Buckingham services
A421 Buckingham Bypass
(also accessible to traffic in the A413)
Signposted from the road.
MK18 1SH
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
This roundabout on the outskirts of Buckingham offers a number of shops, forecourts and hotels, including the service station offer.
Facilities
Catering: Starbucks Drive Thru Amenities: Travelodge Outdoor Space: Grass area at back of car park; public footpath connections Charging Points: Shell Recharge 150kW CCS & 70kW CHAdeMO Forecourt: Shell, Select, Deli by Shell, Costa Express, Car Wash
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for Starbucks and Travelodge customers in the shared car park.
Parking and use of the forecourt is limited to 20 minutes maximum stay whilst the first 90 minutes is free for vehicles in the large vehicle parking area opposite the forecourt.
Long-term parking is also available in the large vehicle parking area and is charged at £2 for up to 2 hours, £4 for up to 4 hours, £8 for up to 8 hours and £10 for up to 16 hours. Prices are paid using ECP ParkBuddy app.
Restrictions on the forecourt and in the large vehicle parking area are strictly enforced by Euro Car Parks
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Mount Pleasant Service Station
London Road
Buckingham
Buckinghamshire
MK18 1SH
Trivia and History
The site was planned in 1987 by Forte, and then followed up by Action 2000. It opened in June 1991 with a Fina forecourt, named Mount Pleasant services. This was joined by the Buckingham branch of Little Chef. There was a plan to build a Travelodge here too, but this wasn't taken forward.
The Little Chef restaurant closed in June 1996 and was converted into a Burger King restaurant. The Little Chef later reopened in 1999 but the whole building later closed again in 2008.
A hotel was proposed again in the early 2000s, with a Travelodge finally opening here on 3 November 2004. The opening of the hotel was commemorated with Travelodge touring a mobile glass box bedroom around the town. The design of the hotel is clearly newer than most of their roadside hotels, making it stand out amongst the rest of their roadside estate.
The forecourt became Total and is now Shell, with the current owners preferring to call it 'Buckingham services'. It is often confused with the EG Group site one mile to the west: that one is not part of an official service area.
The empty Little Chef building was converted into a Starbucks Drive Thru by franchisee 23.5 Degrees in summer 2023, after the building sat dormant for 15 years. The new store opened on 15 December 2023 and features a new 'bolt-on' box to the back of the building to house the drive-thru window. 23.5 Degrees were acquired by Starbucks UK in October 2024, with the store transferring into the company operated estate.
Shell added six electric vehicle charging points behind the forecourt shop under its own solar canopy in 2024, with the chargers going live in April. Be.EV now intends to install six more charging points outside the coffee shop.
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