Motorway Services Online

Revision as of 23:35, 24 January 2022

Location:

M90 at J6
(also accessible to traffic on the A977)

Signposted from the road.

Postcode:

Access/Layout:

Single site located at a junction..

The only services on the M90 and one of Moto's two Scottish ones, Kinross is really a tourist information centre in disguise. There's a small field to the side of the car park.

Facilities

Catering: Burger King, Costa Coffee, Greggs, Costa Express, Krispy Kreme Shops: M&S Simply Food, WHSmith Amenities: Full Hou$e, Showers, Randox Health Covid-19 Test Dropbox : Travelodge Template:Charging points Forecourt: BP, Shop, Costa Express, Air1 AdBlue

Parking Prices

First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £15 and HGVs, caravans and motorhomes £26. HGVs can pay £28 to include a £10 food voucher.

Prices are paid using PayByPhone. The location code is 2445.

The fees are strictly enforced by CP Plus.

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

Contact Details

🏢 Address:
Moto
Turfhills
Kinross
Perth and Kinross
KY13 0NQ

🌍 Official Moto Website
Foursquare Page
📞 Telephone number: 01577 863123
📌 what3words: ///thumb.pity.tasters
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Trivia and History

The front of the services.

Camera icon

Many more photos in the gallery

Opened as information centre 1979

Acquired by Granada 1981

Re-branded Moto 2001

Strictly speaking, Kinross is the most northern motorway service area in the UK. No such point is ever simple and in this case Broxden is further north and it does have a sign on the motorway, but Broxden isn't officially a motorway service area so Kinross holds on to its title.

At the back of the car park is an ancillary building which was previously a craft store, and is now used as a dog groomers - certainly unique for a motorway service area.

Opening

The service area has unusual origins. It was built by Tayside Regional Council in 1979 as what they called a "motorway information centre". It's not clear what this involved but they said it was aiming to take advantage of the tourism in the area, with four more sites planned for Scottish A-roads. It cost them £16,000.

One of these tourists was Granada's managing director, who was on a fishing holiday to Pitlochry. He thought the site had potential, and by 1981 Granada had purchased it. At the time they said it was being managed by "a locally based consortium".

Granada added a garden room to the restaurant, and opened a Granada Lodge in 1987. A large caravan parking area was converted into the HGV parking.

By the time Granada was involved, it was definitely classed as a motorway service area. Given its unusual roots, Kinross was one of the first motorway service areas not to provide any breakdown facilities.

Reconstruction

In 2010, Moto announced plans to rebuild the entire service area, replacing the amenity building with something much more modern and at the same time moving the petrol station and re-organising the car park. Moto claimed it would have helped Kinross town take more advantage of tourism in the area.

As part of the work, a roundabout would have been added at the entrance to the services, which had been suggested for many years. The new building would have included eight retail units, which Moto claim would have been rented to businesses with the profits covering the costs of the new roundabout. A sign was erected encouraging prospective tenants to come forward.

The work was due to be completed in 2013, but was postponed indefinitely. The sign is still there as of 2018, despite the postponement.

An M&S eventually opened inside the old building instead. A Greggs was positioned in a kiosk outside the entrance, opening on 3 March 2017.

Alternatives

Previous:		Next:
none on M90 Forthview (18 miles) Heart of Scotland (Harthill) (M8 west, 36 miles)	Services on the M90	Broxden (17 miles)
Stirling (M9, 26 miles)	Services on the A977	none
Stirling (M9, 26 miles)	Moto services	none

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+{{Key Date | 1981 | Acquired by [[Granada]] }}
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 Strictly speaking, Kinross is the most northern motorway service area in the UK. No such point is ever simple and in this case [[Broxden]] is further north and it does have a sign on the motorway, but Broxden isn't officially a motorway service area so Kinross holds on to its title.
-Kinross was one of the first motorway service areas not to provide any breakdown facilities.
+At the back of the car park is an ancillary building which was previously a craft store, and is now used as a dog groomers - certainly unique for a motorway service area.
-It was reported that Granada acquired Kinross services in around 1985 after their managing director visited it while on a fishing holiday to Pitlochry. Granada immediately worked on plans to add a [[Granada Lodge]], which opened in 1987 and is now the [[Travelodge]].
+===Opening===
+The service area has unusual origins. It was built by Tayside Regional Council in 1979 as what they called a "motorway information centre". It's not clear what this involved but they said it was aiming to take advantage of the tourism in the area, with four more sites planned for Scottish A-roads. It cost them £16,000.
-The HGV parking area here was originally a large caravan parking area. At the back of the car park is an ancillary building which was previously a craft store, and is now used as a dog groomers - certainly unique for a motorway service area.
+One of these tourists was [[Granada]]'s managing director, who was on a fishing holiday to Pitlochry. He thought the site had potential, and by 1981 Granada had purchased it. At the time they said it was being managed by "a locally based consortium".
+Granada added a garden room to the restaurant, and opened a [[Granada Lodge]] in 1987. A large caravan parking area was converted into the HGV parking.
+By the time Granada was involved, it was definitely classed as a motorway service area. Given its unusual roots, Kinross was one of the first motorway service areas not to provide any breakdown facilities.
+===Reconstruction===
 In 2010, Moto announced plans to rebuild the entire service area, replacing the amenity building with something much more modern and at the same time moving the petrol station and re-organising the car park. Moto claimed it would have helped Kinross town take more advantage of tourism in the area.
-As part of the work, a roundabout would have been added at the entrance to the services, which had been suggested for many years. The new building would have included eight retail units, which Moto claim would have been rented to businesses with the profits covering the costs of the new roundabout. A sign was erected encouraging prospective tenants to come forward. The work was due to be completed in 2013, but was postponed indefinitely. The sign is still there as of 2018, despite the postponement.
+As part of the work, a roundabout would have been added at the entrance to the services, which had been suggested for many years. The new building would have included eight retail units, which Moto claim would have been rented to businesses with the profits covering the costs of the new roundabout. A sign was erected encouraging prospective tenants to come forward.
+The work was due to be completed in 2013, but was postponed indefinitely. The sign is still there as of 2018, despite the postponement.
 An M&S eventually opened inside the old building instead. A Greggs was positioned in a kiosk outside the entrance, opening on 3 March 2017.