Moor Farm services
A19 at Moor Farm Roundabout
(also accessible to traffic on the A189, A1171 and the B1505)
Signposted from the road? Eastbound only
NE23 7QA
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
A business park at the Moor Farm Roundabout on the A19 offers some facilities for motorits.
Facilities
Catering: J D Wetherspoon (The New Moor Farm), McDonald's Drive Thru Amenities: Premier Inn Outdoor Space: No grass space; public footpath connections Charging Points: InstaVolt 60kW CCS & 60kW CHAdeMO Forecourt: ASDA Express, Greggs, Starbucks on the Go, Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Free short stay customer parking is available for cars at all facilities. No HGV parking is available.
Parking within the McDonald's car park is limited to 90 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced by UK Parking Control Ltd whilst parking in the J D Wetherspoon car park is limited to 3 hours maximum stay and is strictly enforced by Horizon Parking.
Parking within the Premier Inn car park is free for hotel guests only and you enter your vehicle registration number into the tablet in reception to claim this. Chargeable parking is also available between 8am and 6pm, 7 days a week at the cost of £2 for up to 3 hours and £5 for up to 10 hours. Fees can be paid via the Horizon Spaces app using location code 6392.
These fees are strictly enforced by Horizon Parking.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Service Station
Annitsford
Cramlington
Northumberland
NE23 7QA
Trivia and History
This land was suggested as the perfect place for a service area by Northumberland County Council in the 1980s, as part of their vision to create a commercial zone here. At the time, what's now the A19 was the main A1 towards Edinburgh.
The first formal proposal was made by Norfolk House Group in 1986, who said it was the first phase of the project. This showed a hotel at the western end of the site, a restaurant in the middle and a filling station in the eastern corner. Space was left for a car showroom to the south.
When this plan was renewed in 1989, Travelodge, Little Chef and Texaco were named as the brands lined up to trade at the site. Norfolk House were bought by Trusthouse Forte in 1990, who submitted new plans for the Little Chef and Travelodge. Despite planning permission being secured and renewed, it was never taken forward, because Trusthouse Forte had also acquired the nearby site at Seaton Burn from Norfolk House.
Meanwhile, Heron built a petrol station here in 1992. They called it Exhibition service station, and it included a Snax 24 shop. It had been rebranded to Jet by the early 2000s.
The forecourt was redeveloped in 2007, gaining Somerfield branding. After Somerfield was sold in March 2009, the shop changed to Co-op Food, with the fuel brand becoming Total. It then became one of the last Total branded sites in the country, lasting until 2015 before rebranding to Co-op Petrol. The Co-op forecourts were later acquired by Asda Express, who rebranded the site on 8 November 2023.
Following Asda's takeover, they also added a Greggs concession to the shop in August 2025. The shop was reconfigured as part of this, with the Costa Express offer replaced with a new Starbucks on the Go machine as well as adding a new jet wash behind the sales building.
Catering Development
With no progress from Trusthouse Forte, Whitbread were granted planning permission to build a Brewers Fayre and 40-bed Travel Inn on the western side of the site in 1997.
The Brewers Fayre, named 'Moor Farm', was a large branch with a Charlie Chalk-branded play area. It defected to Brewers Fayre's sister name, Brewsters.
By 1998, the car showroom originally planned for the south of the site had not materialised and a drive thru restaurant was granted planning permission instead. Despite originally being named as a Burger King, it was taken forward by McDonald's.
An InstaVolt electric vehicle charger was installed in the McDonald's car park in February 2021.
The hotel building has been extended several times, doubling its size. It became Premier Inn, while the main restaurant became Beefeater. The Beefeater was later sold to The Papas Group in July 2025, as part of Whitbread's Accelerated Growth Plan, who opened The Great British Pub Co. in the building. A new breakfast room has also been integrated into the hotel itself for hotel guests. It was later announced in September 2025 that The Papas Group have signed a franchise agreement with J D Wetherspoon, with The New Moor Farm pub opening on 22 October.
The UK's northern Wendy's franchisee, Square Burgers, are also seeking planning permission to build a new Wendy's drive-thru restaurant at the back of the pub-restaurant car park. The proposal also includes the provision of five electric vehicle charging bays.
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