Petrol station prices in Sandbach (Image: Submitted) And a Greggs steak bake while you're at it. Yet less than a mile from the services and directly off junction 17 is a Co-op petrol station where you can get your petrol for 129.9 or 131.9 instead. The BP station here is selling unleaded petrol for 143.9 and Diesel 147.7 a litre. As an example, you can expect to pay £4.29 for a tuna sandwich, an eye-watering £3.10 for those bags of chocolate buttons that usually cost around £1 at supermarkets and £2.20 for a bottle of pop.Īlso on the issue of pricing, which I'm sure is a bugbear for anyone using motorway services up and down the country, is the price of petrol. I would have expected more of a supermarket/shop type of offering other than WH Smith - although it does offer a full range of snacks and sandwiches.Īlbeit at the vastly inflated prices we have all come to expect at motorway services. Mostly, I'd say, it's what you'd expect from a services, although it was unusually quiet during my visits, presumably due to the continuing restrictions on travel. Mystery over permanent new East Lancs road for six-month construction work.Blackpool shop fronts and streets get makeover in multi-million pound project.There was one unit on each side dedicated to a smaller food concession, but I was disappointed that on both visits neither of these were open - although I'd just missed the ChoZen noodles experience, which currently offers only a limited 12noon - 5pm service which seemed a little odd to me at a 24 hour service station. In service station terms, it's a small site, with both northbound and southbound buildings offering near identical concessions of McDonalds, Costa and WHSmith, toilets, showers, and seating areas that are currently limited due to coronavirus restrictions. She also made sure to explore both the northbound and southbound side to see just why it rated so poorly with Which? reviewers. Sandbach Services on the M6 (Image: Submitted)ĭianne Bourne from the MEN decided to check things our for herself, visiting the services once in the daytime and once at night. They're also know for their hand-pressed burgers and Cumberland sausages. It has its own farmshop, with its own butchers counter that sells beef, lamb and Herdwick mutton from the family farm which is just a mile away. Tebay Services prides itself on offering "real food and prize local produce" John and Barbara Dunning opened Tebay Services in 1972 after the M6 motorway was built through their farm in the Cumbrian hills, and according to Which? is "impeccably clean and spacious". The service station, run by Westmorland, was awarded a customer score of 83%, reports the MEN. In the north of England it was Tebay at J38-39 on the M6 in Cumbria that ranked best in the ratings. Some of us will plan ahead to decide what service station we'll be stopping at, and handily consumer magazine Which? has published its annual survey of the best motorway service stations in the UK - and perhaps more important which ones you might want to give a miss. ***NOTE*** This software package is part of the pre-installed software for the applicable products.Įxport Control and EULA Use of any software made available for download from this system constitutes your acceptance of the Export Control Terms and the terms in the Dynabook end-user license agreement both of which you can view before downloading any such software.As lockdown restrictions ease many families will be hitting the road over the next few weeks to visit zoos, theme parks and perhaps even enjoy a well-earned UK holiday.Īnd if you're preparing to drive some distance, or just have kids with small bladders, it's likely you'll visit a service station whilst out on your travels. To continue using this application click the enable button. To disable this application (not recommended) click the disable button. Toshiba Service Station Access Information window will open. This feature is enabled by default.Įnter "Service Station" into the search field.Ĭlick "Service Station" in the search results.Ĭlick the "View Program Access Information" link located under "Last Update" in the lower Left corner. When enabled, this application periodically transmits to our servers a limited amount of system information required to perform these updates or alerts. This application allows your computer to automatically search for TOSHIBA software updates or other alerts from TOSHIBA that are specific to your computer system and its programs. Click for silent/unattended installation instructions. Can also be unZIPped using WinZip, PKUnZip or equivalent.
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