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{{facilities| Forecourt | {{BP | {{facilities| Forecourt | {{BP}}, {{M&S Simply Food}}, {{Wild Bean Cafe}}, AdBlue Containers, Car Wash, Free Cash Machine |primary }} | ||
==Parking Prices== | ==Parking Prices== | ||
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==Trivia and History== | ==Trivia and History== | ||
Plans for a service area here date back to 1955 where a filling station and garage were proposed by local car salesmen S H Newsome & Co. Ltd | Plans for a service area here date back to 1955 where a filling station and garage were proposed by local car salesmen S H Newsome & Co. Ltd. The service area was built in the late 1950s, initially with a temporary layout that may have been awaiting work on the Stonebridge Highway. | ||
It opened as '''Midway Garage''', though some records also call it 'Highway Garage'. It had a refuelling area positioned close to the road, and a large, empty space at the back as this was where the borough boundary was. A lot of space was lost when the roundabout was upgraded in the 1970s. | |||
In 1990, BP were granted permission to build new petrol station, car wash, restaurant, 40-bed hotel and business facility on the site | By 1987, the site was now under direct BP control and there were plans to build a new filling station, drive-thru restaurant and a block of residential sheltered housing here. These plans were refused due to the excessive intensive of land these plans proposed. | ||
In 1990, BP were granted permission to build new petrol station, car wash, restaurant, 40-bed hotel and business facility on the site. The restaurant and hotel didn't materialise, but a new, much larger, petrol station and car were built in the 1990s, expanding into some of the land that was previously in the rural district council area. | |||
In 2000, another attempt to add a restaurant to the site was submitted but these plans were later withdrawn. | In 2000, another attempt to add a restaurant to the site was submitted but these plans were later withdrawn. | ||
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==Alternatives== | ==Alternatives== | ||
{{Succession start}} | {{Succession start}} | ||
{{Succession|1|A45| [[ | {{Succession|1|A45| [[Oak]] (westbound, 6 miles){{newline}}[[Canley Ford]] (eastbound, 2 miles) | | ||
[[Mangrove]] (8 miles) }} | [[Mangrove]] (8 miles) }} | ||
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[[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]][[Category:A45]] | [[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]][[Category:A45]] | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 7 March 2021
A45 Stonebridge Highway
Signposted from the road? Westbound only
CV3 6RQ
map and directions
Single site located between junctions on one side of the road..
This service area is only signposted westbound, but it is accessible eastbound via the roundabout.
Facilities
Forecourt: BP, M&S Simply Food, Wild Bean Café, AdBlue Containers, Car Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
B P Connect
Stonebridge Highway
Coventry
Warwickshire
CV3 6RQ
Trivia and History
Plans for a service area here date back to 1955 where a filling station and garage were proposed by local car salesmen S H Newsome & Co. Ltd. The service area was built in the late 1950s, initially with a temporary layout that may have been awaiting work on the Stonebridge Highway.
It opened as Midway Garage, though some records also call it 'Highway Garage'. It had a refuelling area positioned close to the road, and a large, empty space at the back as this was where the borough boundary was. A lot of space was lost when the roundabout was upgraded in the 1970s.
By 1987, the site was now under direct BP control and there were plans to build a new filling station, drive-thru restaurant and a block of residential sheltered housing here. These plans were refused due to the excessive intensive of land these plans proposed.
In 1990, BP were granted permission to build new petrol station, car wash, restaurant, 40-bed hotel and business facility on the site. The restaurant and hotel didn't materialise, but a new, much larger, petrol station and car were built in the 1990s, expanding into some of the land that was previously in the rural district council area.
In 2000, another attempt to add a restaurant to the site was submitted but these plans were later withdrawn.
The attached store used to be Safeway. This changed to a M&S Simply Food store with a Wild Bean Café offering in 2007.
The A45 here is maintained by the local authority, which may explain why such a small site has formal road signs.
Alternatives
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| Oak (westbound, 6 miles) Canley Ford (eastbound, 2 miles) | Services on the A45 | Mangrove (8 miles) |