Texaco
| Locations: | 22 services |
| Often accompanied by: | Waitrose |
| Predecessors: | Blue Star |
| Successors: | BP, Co-op Petrol, Esso, Jet, Shell, Total |
texaco.co.uk
Texaco is the petrol forecourt brand of Valero. They still maintain a presence on A-roads, but most of their sites on motorways have since been rebranded.
In the 1990s, Texaco partnered with Swayfields to develop a number of motorway service areas, including Baldock and Peterborough. Texaco fuel was also sold at Extra's Gold Star service areas.
Forecourt Shops
Texaco's own brand of shop is 'Star Market'. It was once widespread and well-advertised, causing their forecourts to be nicknamed 'Star Garage', but most have now been removed. Smaller snack and essentials shops are branded 'Express Shop'.
Instead, most sites use a franchised name, such as Londis, Costcutter and Mace.
Locations
Texaco operate at some service areas, mainly on A-roads. They are: [view on a map - Download KMLrefine search]
- Abercynon (A470) (northbound only)
- Berkshire Downs (A34)
- Buckbarn (A24)
- Crossgates (A44)
- Evesham (A46)
- Galley's Corner (A120)
- Glenshane (A6 Northern Ireland)
- Kilmington Cross (A35)
- Leeds Skelton Lake (M1)
- Llanrhystud (A487)
- Mangrove (A45)
- Newtown Cross (A417)
- Pyecombe (A23) (northbound only)
- Ram Jam (A1)
- Skewen (A465) (eastbound only)
- Skipbridge (A59) (eastbound only)
- Telegraph Hill (A380)
- Townsend (A303) (eastbound only)
Welcome Break
Texaco have pumps at each of the following Welcome Break petrol stations. This is a legacy of when these service areas were part-owned by Blue Star:
- Charnock Richard (M6)
- Keele (M6)
- Newport Pagnell (M1)
Ireland (Rep. of)
- Galway Plaza (M6)
- J14 Mayfield (M7)
Former Locations
Texaco has been removed from the following official service areas:
- Acle (A47)
- Annandale Water (A74(M))
- Ardleigh (A120)
- Baldock (A1(M))
- Beckington (A36)
- Beechings Way (A289)
- Bicker Bar (A52)
- Binley (A46)
- Bloody Oaks (A1)
- Bobbing Corner (A249)
- Bothwell (M74)
- Cambridge (A14)
- Camel Hill (A303)
- Centurion (A417)
- Cirencester (A417)
- Copdock Mill (A12/A45)
- Feering northbound (A12)
- Gloucester northbound (M5)
- Gordano (M5)
- Finavon (A90)
- Foston (A1)
- Halt (A470)
- Hamilton (M74)
- Harbledown (A2)
- Hickstead (A23)
- Jeremy's Corner (A23)
- Kingsham (A27)
- Leeming Bar (A1)
- Minster (A299)
- Moor Farm (A19)
- Morcott (A47)
- Newby Bridge (A590)
- Oak (A45)
- Ollerton (A614)
- Ower (A36)
- Peterborough (A1(M)/A1)
- Popham (A33)
- Pont Abraham (M4)
- Ponton Main (A1)
- Rainton (A1)
- Ringwood (A31)
- Skellow (A1)
- Solstice Park (A303)
- Stockbridge (A27)
- Strensham (M5)
- Springfields (A16)
- Sutterton (A16/A17)
- Swavesey (A14)
- Tibshelf (M1)
- Whitley (A49)
- Winchester (M3)
- Worsted (A11)
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