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{{Services
|type = motorway
|image = Tibshelf North 2020.jpg
|operator = Roadchef
|road = [[M1]] between J28 and J29
|postcode = DE55 5TZ
|signposted = Yes
|stype = Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.
|rating = Tibshelf
|coords = 53.13805, -1.330869
|markerpost = 0222
|briefroad = M1 between J28 and J29
|smartmotorway = yes
}}

With its late '90s design on an otherwise mostly 1960s motorway, Tibshelf could be accused of being slightly "twee" with its style.

==Facilities==
{{facilities| Restaurants | {{Costa}}, {{Fresh Food Cafe}}, {{McDonald's}}, {{Costa Express}}, {{Krispy Kreme}}, {{Costa Drive Thru}} }}
{{facilities| Shops | Phone Tech, {{WHSmith}}
|N = {{Spar|N|s}} }}
{{facilities| Amenities | [[Jackpot £500]], Showers
|N = {{Meeting Room|N|s}}, {{website|UK Truck Clean Truck Wash|https://www.uktruckclean.com/}}, Randox Health Covid-19 Test Dropbox }}
{{facilities| Hotel | |N = {{Days Inn|N|chesterfield|rc=yes|s}} }}
{{charging points| GRIDSERVE Electric Highway 50kW CCS & CHAdeMO & 22kW Type 2 }}
{{facilities| Forecourt | {{Shell}}, [[Select]], {{deli by Shell}}, {{Costa Express}}, Air1 AdBlue, Free Cash Machine }}

==Parking Prices==
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £13 and HGVs, caravans and coaches £26, or £28 to include a £10 food voucher.

Prices are paid using [https://paybyphone.co.uk/how-it-works/parking PayByPhone] or in the shop. The location code is 5254 (northbound) and 5255 (southbound).

The fees are strictly enforced by [[GroupNexus]].

This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.

==Contact Details==
{{Contact Details
|address = RoadChef{{newline}}
Newton Wood Lane{{newline}}
Newton{{newline}}
Alfreton{{newline}}
Derbyshire{{newline}}
DE55 5TZ
|telephone = 01773 876600
|gridref = SK448603
|foursquare = 4b59b977f964a520ba9428e3
|websites = 
* [https://www.roadchef.com/locations/tibshelf Amenity buildings and hotel operated by Roadchef]
* [https://extraservices.co.uk/locations/tibshelf-services-chesterfield/ Forecourts owned by Extra and operated by Shell]
}}

==Trivia and History==
{{Gallery
|image = Tibshelf hallway.jpg
|size = 250
|duped = yes
|caption = The long corridor within the services.
|keydates = {{Key Date | 1960 | Site identified }}
{{Key Date | 1999 | Services opened }} }}
The service area is positioned close to Tibshelf Ponds and the [https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/countryside/access/walking/walks-and-trails/five-pits-trail.aspx Five Pits Trail]. Some motorists use the service area as an unofficial place to park and walk around to the countryside.

Inside the services are a series of promotional flags which still use the old (late-1990s) Roadchef logo.

Tibshelf used to proudly boast that "no other service station offers you such flexibility and choice". No-one knows exactly what they meant or where this extra choice was.

The northbound side underwent major refurbishment works in February 2015. The southbound side is due to follow, and will gain a [[SPAR]] store in the process.

===Planning===
[[File:Tibshelf ghost slip.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=Unbuilt motorway exit.|The slip road which was originally allocated for the service area.]]
{{fulldetails|History:M1|M1 Service Area Planning}}
The service area was planned to be a few hundred yards further up the M1. Underneath the Mansfield Road bridge are two [[ghost slip]]s (partly removed in the 2016 roadworks). These lined up with two more that were removed to build the entry from the current Tibshelf services.

These four ghost slips were built with the M1, and would have allowed a more traditional service area (with straight slip roads) to be built in the field north of the modern Tibshelf services. This was planned to be done when the adjacent two service areas reached full capacity. A total of 19 acres was purchased by the Ministry of Transport for developing into the service area. Some of that land was later sold to develop Willow Court, which makes the original plan harder to imagine.

In 1992, the government were no longer responsible for identifying the sites of new motorway services. Instead developers could build them wherever they wanted to, and at Tibshelf two firms took an interest: Swayfields (representing [[Welcome Break]] and [[Texaco]]) received planning permission for '''Newtown services''' at Newtownwood Lane, and South East Oil Co/Hallam Land Management received planning permission for '''Sherwood Parc services''' at Huthwaite Lane.

Under [[MSA Policy#Roads Circular 01.2F94|the policy at the time]], only one of those two sites could be connected to the motorway. The Highways Agency were more impressed by the Swayfields plan, and selected them. In 1997 Welcome Break left the partnership, and Swayfields chose [[Roadchef]] to work with them instead. Roadchef would build the main building, while Swayfields would operate the petrol station under the name [[Gold Star]], with [[Texaco]] branding. Roadchef tried to use the name '''Chesterfield services''', but eventually settled on Tibshelf.

The unused Sherwood Parc plan had a small, L-shaped amenity building with a tall, glass roofed atrium in the corner of the L. There were looped sliproads. It would have probably been sold to an established operator. They later encountered land ownership issues.

Meanwhile, the Department of Transport confirmed in 1995 that they would be selling the land they had been reserving for their service area, as it wasn't needed. They added a new name to the mix, repeatedly referring to the new development as '''Sutton in Ashfield services'''. 

====Finer Details====
When planning permission was awarded for Tibshelf, there was a plan to widen the M1 to five lanes in each direction, which would involve demolishing the Saw Pit Lane bridge. This gave the developer a blank canvas to design the entrance.

When it came to actually constructing it, the M1 widening plans had been cancelled and the Saw Pit Lane bridge was set to stay. This meant several changes and departures from the engineering standards were required to build the slip roads. This angered Hallam Land Management, who felt that their plan was better.

Local public footpath 18 used to cross the site of the northbound service area. Welcome Break's original plan would have placed this in a new subway under the slip roads, but this would have been expensive. Roadchef wanted a zebra crossing across the top of the slip roads, but the footpath was soon removed from the plan. The old gate can still be seen on Saw Pit Lane.

Space was left for hotels at both the northbound and southbound service area.

==Alternatives==
{{Succession start}}
{{Succession|1|M1| [[Trowell]] (15 miles){{newline}}[[Alfreton]] (A38 south, 6 miles) |
[[Woodall]] (13 miles) }}
{{Succession|2|Roadchef| [[Watford Gap]] (67 miles) |
''none nearby'' }}
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