Kingsclere services
A339 near Kingsclere
Signposted from the road.
RG20 4TA
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Single site located at the side of the road.
The only service area on the road between Basingstoke and Newbury.
Facilities
Outdoor Space: No grass space Forecourt: Shell, Budgens, Costa Express, Dunkin' Donuts, Car Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
30 minutes free parking is available for cars. No HGV parking or long term parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Kingsclere Service Station
Newbury Road
Kingsclere
Newbury
Hampshire
RG20 4TA
- 🌍 Official MFG/Kingsclere website
- 📞 Telephone number: 01635 299437
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Trivia and History
The provision of an official service area here makes more sense when you consider that the A339 was regarded as a major road until the Newbury Bypass opened in 1998. It was maintained by the Highways Agency until 2003.
There continues to be disagreement between the highway authorities in Hampshire and Berkshire over whether the A339 should be promoted as a major road or not. Hampshire County Council replaced the Highways Agency's old green 'services' signs with their own white ones in 2010.
Origins
The site dates back to the 1960s, when a garage was built next to Newbury Road. By 1986 the garage was selling both fuel and used cars, under the name West Kingsclere Garage. It is now a formal petrol station, though there is still an MOT centre on the site.
The petrol station was branded BP and Londis. It was taken over by Peregrine Retail, and was demolished in around 2015, being replaced with a new sales shop. The site was then taken over by MRH in 2017 following their acquisition of Peregrine Retail, and is now operated by MFG.
A Little Chef restaurant opened in around 1985. It closed in 2001, and reopened as Nelson's Diner. It then became Nellie's Diner, and is now closed. Planning permission was approved to add a 16-bed single-storey lodge to the site in 1990.
There had been plans in 2023 to extend the sales building here to allow a new Greggs store to be added. This was set to open in summer 2023 alongside a new food to go area but this has now been postponed to early 2025. The forecourt is also set to gain two new electric vehicle charging bays as part of the works.
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