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{{Services
|type = planned
|operator = Welcome Break
|image =
|road = [[A46]] at Widmerpool Interchange{{newline}}(also accessible to traffic on the A606)[[Category:2020s|File:Hickling {{#setmainimage:Hickling services artists impression.png}}]]
|postcode = LE14 3QG
|address = The Service Station{{newline}}Melton Road{{newline}}Hickling Pastures{{newline}}Melton Mowbray{{newline}}Nottinghamshire{{newline}}LE14 3QG
|signposted = TBC
|stype = Single site located at a junction
|briefroad = A46 at Widmerpool Interchange
|coords = 52.850800, -1.0300818
|markerpost = 0181 }}
'''Hickling services''' is a new service area being built in the corner of the Widmerpool Interchange, which is set to open {{current|in summer 2025}}.

==Facilities==
{{facilities| Restaurants | {{KFC}}, {{Greggs}}, {{Starbucks on the Go}}, {{Starbucks Drive Thru}} |primary }}
{{facilities| Shops | {{Little Waitrose}} |primary }}
{{facilities| Amenities | {{Game Zone}} |primary }}
{{facilities| Outdoor Space |  |primary }}
{{facilities| Charging Points | Applegreen Electric |primary }}
{{facilities| Forecourt | {{Welcome Break}} |primary }}

==Trivia and Design==
[[File:A606 Hickling location.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=A single carriageway road with trees along it.|The A606, where the entry to the service area is being built.]]
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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{{Succession|1|A46|[[Thrussington]] (northbound, 7 miles){{newline}}[[Leicester North|Leicester]] (26 miles)|[[Winthorpe]] (21 miles)}}
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