Marston Moretaine services
A421 at Marston Moretaine
Signposted from the road.
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Single site located at a junction.
An old building continues to provide a few fast food options next to a busy petrol station.
Facilities
Catering: Burger King, Greggs Amenities: Travelodge, Free Cash Machine Outdoor Space: Grass areas around amenity building; public footpath connections Forecourt: Shell, Select, Deli by Shell, Costa Express, Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Beancroft Road
Marston Moretaine
Bedford
Bedfordshire
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Trivia and Design
The petrol station as a Total, pictured in 2009.
Forte planned a service area for the new A421 Marston Moretaine Bypass. It opened in March 1988 with a large Little ChefHistory restaurant, a Travelodge hotel and a Fina filling station, with "a PUNCH station!" written across its canopy.
The site was built to the north of the new Marston Moretaine Roundabout, on Beancroft Road, with a restaurant overlooking the road. The junction was upgraded in 2010, with the service area being accessed from a new interchange.
The filling station went on to become Total but was later sold to Shell in 2012 following Total's nationwide shutdown.
Restaurant History
A Burger King was added in November 1998, with an official opening ceremony held on 11 December 1998, but this was later removed in the 2000s and replaced by Coffee Tempo!. The Burger King was then brought back in 2012 following R Capital's takeover of the brand.
The Little Chef became the first ever Little Chef Choices site in August 2001, which saw it gain Caffè Ritazza, Harry Ramsden's, Upper Crust and Wiseguys Pizza offers. It reported a 30% uplift in sales, but the choice was soon removed.
Euro Garages took over the building in In January 2017, and it was one of the last Little Chefs to continue trading, lasting right up until EG Group's use of the brand expired. It's thought their preferred franchise, Starbucks, didn't want to share the building with the profitable Burger King.
The building closed on 20 July 2018, with the Burger King reopening alongside a new Greggs store in October 2018. A Sainsbury's On the Go store was later added in summer 2019. The Sainsbury's On the Go store was rebranded to SPAR in 2021, before the store permanently closed in late 2021. Now with many different operators running the site, the site is starting to sign out for its need for maintenance, with customers greeted by a severely rutted car park.
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