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The service area rose from two competing plans: one by the Department for Transport and the other by [[Mobil]]. Mobil would have included a vehicular bridge at the services, while the DfT considered building a footbridge and later dropped it. Both called it '''Barn Hill services'''. | |||
The Department for Transport had been experimenting with [[Single Tender|single tenders]], and agreed to let Mobil build Barn Hill without having to go through the usual process, on condition it was built to the Department's specification. Mobil chose to enter into a partnership with Welcome Break, who opened it 'Warwick services'. | |||
When it opened, advertised facilities were [[The Granary]] food court, La Baguette, food hall, news stand, galleria, sweet shop, Customer Services and [[Travelodge|Forte Travelodge]]. | When it opened, advertised facilities were [[The Granary]] food court, La Baguette, food hall, news stand, galleria, sweet shop, Customer Services and [[Travelodge|Forte Travelodge]]. | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 31 May 2020
M40 between J12 and J13
Signposted from the road.
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map and directions
Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them..
This is the Welcome Break service area on the M40. For the smaller services on the A46, see Budbrooke.
Once quite an open and spacious site, it has now been extended considerably to provide a wider range of facilities.
Facilities
Template:Coronavirus Catering: Burger King, Costa Express, Starbucks Drive Thru Shops: Waitrose & Partners Amenities: Showers : Days Inn Template:Charging points Forecourt: BP, Shop, Starbucks on the Go, Air1 AdBlue
Parking Prices
First 2 hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £15 for a further 24 hours and HGVs, caravans and coaches must pay £30 for up to 24 hours (or £32 to include a £10 meal voucher).
Prices can be paid in the shop, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by ParkingEye.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Welcome Break Ltd
Warwick Services M40
Banbury Road
Ashorne
Warwick
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- 🌍 Official Welcome Break/Warwick Northbound Website
- Official Welcome Break/Warwick Southbound Website
- Facebook Page
- Foursquare Page
- 📞 Telephone number: 01926 650168 (northbound)
01926 652080 (southbound)
Trivia and History
The former Coffee Primo lounge, built as a Little Chef.
The northbound Days Inn hotel was closed for a few months in 2007 after the ground floor flooded.
The southbound services gained a new Starbucks Drive Thru on 20 December 2013. One is now being built on the northbound side.
In 2000 a swan made of quartz chips was put in place in at the entrance to the southbound services, with a flowerbed reading 'Welcome to Warwick'. The swan was based on (but different to that of) the old Welcome Break logo, although it hasn't been seen for quite a few years.
The two sides of Warwick have always been treated as separate on Welcome Break's website. This appears to come down to the way their first website described the road layout at J13 (which has no signs when travelling south), and they have copied it ever since.
Upper Crust units opened here in the filling station shops on both sides in June 2018, one of three sites to gain this new brand at the time.
The southbound Tossed store closed here in February 2020 as part of a nationwide shutdown of their motorway sites. A Chopstix Noodle Bar is set to replace this unit soon.
Opening
See also: M40 Service Area Planning
The service area rose from two competing plans: one by the Department for Transport and the other by Mobil. Mobil would have included a vehicular bridge at the services, while the DfT considered building a footbridge and later dropped it. Both called it Barn Hill services.
The Department for Transport had been experimenting with single tenders, and agreed to let Mobil build Barn Hill without having to go through the usual process, on condition it was built to the Department's specification. Mobil chose to enter into a partnership with Welcome Break, who opened it 'Warwick services'.
When it opened, advertised facilities were The Granary food court, La Baguette, food hall, news stand, galleria, sweet shop, Customer Services and Forte Travelodge.
For a fairly new service station the exit slip roads are surprisingly short.
Alternatives
| Previous: | Next: | |
| none on M40 Hopwood Park (M42 west, 22 miles) Tamworth (M42 north, 35 miles) Hilton Park (M6 north, 48 miles) Corley (M6 south, 26 miles) Telford (M54, 64 miles) Norton Canes (M6 Toll, 47 miles) | Services on the M40 | Cherwell Valley (23 miles) |
| Hopwood Park (M42 west, 22 miles) Corley (M6 south, 26 miles) Telford (M54, 53 miles) | Welcome Break services | Oxford (M40, 53 miles) Peartree (A34, 35 miles) |
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