Mayfield services
M7 at exit 14
(also accessible to traffic on the R445)
Signposted from the road? Yes (as tourist attraction)
W34 E789
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A rarity for European services: this is an independently-owned development. It is a small complex and quite cramped.
Facilities
Catering: Supermac's, Insomnia coffee, Spar Express Shops: SPAR Express Amenities: Tourist Information, Showers, Picnic Area, Children's Play Area, Template:Electric Car : none Forecourt: Texaco, Air1 AdBlue
Parking Prices
Parking is free of charge and available for up to two hours only.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Junction 14 Mayfield
Mayfield
Monasterevin
Co. Kildare
Eircode: W34 E789
- 🌍 Official Junction14 Mayfield website
- Facebook Page
- Twitter/X: @j14mayfield
- Foursquare Page
- 📞 Telephone number: 045 532 480
Trivia and History
The small amenity building serves all users, including forecourt customers, making it very busy. To counter this, there is a separate toilet block accessed from the car park, a handy feature which was designed-out of British motorway services 30 years ago. The unusual layout makes visiting easier for forecourt users than those in the car park.
The services opened on 17 June 2011, following a €7m investment. It was developed privately by two local businessmen, Liam and Donal Fitzpatrick, following delays to the National Road Authority's plans for their own service stations. Their first proposal was put forward in 2006, following a study of European motorway services, as Ireland didn't have any at the time. This would have had only one food counter, no overflow car park and toilets only on the west side of the building.
Although the brand name Junction14 is used all around the site, the service area is owned by the Fitzpatrick family's Template:Website.
The services were a stop on Coca-Cola's 2015 Christmas Truck Tour.
In 2017, there was a plan to significantly extend the existing amenity building, adding a first story area for staff. There would be three food offers and an additional counter. This was granted planning permission.
In 2018, Conor Furey and Associates applied for planning permission to build a larger service station immediately next to Mayfield (in the south-west corner of the junction). Planning permission was refused owing to concerns about its impact on the town and on traffic at the junction, but an appeal will be heard in October 2019. It would have had three restaurants including one with a drive thru window.
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