumps, canopy and forecourt shop all being added. The original proposals also included a car wash for the site, but comments from local residents caused Freeway to amend their plans.
The BP forecourt later gained a Londis store in 2010 before being sold to Applegreen in 2013. The site now uses their economy brand, 'Low Fuel Prices Always'.
Applegreen added a Greggs store to the site in 2022, which opened on 3 November. The store is situated in its own modular building at the back of the forecourt and was built in just eight weeks.
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