Galley's Corner services
A120 Braintree Bypass at Fowler's Farm
(also accessible to traffic on the B1018)
Signposted from the road? North-eastbound only
CM77 8GG
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
There are a whole host of retail options around the Braintree Bypass, including this service station.
Facilities
Catering: Mulberry Tree Brewers Fayre Amenities: Premier Inn, Children's Play Area, Revolution Laundry Outdoor Space: No grass space Forecourt: Texaco, Co-op Food, Subway, Costa Express, Rollover, Tango Ice Blast, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Parking and use of the forecourt is limited to 60 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced by Euro Car Parks. No HGV parking is available.
Users of the Brewers Fayre pub-restaurant and Premier Inn hotel are required to provide their registration number to reception in order to claim free parking during their stay. Chargeable parking is also available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and is charged at £1 for up to 2 hours or £4 for up to 24 hours.
Prices are paid using the YourParkingSpace app. The location code is 12268.
The fees are strictly enforced by ParkMaven.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Galleys Corner
Braintree Road
Cressing
Braintree
Essex
CM77 8GA
Trivia and History
A service area was first proposed here in 1990 by Lawlor Land Co, which would have been a hotel with a leisure area adjoined to a "service area", but planning permission was refused.
Plans for the typical service station layout that is found here today came from a joint project by Esso and Whitbread in 1996, with them proposing a filling station, hotel and restaurant. The facilities opened the following year, with the restaurant known as the Mulberry Tree branch of Brewsters alongside a Travel Inn hotel, whilst the forecourt opened as a Texaco with a Star Market store as opposed to Esso in the original plans.
The restaurant later gained an extension in 2001, with the hotel gaining 20 additional rooms in 2005. The restaurant also changed to Brewers Fayre in the same year as the hotel extension. The hotel was later extended again in 2016, gaining a further 20 rooms.
The forecourt was purchased by Somerfield in 2007 who in 2008 demolished the existing sales building and upgraded the overall site. As a result of the site takeover, the new larger sales building opened as a Somerfield store. Following the takeover of Somerfield by The Co-operative Group, the store was rebranded to Co-op Food in 2010.
During late 2017, the forecourt was refurbished again with the removal of the car wash making way for a further extension of the sales building along with additional parking spaces. The new extension now houses a Subway store.
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