A39 at Roundswell Roundabout
(also accessible to traffic on the A3125 and the B3232)
Signposted from the road.
EX31 3RZ
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Single site located at a junction.
A typical A-road service area set up located near to the start of the Atlantic Highway.
Facilities
Catering: Greggs, KFC Drive Thru Amenities: Travelodge Outdoor Space: Small grass verge only; public footpath connections Forecourt: BP, Budgens, Subway, Costa Express, Dunkin' Donuts, f'real Milkshakes, Rollover, Tango Ice Blast, West Cornwall Pasty Co., Car Wash, Jet Wash
Parking Prices
Customer parking is limited to 90 minutes maximum stay within the KFC car park and 2 hours maximum stay within the filling station, with restrictions in the KFC car park being strictly enforced by Civil Enforcement Ltd.
No overnight HGV parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Roundswell Service Station
Roundswell Services
Roundswell
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 3RZ
Trivia and History
Plans for a service area here emerged in 1991, with a petrol station, car wash, restaurant and hotel proposed. A BP filling station was built and opened in 1992 by local business owners H A Malek & Partners. They later added a Wimpy restaurant in 1994.
It then took over 10 years for the planned hotel to finally emerge with a Travelodge hotel opening in 2006. The Wimpy restaurant was converted into a KFC Drive Thru in 2007.
The local business owners also owned a Wimpy franchise in the centre of Barnstaple and used billboards located around the filling station to promote it.
The Subway store here used to be open 24 hours for a time. There is still some signage visible around the site now inaccurately advertising this.
Sale
H A Malek & Partners sold their businesses here on 26 March 2021, with the forecourt being acquired by SGN Retail and the KFC restaurant being acquired by EG Group. Following the takeover, SGN rebranded the SPAR store to Nisa Local and added a number of new grab and go options. A Revolution Laundry machine was also added to the forecourt.
The forecourt was acquired by MFG in February 2023, under a deal with the Competition and Markets Authority. The Nisa Local store was de-branded in March 2023, reopening on 31 March as a Budgens store. The Revolution Laundry machine was also removed as part of the acquisition.
MFG later opened a Greggs store here on 28 March 2024. They also added seven MFG EV Power electric vehicle charging bays to the forecourt too, with these expected to go live in late 2024. As a result of the new EV bays, additional parking bays were created by removing the LPG tanks near the site exit.
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