Motorway Services Online

Revision as of 16:25, 16 August 2020

Location:

Eastern Docks
(off the A2/A20 Jubilee Way Roundabout)
Next to queuing lanes 40 (Terminal 1) and 180 (Terminal 3)

Postcode:

Access/Layout:

Single site located within a larger complex..

In the 1980s, Welcome Break expanded their roadside presence by building a facilities building within Dover's Eastern Docks. It's now operated by Moto. This page covers those terminal buildings only, not the whole docks complex.

Facilities

Catering: Burger King, Costa Coffee, Costa Express Shops: WHSmith Amenities: Full Hou$e

A Travelex Bureau de Change, AA shop, café, newsagent and information desk are also provided within the docks, but not ran by Moto.

Contact Details

🏢 Address:
Moto Retail Catering
Eastern Docks
Dover
Kent
CT16 1JA

🌍 Official Moto Website
Foursquare Page
📞 Telephone number: 01304 213883
📌 what3words: ///forgot.dockers.repair
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Trivia and History

The Terminal 1 building was built by Welcome Break under Fortes' ownership, probably attracted to it by the opening of the increasing importance of the Dover Strait as a trading route. A poster dated 1992 stated that it was available to HGV drivers only.

The facility became property of Granada when they took over the company in 1995. As it wasn't a motorway service area, Granada weren't forced to sell it off, so they kept it and extended it.

This building is now run by their successors, Moto. It is not branded Moto, but instead "Food Village".

In 2004, a second catering building was built here for use by Moto. This one is in Terminal 3, and branded "Broadwalk Shopping".

Until 2016, a Caffe Ritazza outlet was still advertised on the big screens next to each dock here, even though it hadn't existed as part of the facilities here for some time. It had been converted to Costa like those at all Moto sites.

Similar Facilities

There was a Mobil filling station at the entrance to the docks, not related to the Moto facilities discussed here. This was closed in about 2004.

In 2007, Welcome Break returned to the market by taking on a similar site a few miles down the road in the Eurotunnel. They left this in 2013.

Alternatives

Previous:		Next:
Folkestone (M20, 14 miles)	Services on the A20	end of road
Medway (M2, 39 miles) Harbledown (A2 southbound, 20 miles) Gate (21 miles)	Services on the A2	end of road
Medway (M2, 39 miles) Thurrock (M25 north, 67 miles)	Moto services	end of roads

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 ==Trivia and History==
 [[File:Dover Port Ferry Terminal (Granada) .jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=Granada Eastern Docks.|The Terminal 1 building with Granada branding.]]
-The Terminal 1 building was built by [[Welcome Break]] under Fortes' ownership, probably attracted to it by the opening of the increasing importance of the Dover Strait as a trading route. The facility became property of [[Granada]] when they took over the company in 1995. As it wasn't a motorway service area, Granada weren't forced to sell it off, so they kept it and extended it.
+The Terminal 1 building was built by [[Welcome Break]] under Fortes' ownership, probably attracted to it by the opening of the increasing importance of the Dover Strait as a trading route. A poster dated 1992 stated that it was available to HGV drivers only.
+The facility became property of [[Granada]] when they took over the company in 1995. As it wasn't a motorway service area, Granada weren't forced to sell it off, so they kept it and extended it.
 This building is now run by their successors, Moto. It is not branded Moto, but instead "Food Village".

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