Highways Agency Truckstop Guide
For a brief period between 2006 and 2011, the Highways Agency published a guide to truckstop cafés in England, which was available in print and online.
Traditionally, HGV drivers had learned about cafés through word-of-mouth, adverts in driving magazines and by collecting business cards in a file. The Highways Agency's guide attempted to be a modern replacement for those methods, and was issued free of charge, along with driving advice.
The guide listed facilities which they said were "recognised by local authorities as rest areas for heavy goods vehicles". Many of these were official service areas, but only a small number of motorway service areas were included, generally those with dedicated lounges.
Data from the guide was included in several commercial road atlases. These atlases would often take similar data from Scotland.
The guide was discontinued in 2011, having published only a few revisions, and the highway authorities have shown no interest in publishing a successor. As it was published by what was a government agency, it is the closest England ever got to an official list of truckstops, even if the facilities at the places listed did vary considerably.
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That guide has been replicated below, first as a map, and then below that as a list. The data is shown as it appeared in the guide, including any errors. As the official guide was last updated in 2011, it goes without saying that this should not be used for journey planning: many of these places have closed.
Where a listed truckstop is close to a place that is already documented in our own database, you can tap on its name to see its full write-up. On this map, the coloured icons usually relate to the road almost immediately outside the café: a small number of them are signed from more important roads, but most aren't.
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Full List
That map has also been reproduced as a list. Again, any errors in the original data have been replicated, and it should not be used for modern journey planning.
| Truckstop | Locality | Overnight Parking | Parking Spaces | Other Facilities Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Truckstop Colsterworth | Grantham | £10 | 200 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, beds, shop, TV, lorry wash |
| A19 Services North | Hartlepool | £8 | 16 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, CCTV, shop, cash machine, bookings |
| A19 Services South | Hartlepool | £8 | 20 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, CCTV, shop, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| A35 Café | Dorchester | £2 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, floodlights, CCTV, change-over area, bookings |
| Adderstone Services | Belford | £12 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Airport Café | Ashford | £5-£10 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, CCTV, bookings |
| Albion Inn and Truckstop | Bridgwater | unknown | 25 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, beds, bar, TV, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, bookings |
| Andi's Place | Batley | £14 | none | restaurant, toilets |
| Anglia Motel | Spalding | £3.75 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, beds, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| Antheas Country Café | Launceston | £5 | 15 | restaurant, toilets, showers, lounge, TV, bookings |
| Ardleigh Truckstop | Colchester | £10-£12 | 60 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, lounge, TV, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, lorry wash, repairs, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Ashford Truckstop | Ashford | £14.90-£18 | 335 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, shop, lounge, bar, cinema TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, lorry wash, repairs, bookings, pre-payment (24 hour facilities) |
| The Avon Lodge | Bristol | £12-£13 | 60 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, shop, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, refrigerated loads area, lorry wash |
| Barney's Café | Barnetby Top | £6.50-£10 | 45 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, bar, TV, change-over area, lorry wash, bookings |
| Barton Lorry Park | Richmond | £8-£10 | 40 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, shop, TV, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Birmingham Truckstop | Tyseley | £5-£7.50 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, repairs, lorry wash, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Bistro Café | Sedgebrook | free | 15 | restaurant, toilets |
| Boss Hoggs Café | Ipswich | none | 40 | restaurant, toilets (16:00 close) |
| Bypass Café | Newark | free | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, TV, telephones |
| The Cabin Café | Faygate | £10-£15 | 35 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, lorry wash, bookings |
| Caenby Corner Café | Market Rasen | £5 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, shop, bookings |
| Café Royal | Bridport | £2 | 25 | restaurant, toilets, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, change-over area, bookings |
| Cannon Park Café | Middlesbrough | none | 5 | restaurant, toilets, security fence |
| Chris's Café and Motel | High Wycombe | £10-£15 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, beds, lounge, TV, change-over area, hazardous loads area |
| Christine's Diner | Goole | £5-£10.25 | 70 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrol, beds, shop, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, lorry wash, bookings |
| Cleveland Truckstop | Middlesbrough | £12 | 250 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, shop, TV, lorry wash, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Coach Station Café | Torquay | £9.50 | 20 | restaurant, toilets, showers, CCTV, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Corby Truckstop (Oakley Skips) | Corby | £5 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, security patrols, lounge, TV, change-over area, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Crewe Lorry Park | Crewe | £12.50 | 120 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Crossbush Service Area | Arundel | free | 18 | McDonald's, toilets, fuel, floodlights, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Crown Road Vehicle Park | Enfield | £13.40-£16 | 35 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Diggles Truckstop & Diner | Manchester | £13 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, bookings |
| Dinky's Dinahs | Shrewsbury | free | 20 | restaurant, toilets, shop, TV, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Dover Truck Stop | Dover | £20 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, shop, TV, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Ellesmere Port Truckstop | Ellesmere Port | £8-£15 | 48 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, TV, bookings |
| Garwick Café | Sleaford | free | 12 | restaurant, toilets, floodlights (24 hour facilities) |
| Golden Fleece Services | Carlisle | £8 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Grahams Transport Stop | Bridgwater | £5 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, shop, TV, telephones, change-over area, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Greasy Joe's at King Meadow Services | Old Swindon | £6 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, TV, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| Greedy Pig Café | Corby | none | 60 | restaurant, toilets, security fence, floodlights |
| Green Ore Café | Wells | none | 6 | restaurant, toilets, CCTV |
| HF Veale & Sons | Bath | £10 | 20 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, security patrols, change-over area, bookings |
| Halfway House Public House | Kilsby | unknown | 15 | restaurant, toilets, bar, TV, cash machine |
| Hawkins Transport Village | Dudley | £10 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, security patrols, beds, shop, lounge, TV, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, lorry wash, repairs, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Heywood Distribution Park | Manchester | £7.50 | 200 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, shop, TV, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Hideaway Truckstop | Chippenham | £9-£12 | 75 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, lounge, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, refrigerated loads area, fax machines, photocopying, bookings |
| Hillside Café | Warminster | £7 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, fuel, floodlights, CCTV |
| Hilltop Café | Bury St Edmunds | free | 52 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, TV, telephones, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| J26 M25 Truckstop | Waltham Abbey | £15 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, TV |
| Jacks Hill Café | Towcester | £5 | 48 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, beds, lounge, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, bookings |
| Jan's Truck Stop | Ingleby Arncliffe | £2.50 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Junction 7 Business Park | Accrington | £6.50 | 20 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV (24 hour facilities) |
| Junction 23 Lorry Park | Loughborough | £14 | 180 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, shop, TV, lorry wash (24 hour facilities) |
| Junction 29 truckstop | Chesterfield | £9.50-£10.25 | 110 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, security patrols, shop, lounge, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, barber, change-over area, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Junction 38 Services | Penrith | £8 | 90 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, CCTV, shop, TV, cash machine, lorry wash, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Kate's Cabin Café | Peterborough | £5 | 36 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, TV, cash machine |
| Kingstown Truck Park | Carlisle | £7 | 40 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, shop, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| The Kitchen | Lincoln | £8.50 | 25 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, bookings |
| Langrick Station Café | Boston | free | 25 | restaurant, toilets, fuel, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| The Lazy Kettle | Oswestry | £5 | 40 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| Lets Eat Café | Warrington | £10 | 10 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, bookings |
| Lincoln Farm Café & Hotel | Hampton in Arden | £8.50-£14 | 200 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, shop, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, bookings |
| Lodge Farm Café | Spalding | £7.50 | 15 | restaurant, toilets, bar, TV (24 hour facilities) |
| Londonderry Lodge | Londonderry | £3.70 | 24 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, CCTV, beds, shop, TV (24 hour facilities) |
| Lorraines Truckstop | Market Drayton | £6 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, shop, lounge, bar, TV, refrigerated loads area, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Lynns Raven Café | Whitchurch | £6 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area (24 hour facilities) |
| Markham Moor Truckstop | Markham Moor | £10 | 110 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, security patrols, lounge, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Meadows Inn | Derby | £5 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, male showers, security fence, floodlights, security patrols, lounge, bar, TV, telephones, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Merrychest Café | Dartford | free | 30 | restaurant, toilets, bar, telephones |
| Midway Truckstop | Whitchurch | £4 | 35 | restaurant, toilets, shower, TV, telephones, change-over area (24 hour facilities) |
| Morgans Café | Burlescombe | free | 20 | restaurant, toilets, bar, telephones |
| Moto Cherwell Valley | Bicester | £19-£21 | 747 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, CCTV, beds, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Doncaster North | Doncaster | £10-£14 | 64 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, floodlights, beds, shop, lounge, TV, cash machine, telephones (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Hilton Park | Wolverhampton | £10 | 50 | restaurant, toilets, male showers, fuel, floodlights, shop, lounge, TV, cash machine, telephones (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Knutsford | Knutsford | £21-£34 | 27 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Lancaster | Forton | unknown | unknown | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Leigh Delamere Westbound | Chippenham | £12-£14 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, male showers, fuel, floodlights, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, telephones (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Leigh Delamere Eastbound | Chippenham | £12-£14 | 65 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, telephones, barber, change-over area, hazardous loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Medway | Gillingham | £18-20 | 137 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Reading Eastbound | Reading | £17-£19 | 55 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Stafford North | Stone | £14-£16 | 80 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, TV, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Washington | Birtley | £16-£18 | 56 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, TV, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Moto Wetherby | Wetherby | £18 | 60 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, beds, shop, TV, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| NT Truckstop Alconbury | Huntingdon | £14 | 215 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, shop, lounge, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, lorry wash (24 hour facilities) |
| NT Carlisle | Carlisle | £15.50 | 200 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| NT Truckstop Rugby | Rugby | £11.50-£18.50 | 270 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, lounge, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, refrigerated loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| NT Truckstop Wolverhampton | Featherstone | £13 | 190 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, lounge, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| Necton Diner | Necton | £10 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, bookings |
| Nell's Café | Gravesham | free | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, TV, telephones |
| Nunney Catch Transport Café | Nunney Catch | £1-£2 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, 300 parking spaces, floodlights, CCTV, shop, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, bookings |
| Oakdene Café | Sevenoaks | £5 | 10 | restaurant, toilets, floodlights, CCTV, shop, bookings |
| The Old Willoughby Hedge Café | West Knoyle | free | 20 | restaurant, toilets |
| Orwell Crossing Lorry Park | Nacton | £12-£14 | 229 | restaurant, McDonald's, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, bar, TV, telephones, hazardous loads area, lorry wash, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| PACE Foston | Foston | £5 | 8 | toilets, shop, cash machine |
| PJ's Transport Café | Sudbury | £8 | 25 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, floodlights, shop, lounge, TV, cash machine |
| Penrith Truckstop | Penrith | £14 | 160 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, beds, TV, cash machine, bookings |
| Pie Stop Cafés Ltd | Launceston | none | 15 | restaurant, toilets, security fence, shop (15:00 close) |
| Pitstop Motel and Café | Sevenoaks | £6 | 5 | restaurant, toilets, TV, telephones, change-over area (13:30 close) |
| Poplar 2000 Truckstop | Lymm | £11 | 600 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, CCTV, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, lorry wash, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Portsmouth Truckstop | Portsmouth | £15 | 80 | restaurant, toilets, CCTV (24 hour facilities) |
| Priory Park Lorry Park Truck Stop | Hull | £8 | 40 | toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, telephones, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area (24 hour facilities) |
| Quernhow Café | Thirsk | £6.50 | 45 | restaurant, toilets, CCTV, beds, TV (24 hour facilities) |
| Ranch Café & Lorry Park | Newark | £8-£11 | 160 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, lorry wash, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Red Lion Café & Truckstop | Northampton | £10-£12 | 120 | restaurant, toilets, showers, CCTV, beds, shop, bar, TV, cash machine, telephones, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Redbeck Motel | Wakefield | £6.25 | 40 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, beds, TV, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| The Saltbox Café | Hatton | £7.50-£10 | 35 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, bar, cash machine, telephones, bookings |
| Scoffers Café | Northampton | free | 20 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, shop, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Shell Beacon | Brough | free | 15 | toilets, floodlights, shop, cash machine, telephones (24 hour facilities) |
| Silver Ball Café | Royston | £12.50 | 20 | restaurant, toilets, showers, TV, telephones, bookings |
| Six Hills Café | Thrussington | £2 | 8 | restaurant, toilets |
| Smokey Joes Café | Blackwater | £3-£11.50 | 80 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, bookings |
| South Mimms Truckstop | South Mimms | £10-£23.50 | 200 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, telephones, barber, lorry wash (24 hour facilities) |
| Standeford Diner | Wolverhampton | £10-£12.50 | 60 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, security patrols, lounge, TV, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area |
| Stibbington Diner | Peterborough | £5 | 54 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, security patrols, lounge, bar, TV, telephones (24 hour facilities) |
| The Stockyard Truckstop | Rotherham | £9 | 250 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, beds, shop, TV, cash machine (24 hour facilities) |
| Sue's Pitstop Café | Leeds | none | 20 | restaurant, toilets, security fence, bookings (15:30 close) |
| Square Deal Café | Knowl Hill | none | 20 | restaurant, toilets (15:00 close) |
| The Super Sausage Café | Towcester | £1 | 20 | restaurant, toilets, floodlights, change-over area |
| Super Sausage Café | Northampton | £6 | 52 | restaurant, toilets, showers, TV, bookings |
| Swindon Truckstop | Swindon | £9-£15 | 85 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, floodlights, CCTV, shop, lounge, bar, TV, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, fax machines, photocopier, bookings |
| Titan Truckstop | Thurrock | £15 | 100 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, shop, TV, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| Truckers' Rest | Cannock | £5-£10 | 90 | restaurant, toilets, showers, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area |
| Truckhaven | Carnforth | £8 | 360 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, beds, shop, TV, cash machine, bookings (24 hour facilities) |
| The Truckstop Café | Husborne Crawley | £6 | 40 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, shop, TV, telephones (24 hour facilities) |
| Truckworld | Thurrock | £12 | 250 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, beds, bar, TV, telephones, change-over area, lorry wash, fax machines (24 hour facilities) |
| Ulceby Truckstop | Immingham | £12 | 52 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, security fence, CCTV, shop, TV, lorry wash (24 hour facilities) |
| York Lorry Park | York | £8.50-£10.50 | 30 | restaurant, toilets, showers, security fence, CCTV, TV, bookings |
| Watling Street Truckstop | St Albans | £12 | 85 | restaurant, toilets, showers, fuel, floodlights, CCTV, security patrols, shop, TV, cash machine, telephones, change-over area, refrigerated loads area, hazardous loads area, lorry wash, bookings |
| Whitley Bridge Pallets & Truckstop | Goole | £5 | 40 | toilets, showers, fuel, bookings (24 hour facilities) |