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Revision as of 00:13, 16 August 2022

Location:

A50 at Derby Road Roundabout

Signposted from the road.

Postcode:

Access/Layout:

Single site located at a junction.

Rating:

A large service area at the start or end of the Uttoxeter bypass, and one of Euro Garages' early examples of what modern filling stations would look like.

Facilities

Catering: Burger King Drive Thru, Starbucks Drive Thru, Table Table (The Water Bridge) Amenities: Premier Inn Outdoor Space: Small grass area beside Burger King Forecourt: BP, SPAR, Greggs, Subway, Starbucks on the Go, Tango Ice Blast, LPG (FloGas), AdBlue4You, Free Cash Machine

Parking Prices

EG Group-operated facilities: First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 for up to 24 hours and HGVs, coaches and commercial vehicles must pay £14.99, or £19.99 to include a meal voucher. Prices are paid in the shop. These fees are strictly enforced by Parking Eye.

Table Table and Premier Inn: Customers and guests of Premier Inn and Table Table are entitled to free parking but must provide their registration number to reception or the bar in order to receive this. Chargeable parking is also available for non-guests or customers between 8am and 6pm 7 days a week and is charged at £1 per hour.

Prices can be paid via Horizon Spaces. The location code is 10999. These fees are strictly enforced by Horizon Parking.

Contact Details

🏢 Address:
Derby Road
A50
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
ST14 5AA

🌍 Operators & Official Websites:

Drive-Thru units and forecourt operated by EG Group
Pub-restaurant operated by Table Table
Hotel operated by Premier Inn
Foursquare Page
📞 Telephone number: 01889 565784
📌 what3words: ///issued.merely.slim
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Trivia and History

This service area is situated off the main access road to the Uttoxeter Sewage Treatment Plant, close to the Derby Road Roundabout.

The service area may need to close if the Derby Road Roundabout upgrade scheme is carried forward. This has been delayed until 2025 at the earliest.

Early Development

The first plans for facilities along the access road came in 2000 from Whitbread for a hotel and restaurant. In 2001, a separate plan for a showroom, garden centre, pub-restaurant and hotel was approved with a Travel Inn hotel and a Brewers Fayre opening in 2002, known as 'The Racecourse' after the nearby Uttoxeter racecourse.

Uttoxeter Estates, who owned the neighbouring land, proposed plans for two restaurant units to sit alongside the hotel and restaurant. These proposals were refused planning permission in 2003.

The hotel and restaurant later became Premier Inn and Table Table respectively in 2008.

Full Facilities

The official signposted service facilities didn't join the party until 2011, when a BP filling station with SPAR store and Greggs and Subway concessions, a Burger King Drive Thru restaurant and a Starbucks Drive Thru store were all built by Euro Garages. At this point, official signage was added to the A50, advertising the site.

Both the restaurant and hotel have received several extensions since opening, with the hotel gaining a detached second building housing 34 rooms in 2013. Premier Inn also currently hold planning permission to extend the second building to add a further 23 bedrooms to the hotel.

Rival Facilities

One mile to the west of here is the aptly-named McDonald's Roundabout, which is the more urban of the two roundabouts on the Derby Bypass.

It hosts a number of facilities including another Euro Garages filling station and McDonald's Drive Thru on the eastbound side. There is also the former Uttoxeter Little ChefHistory and Travelodge hotel on the westbound side.

None of these facilities are formally signposted and visitors of the filling station will see signs from EG Group encouraging them to visit the larger site here.

Alternatives

Previous:		Next:
Keele (M6 north, 21 miles) Sandbach (M6 north, 41 miles)	Services on the A50	Derby & Burton (13 miles)

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-A large service area at the start or end of the Uttoxeter bypass, and one of Euro Garages' early examples of what modern filling stations are beginning to look like.
+A large service area at the start or end of the Uttoxeter bypass, and one of Euro Garages' early examples of what modern filling stations would look like.
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 {{facilities| Restaurants | {{Burger King|drivethru=yes}}, {{Starbucks|drivethru=yes}}, [[Table Table]] (The Water Bridge) |primary }}
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+{{facilities| Amenities | {{Premier Inn}} |primary }}
-{{facilities|Forecourt|{{BP}}, {{Spar}}, {{Greggs}}, {{Subway}}, {{Starbucks on the Go}}, Tango Ice Blast, {{LPG|warning=FloGas}}, AdBlue4You, Free Cash Machine|primary}}
+{{facilities| Outdoor Space | Small grass area beside Burger King |primary }}
+{{facilities| Forecourt |{{BP}}, {{Spar}}, {{Greggs}}, {{Subway}}, {{Starbucks on the Go}}, Tango Ice Blast, {{LPG|warning=FloGas}}, AdBlue4You, Free Cash Machine |primary }}
 ==Parking Prices==
-===EG Group-operated facilities===
+'''EG Group-operated facilities:''' First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 for up to 24 hours and HGVs, coaches and commercial vehicles must pay £14.99, or £19.99 to include a meal voucher. Prices are paid in the shop. These fees are strictly enforced by [[Parking Eye]].
-First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 for up to 24 hours and HGVs, coaches and commercial vehicles must pay £14.99, or £19.99 to include a meal voucher.
-Prices are paid in the shop.
-The fees are strictly enforced by [[Parking Eye]].
-=== Table Table and Premier Inn===
-Customers and guests of Premier Inn and Table Table are entitled to free parking but must provide their registration number to reception or the bar in order to receive this.
-Chargeable parking is also available for non-guests or customers between 8am and 6pm 7 days a week and is charged at £1 per hour.
-Prices can be paid via [https://www.horizonspaces.co.uk/ Horizon Spaces]. The location code is 10999.
+'''Table Table and Premier Inn:''' Customers and guests of Premier Inn and Table Table are entitled to free parking but must provide their registration number to reception or the bar in order to receive this. Chargeable parking is also available for non-guests or customers between 8am and 6pm 7 days a week and is charged at £1 per hour.
-The fees are strictly enforced by [[Horizon Parking]].
+Prices can be paid via [https://www.horizonspaces.co.uk/ Horizon Spaces]. The location code is 10999. These fees are strictly enforced by [[Horizon Parking]].
 ==Contact Details==
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 Staffordshire{{newline}}
 ST14 5AA
-| websites = * [https://www.eg.group/ Drive-Thru units and forecourt operated by EG Group]
+|websites = * [https://www.eg.group/ Drive-Thru units and forecourt operated by EG Group]
 * [https://www.tabletable.co.uk/en-gb/locations/staffordshire/the-water-bridge Pub-restaurant operated by Table Table]
 * [https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/staffordshire/uttoxeter/uttoxeter.html Hotel operated by Premier Inn]
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 ==Trivia and History==
 [[File:Uttoxeter Access Road.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The approach to the services.|alt=Potholed road.]]
-The service area here is situated off the main access road to the Uttoxeter Sewage Treatment Plant. The first plans for facilities along this access road came in 2000 from Whitbread for a hotel and restaurant. In 2001, a separate plan for a showroom, garden centre, pub-restaurant and hotel was approved with a [[Travel Inn]] hotel and a [[Brewers Fayre]] opening in 2002, known as 'The Racecourse' after the nearby Uttoxeter racecourse. In 2003, Uttoxeter Estates who owned the neighbouring land here proposed plans for two restaurant units to sit alongside the hotel and restaurant but these plans were refused. The hotel and restaurant later became [[Premier Inn]] and [[Table Table]] respectively in 2008.
+This service area is situated off the main access road to the Uttoxeter Sewage Treatment Plant, close to the Derby Road Roundabout.
+The service area may need to close if the Derby Road Roundabout upgrade scheme is carried forward. This has been delayed until 2025 at the earliest.
-The official signposted service area wasn't added until 2011 and opened with a [[BP]] filling station with [[SPAR]] store and [[Greggs]] and [[Subway]] concessions, a [[Burger King Drive Thru]] restaurant and a [[Starbucks Drive Thru]] store. At this point, official signage was added to the A50 advertising the site.
+===Early Development===
+The first plans for facilities along the access road came in 2000 from Whitbread for a hotel and restaurant. In 2001, a separate plan for a showroom, garden centre, pub-restaurant and hotel was approved with a [[Travel Inn]] hotel and a [[Brewers Fayre]] opening in 2002, known as 'The Racecourse' after the nearby Uttoxeter racecourse.
+Uttoxeter Estates, who owned the neighbouring land, proposed plans for two restaurant units to sit alongside the hotel and restaurant. These proposals were refused planning permission in 2003.
+The hotel and restaurant later became [[Premier Inn]] and [[Table Table]] respectively in 2008.
+===Full Facilities===
+The official signposted service facilities didn't join the party until 2011, when a [[BP]] filling station with [[SPAR]] store and [[Greggs]] and [[Subway]] concessions, a [[Burger King Drive Thru]] restaurant and a [[Starbucks Drive Thru]] store were all built by [[Euro Garages]]. At this point, official signage was added to the A50, advertising the site.
 Both the restaurant and hotel have received several extensions since opening, with the hotel gaining a detached second building housing 34 rooms in 2013. Premier Inn also currently hold planning permission to extend the second building to add a further 23 bedrooms to the hotel.
-The service area may need to close if the Derby Road Roundabout upgrade scheme is carried forward however this has been delayed until 2025 at the earliest due to funding issues.
+===Rival Facilities===
+One mile to the west of here is the aptly-named McDonald's Roundabout, which is the more urban of the two roundabouts on the Derby Bypass.
+It hosts a number of facilities including another Euro Garages filling station and [[McDonald's Drive Thru]] on the eastbound side. There is also the former '''Uttoxeter''' {{Little Chef|Uttoxeter}} and [[Travelodge]] hotel on the westbound side.
-=== Rival Facilities===
+None of these facilities are formally signposted and visitors of the filling station will see signs from EG Group encouraging them to visit the larger site here.
-As you head eastbound, one mile before this site is the aptly-named McDonald's roundabout which hosts a number of facilities including another Euro Garages filling station and [[McDonald's Drive Thru]] on the eastbound side and the former '''Uttoxeter''' {{Little Chef|Uttoxeter}} and [[Travelodge]] hotel on the westbound side. None of these facilities are signposted officially and visitors of the filling station are directed by Euro Garages to use their larger site here by advertisement boards located around the site.
 ==Alternatives==
 {{Succession start}}
-{{Succession|1|A50|[[Keele]] (M6 north, 21 miles){{newline}}[[Sandbach]] (M6 north, 41 miles)|[[Derby and Burton|Derby & Burton]] (13 miles)}}
+{{Succession|1|A50| [[Keele]] (M6 north, 21 miles){{newline}}[[Sandbach]] (M6 north, 41 miles) |
+[[Derby and Burton|Derby & Burton]] (13 miles) }}
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-[[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]]
+[[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]][[Category:A50]]
-[[Category:A50]]