Prizet services
A591 between Kendal and Sizergh
(also accessible to traffic on the A6)
Signposted from the road? Southbound only
LA8 8AA
map and directions
Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
A pair of forecourts in the Lake District.
Facilities
Catering: southbound only: Greggs
Amenities: northbound only: Travelodge
Outdoor Space: Grass verges only
Forecourt: northbound only: Shell, Londis, Costa Express, f'real Milkshakes, Rollover, Jet Wash
and southbound only: BP, SPAR, Costa Express, f'real Milkshakes, Rollover, Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars at both filling stations. No HGV parking is available.
Parking within the Travelodge car park is charged at £1.50 for up to 4 hours and £3 for up to 24 hours.
Prices can be paid using the pay and display machines at the hotel entrance or via the Horizon Spaces app using location code 50500.
The 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:
Prizet Filling Station
Helsington
Kendal
Cumbria
LA8 8AA
Trivia and History
There was a building called Prizet View to the west of the A6 (now A591), built after the road was straightened out in the 1930s. This gained a petrol station in the 1960s.
The road was upgraded to a dual carriageway in the 1970s which saw a new southbound petrol station open opposite the existing one. The two have operated as a pair of BP filling stations since. Part of the old alignment of the A6 still forms part of the northbound petrol station.
Little Chef owners Granada added a restaurant next to the southbound petrol station in 1998, and later added a northbound Travelodge hotel in 2005. The Little Chef closed in the same year and became The Energy Centre, later a flooring company known as Pure Stone.
The filling stations later rebranded to Shell in 2015, where they also each gained a Mace store.
Expansion
AUK Ltd submitted plans to build a Costa Drive Thru with 8 electric vehicle charging bays on the northbound side in 2020 but were refused permission on the basis that the development was not needed in such a rural location. The plans were then re-submitted before being rejected again in January 2021.
MFG acquired the filling stations in December 2020 following the purchase of six sites (including these two) from AUK Investments Limited. As part of this, MFG rebranded the shops from Mace to Londis.
MFG sold the southbound forecourt to Platinum Retail in May 2023, to placate the Competition and Markets Authority. They rebranded the site to BP, with the Londis store rebranding to SPAR. MFG added an extension to the sales building in June 2022, with the intention to add a Greggs to the site, but this space has now become additional storage space as the new owners do not hold a franchise with Greggs.
MFG now hold planning permission to redevelop their northbound filling station, relocating the sales building to the back of the site. The new sales building will feature a new food to go offering whilst the forecourt will feature eight pumps, six new MFG EV Power electric vehicle charging bays and a new jet wash.
Despite no longer operating the southbound forecourt, MFG acquired the former Little Chef building in Autumn 2024 and opened a new Greggs store in there instead in late November 2024.
Alternatives
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