Hickling services

Road: | A46 at Widmerpool Interchange (also accessible to traffic on the A606) (open map) |
Address: | The Service Station Melton Road Hickling Pastures Melton Mowbray Nottinghamshire LE14 3QG |
Signposted from the road? | TBC |
Services type: | Single site located at a junction |
⚠️ Please note that this service area is not yet open.
Hickling services is a new service area being built in the corner of the Widmerpool Interchange, which is set to open in summer 2025.
Facilities
Catering: KFC, Greggs, Starbucks on the Go, Starbucks Drive Thru Shops: Little Waitrose & Partners Amenities: Game Zone Outdoor Space: Charging Points: Applegreen Electric Forecourt: Welcome Break
Trivia and Design

The facility will be accessed from the A606, close to Widmerpool Interchange. There will be two buildings: one combined forecourt sales shop and main amenity building, and a drive thru coffee shop. Inside the forecourt sales shop will be a number of food units along the back wall, as well as toilets, making it a full service area building. A second drive thru lane will run around the back of the building, and picnic tables will be provided.
Parking will be provided for 57 cars, 15 HGVs, 1 abnormal load, 2 coaches, 2 caravans and around 20 electric vehicle charging points. Unusually, the car parking will be spread out across the land available, due to a lack of space, with parked customers needing to walk past the fuel pumps to get to the facilities. This is more in keeping with the smaller A-road service areas, such as those built by Applegreen, who are now Welcome Break's parent company and may be responsible for their spate of new proposals.
Welcome Break already operate a site a few miles north of here at Fosseway. That one was due to be redeveloped, as it doesn't currently meet the standards to be signed from the A46, or Welcome Break's usual standards. Welcome Break insist that they remain committed to developing both.
Planning History
The proposal was developed by Venari Land Limited. Welcome Break went public with the scheme in 2022, securing planning permission in August 2023 despite 155 objections from residents.
The documents suggest Hickling aspires to be a full trunk road service area for the A46.
Alternatives
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Thrussington (northbound, 7 miles) Leicester (26 miles) | Services on the A46 | Winthorpe (21 miles) |
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