Guide to Hilton Park services

Regular road users will know Hilton Park as the first service area after the madness of the West Midlands. It's still squashed between junctions on a very busy section of the M6.

Facilities

Catering: Burger King, Costa Coffee, Greggs, KFC, Pret A Manger, Costa Express, f'real Milkshakes, Krispy Kreme, M&S Coffee to Go, Tango Ice Blast Shops: M&S Simply Food, Phone Tech, WHSmith Amenities: on both sides: &Play, Changing Places, Full Hou$e, Lucky Coin, Multi Faith Room, Showers
plus northbound only: Revolution Laundry
and southbound only: Travelodge Outdoor Space: northbound only: Very small grass patch to the left of the main entrance
and southbound only: Small picnic area on the left as you drive in Charging Points: on both sides: Tesla Supercharger 150kW CCS
plus northbound only: GRIDSERVE Electric Highway HPC 350kW CCS, 100kW CHAdeMO & 22kW Type 2;
and southbound only: GRIDSERVE Electric Highway 50kW CCS, 50kW CHAdeMO & 22kW Type 2 Forecourt: on both sides: BP, Shop, Costa Express
plus northbound only: Greggs
and southbound only: Rollover

Parking Prices

First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £15 and HGVs, caravans and motorhomes £25. HGVs can pay £28 to include a £10 food voucher.

Prices are paid in the shop or by using JustPark. The location code is 625133 (northbound) and 623134 (southbound).

HGVs can also pay by using SNAP. The location code is 13473 (northbound) and 13474 (southbound).

The fees are strictly enforced by GroupNexus.

This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.

Contact Details

Trivia and Design

See also: History:Hilton Park

The service area was ready to open in 1967, but due to delays completing the M6, it didn't open it until 1970.

Hilton Park features a large tower structure which was used by Top Rank as a restaurant. It closed and has been empty since the 1980s.

It became the UK's busiest service area, and was an obvious target when Granada wanted to add retail units to the front of their service areas. These units have changed brands many times over the years, including being used as a Trucker's Lounge and Moto's first KFC. They are mostly closed now, though one is used by the Central Motorway Policing Group.

The southbound service area has a picnic area far from the main building, with its own car park, which most people miss because they're looking for the main facilities. It is a legacy feature of some older service areas and only actually has one table left. Most of the table's dedicated parking spaces have now been turned into a Tesla charging area.

The northbound side was reconfigured in late 2023 to allow a new KFC restaurant to be added, with the new restaurant opening on 5 December. This is positioned where the former Costa Coffee store was, with a larger refurbished store replacing the former EDC restaurant area in October 2023. The final phase of investment on the northbound side came in the form of a brand new Pret A Manger store, which opened on 26 February 2024 replacing the former Cotton Traders unit, which had sat empty for a number of years.

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