Kinross services
M90 at J6
(also accessible to traffic on the A977)
Signposted from the road.
KY13 0NQ
map and directions
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 : 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
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- 📞 Telephone number: 01577 863123
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Trivia and History
A low resolution view of the service area and informal car park, taken in 1987.
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 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 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 and opened on 29 May 1979.
One of those 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 on a spare plot of land. 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. It was also left with an unusual internal layout, where the restaurant and toilets are at opposite ends of one long corridor, running along the very front of the building.
The outbuilding at the south end was originally advertised as an 'information bureau'. It was extended and became a craft store, and is now the dog groomers.
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 reorganising 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 was still there until 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.
In early 2022, Moto gave the amenity building a minor refurbishment, redecorating the main corridor and updating the toilet facilities.
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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