All The Motorway Service Stations Episode 3

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3 жыл бұрын

#motorway #servicestations
Sometimes, even the best get things wrong, and we're no exception :D During our trip to All The Motorway Service Stations, we discover Bridgewater services, demonstrating a complete lack of research on our part and a recount of how many service stations there are.
Not only that, at the time of filming, Bridgewater services was ranked as the worst service station in the UK... so we'll find out why that is. Starting in West London at Heston, we'll be heading down the M4 and M5 to Exeter. What a trip!
We are embarking on a journey across the UK to visit all 93* motorway service stations.
*It turns out there are 94.
In this episode, we'll be stopping at;
Heston - M4
Reading - M4
Chievley - M4
Membury - M4
Leigh Delamere - M4
Gordano Services - M5
Sedgmoor - M5
Bridgwater - M5 *Bonus Service station*
Taunton Dene - M5
Cullompton - M5
Exeter - M5
Give our twitter a follow -- @JonShenanigans We'll be sure to update it as we go along.
Join us as we take in the various sights and sounds of the motorway service station.

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@AutoShenanigans 3 жыл бұрын

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@moonshinepz Жыл бұрын

As a westcountry local I am always thrilled to completely miss Bridgewater services. From both a biker and car drivers point of view. Techically I belive it is called a "Sh*thole" I once spent an awful weekend there one afternoon.

@sidm3300 Жыл бұрын

In 1981 the westbound Heston services burnt down. I had the dubious pleasure of spending three days digging through the rubble to find the cause. I think it may have been an improvement.

@johnbeaney1237 Жыл бұрын

Try checking these out from a truck drivers viewpoint! Mind bending, believe me! The standards of the showers, parking, food choice /availability would have the general public, if they had to partake, up in arms and complaining to some kind of Ombudsman. Try stopping in the wee hours for a coffee or toilet break in a truck a d you may not be able to find space to actually park. Most have pee stinking shower stalls. No such thing as good wholesome food for a driver who has just completed a 11 to 13,14 hour work shift. Yet these places charge boosted prices for people to basically sleep in a vehicle on a piece of tarmac. The whole set up is antiquated, dirty, uncomfortable and below standard for this day and age. Cars, campers and caravans parking in the lorry p absolutely does not help either.

@robertdavies4015 Жыл бұрын

I know the feeling pal.40 years trucking.

@WiThErZ666 Жыл бұрын

Caravans parking in the truck spots boils my piss. I've been known to turn my fridge unit on just to fuck them off. As long as I'm not too close to any other truckers that is...

@johnbeaney1237 Жыл бұрын

@@WiThErZ666 I hear ya!!

@WiThErZ666 Жыл бұрын

@@graymem Has I ever occurred to you that smell could possibly be the livestock lorries? Smartarse.

@WiThErZ666 Жыл бұрын

@graymem I'm afraid say that the round table broke. I wouldn't like to say where my class lies in comparison to an entitled caravan owner as that wouldn't be a very classy move. There's an entire empty car park around the front. If you had ever been in a situation where you need that spot because you need your break and you don't have enough driving time to get to the next services then maybe you would understand. It's clearly singed "HGV Only". The only exception is a static caravan on the back of a trailer. HGVs can't go in the main car park, don't park in the HGV park. We don't like the smell either. We especially don't like having to walk through it and bring it back into the cab.

@nottjohn9418 Жыл бұрын

As a trucker I can confirm Gordano is pretty poor. I don't think Bridgewater is absolutely the worst, that accolade goes to Washington, in my opinion of course. Thanks for the series, enjoying them so far.

@dansheppard2965 Жыл бұрын

Washington's not so bad, I always make a point of stopping there 'cos they have proper telly on, not rolling news nonsense. Worst is Gloucester: I want a cup of tea and a bag of Fruit Gums when I stop, not and artisanal ethical olive served on the set of Midsomer Murders!

@duncanbeaumont7121 Жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel. Enjoying it very much. thank you. Nerd Corner - Heston Services is, as you said, the site of the old heston aerodeome - this is where Mr Chamerlain in 1939 got out of hos plane, waved a piece of paper and said "Herr Hitler has promised not to do XYZ" Which of course hitler promptly proceeded to do just what he said he wouldn't. On the West bound, South side, just outside the services area fence is the old control tower. I will see if i can find a link.

@duncanbeaumont7121 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't find the control tower. Here is the Wiki link to Heston aerodrome. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Aerodrome

@timstriathlonjourneys7575 Жыл бұрын

Think that was Croydon airfield?

@theghostofsabertache9049 Жыл бұрын

@@timstriathlonjourneys7575 Croydon airfield was used by Churchill.

@donalddodson7365 Жыл бұрын

I have driven from San Diego, California, USA, to Lubbock, Texas, Copper Mountain, Colorado, across Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon. I have never seen road side "service stations" like these. Much larger, more food and commodity selections and closer together than U.S. rest and service areas. On western U.S. freeways (Interstates) there are towns & cities which would have malls like your service stations. Enjoyed tagging along.

@CoveCreek Жыл бұрын

Services are generally limited to Eastern & mid west toll roads. They are not permitted on interstate routes by federal rules. The exception is toll roads built without federal funds. This includes the former toll roads in CT I-95 & CT 15 & MA 24 & M128 around Boston.

@ianhelps3749 Жыл бұрын

There used to be a long gap between Heston and Membury ( over 50 miles). NIMBYs held up construction of an intermediate services, so it's nice to have that sorted out. Never ever been in Heston services despite going past umpteen times. Also for Geoff Marshall, there are a few service stations in Germany where you can watch trains. Nuremberg/Feucht southbound is one.

@ExploringwithAustinandThomas 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel chaps, you deserve to have many more subscribers. When we came back from Cornwall there was a massive queue of traffic going Into Exeter services, luckily we took a turn into an empty carpark right next to it which turned out to be a Bar and grill (part of a premier Inn I believe) it was completely empty so we had a lovely chilled out lunch with lovely clean toilet's and no crowds :)

@AutoShenanigans 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. The M5 in summer holidays is always a nightmare, good call on using next doors car park!

@neilsheppard6673 Жыл бұрын

The southbound stretch on the M5 between Gordano and Sedgemoor Services is notorious for jams and slow moving traffic. x20 at weekends. The place is a nightmare.

@oddities-whatnot Жыл бұрын

All the Cornwall incomers. Ghastly

@suntrespasser9684 Жыл бұрын

I once came out of Taunton Deane northbound to find my car in the process of being broken into by a couple of blokes. Fun times.

@PrideOfTorbay Жыл бұрын

Watching this has just brought back a memory of a journey on the National Express from London. We called in at Leigh Delamere for a driver change. A guy sat near me on the bus reckoned he was one of the architects that originally designed the main services building. No idea if he was telling the truth or not, but he seemed genuine and knowledgeable!

@dw7920 Жыл бұрын

In what is already a pretty crowded market of milking a captive market, the fuel prices at Heston always seem to be even more eye-wateringly pricey than anywhere else. It's usually a case of 'can I make it to the next petrol station on fumes rather than fork out the small fortune needed to move the needle off the end stop at Heston?' And yes - the further away from West London you go, the better things become. Trufact.

@Ulleskelf Жыл бұрын

I've never been to hell. But I have been to Bridgwater services on the first Saturday of the summer holidays when everyone's heading to Cornwall. I imagine the two are quite close in ambience.

@rotary_turbo99 2 жыл бұрын

I came across this series of videos from a Facebook group. I already love the motorway shenanigans of this series!

@AutoShenanigans 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us! Stick around, we'll be here a while :D

@seinov714 2 жыл бұрын

Regarding car spotting at services, I remember last time I was at Chievley in September last year, there was a young woman with a Black 1987 Fiat X19.

@AutoShenanigans 2 жыл бұрын

Had to google it... not something you see often if ever!

@jasonferguson4895 Жыл бұрын

The problem with Bridgwater services is that its only one side of the motorway and is signposted for north and south bound traffic (similar to Cullompton but that is only signposted North Bound on M5 so missing a lot of south bound traffic unless you know about it) Also Bridgwater I believe has the only Multi- storey car park in the Motorway network. This means that when all the holiday traffic comes off the motorway during busy times both North and South bound have to converge on a main roundabout which also has the main A38 into Bridgwater . When busy it can take you 30 mins just to get in to the Motorway services only to find out that if you have a roof top box or bike on your car roof, you cant use the multi-storey and their are only a few spaces outside the multi-storey carpark. So most people end up driving straight out again, and there has been talk of building a bigger south bound service station for over 10 years. but nothing so far.

@johnmurray9526 10 ай бұрын

*dry sarcasm "we're all about positivity on this channel" 😂😂

@ClydebridgeStation Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed, there was a station at Cullompton, and where you filmed the train going past, you were standing where one of the platforms was!

@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain 2 жыл бұрын

Great last couple of videos guys! Really enjoying the series and I know for a fact if we stopped at the service station where the railways then my wee lad would be out watching the trains.

@AutoShenanigans 2 жыл бұрын

We're finding our way slowly but it's coming together nicely now, thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the rest of the series! Scotland episode coming soon ;)

@turboslag Жыл бұрын

Having travelled the UK motorway network quite extensively over the last 30 odd years, excluding the far north and Scotland, I can catagorically say that the worst services are, Frankley near J3 on the M5 nr Brum. They are apalling, both north and south bound.

@malcolmcog Жыл бұрын

They are not that bad ! The Northbound has nice views over Worcestershire. Mind you, the car park on the Southbound is bad and entering and leaving the car park is badly designed. The road from the petrol station is not well merged with the way out of the services under the bridge

@oddities-whatnot Жыл бұрын

I like Frankley northbound, I often stop for a kip there, backed against the fence away from everyone before I have to face the crap which is the M5 / M6 junction.

@oddities-whatnot Жыл бұрын

@@malcolmcog True about the car park southbound. The gaps are not big to get in and out, and with the kerbstones being very high you have to watch it cos you cant see them in your side mirrors, they are too low down but big enough to cause damage.

@nlanwarne Жыл бұрын

This is such a British thing to do, it's great :)

@johnsmall2258 Жыл бұрын

Apparently, Exeter services is used as an example to fledgling motorway planners of how NOT to design motorway services. As you noted, 8 traffic lights, and 2 roundabouts (?). The complicating factor here is that motorway traffic and domestic traffic become mixed which does lead to frustration at times, especially during the summer holidays. I live in Exeter and it definitely is a pain in the a*** with peak holiday season traffic.

@Dan23_7 Жыл бұрын

I can vouch for that, I deliver nationwide with work, Monday night I’ll be staying at the travel lodge there (about my 10th time) The big roundabout next to it is an absolute Fkin nightmare if you’re unfamiliar with the exists. I think there’s 8 exits and 4 lanes around it

@chriswilson1853 Жыл бұрын

We've just come back from a holiday in Cornwall and when we were planning our stops, we eliminated Exeter because of how the junction looked on the map.

@Dan23_7 Жыл бұрын

@@chriswilson1853 Don’t blame you mate, as you go around it you hear constant beeps where folk are obviously in the wrong lanes. They’re not clear and the other drivers are ruthless 😂

@jasonwilletts559 Жыл бұрын

Exeter Services isn't the worst! Particularly bad service areas are Burtonwood on the M62, Bolton West on the M61, Bridgewater on the M5, Sarn Park on the M4 and Trowell on the M1

@Dan23_7 Жыл бұрын

@@jasonwilletts559 yep both M61 services are cr4p

@paulbearman4653 Жыл бұрын

You seemed to miss Tiverton Services at junction 27 on the M5. I never liked Bridgwater services, the car parking struck me as very confusing. Thanks for your vlog.

@michaelpoole8393 Жыл бұрын

I have discovered that if you drive through initial parking chaos at Bridgewater there is a ramp to a lower level which always seems to be nearly empty so parking is easy and no problem with trying to leave the space into a queue of cars.

@bobstirling6885 10 ай бұрын

There's also a massive outdoor carpark which is shared with the commercial parking and saves queueing for the silly multistorey.

@mayfairblue Жыл бұрын

i love watching youre channel mate. as a uk truck driver the worst thing about our services is the over powering smell of piss"sorry i ment urine". you will find this for you're self if you take a walk around the lorry parking. i have witnessed drivers who can't be bothered to go into the building at night and just open the door. keep sending the great vids

@Craig-wp3pz Жыл бұрын

If they didn't put the lorry parking so far from that facilities, some are one hell of a walk!!! Planners should at least plant some lemon trees...... 🌳

@affalaffaa Жыл бұрын

Piss jugs needed.

@madpixie2 Жыл бұрын

Having done every motorway service area in England, Scotland & Wales, i am quite enjoying revisiting them with you.

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

Nice... it's not just me.. you must know Rich aka the services king?

@madpixie2 Жыл бұрын

I've done it all through work over 20 years, so i have visited them to use them. I've seen the new ones pop up & aftermath of some of them after they burnt down. I've not got up to date on all your videos though as I'm fairly new to the channel.

@oddities-whatnot Жыл бұрын

Most are dreadful places, there because you need a piss.

@ulazygit Жыл бұрын

Loved this … and next episode coming looks to be a doozie! As a ‘boy’ I regularly travelled the M4 from London to Newport and onwards to the valleys (I was courting a young lady just across the Severn Bridge and family came/lived in the valleys) … used all those services - chieveley services being the first ones after the M25 at the time … nearly always stopped off for a wee there! Also nearby was the house my dad was evacuated to during WW2 after the roof got blown off their London house in the later stages of the war … it’s still there today, not that I’ve been there since the early 90s (thank goodness for google street view!) Enjoying your work / keep them coming (liked the Geoff Marshall reference … hoping for a reciprocal shout out?)👍

@RichieRouge206 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Have you covered the M53 yet? My grandad was involved with it’s construction as he was a Civil Engineer with McAlpines. There’s a funny ditty about a scorned employee stealing a bulldozer and running amock at Woodchurch during construction.

@Cous1nJack Жыл бұрын

Bridgwater is so far from the motorway it may as well be ignored. You don’t make that mistake twice.

@oddities-whatnot Жыл бұрын

Half a mile. Lazy fool

@leereed9834 2 жыл бұрын

As a West Country local, Gordano Services is pronounced "Gore-Day-No" rather than "Gore-Dahn-No". Also, to be picky, Leigh Delamere is "Leigh Deh-Lah-Mear" (with the stress on the R!). 🙂

@majorvonhapenallthetime8602 Жыл бұрын

It's almost as bad as if an American had made the video.

@DadgeCity Жыл бұрын

The heat must've got to him and he thought he was on a French motorway.

@davidshipp623 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, as someone living in the Gordano valley I was looking for this comment! Fun fact: Gordano means spear(head) valley in Saxon and as you drive on the split level area of the M5 through the valley, you can see it actually comes to a point at Clevedon.

@leereed9834 Жыл бұрын

@@davidshipp623 I can't drive on the split level section (southbound). It frightens me to death! 🙂

@2112jonr Жыл бұрын

No it;'s not, everyone I know around Portishead calls it Gore-dah-no. No one there or in Bristol calls it Gore-day-no, never even heard anyone say that Americanised word.

@georgestacey4571 Жыл бұрын

Missed off Tiverton Services too!

@megregs7 22 күн бұрын

Hi chaps, I've just subscribed.... loving the service stations tour😅.... keep up the good work...

@chriswilson1853 Жыл бұрын

Leigh Delamere, westbound at least, has the worst car park. If you drive too far towards the entrance to the building and all the spaces there are full, it's not possible to go back again. We had to park the car in the HGV area.

@CableWrestler 10 ай бұрын

The first video of yours I saw, when it was new. Proud of what you've achieved.

@AutoShenanigans 10 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, thanks for watching!

@reddwarfers Жыл бұрын

Another oddity is Tiverton Services on the M5 J27 between Taunton and Cullompton.

@debussy69 Жыл бұрын

I’d be more impressed if they endured 180 miles in a Morris Marina

@davidcolin6519 Жыл бұрын

Having (unfortunately) had to use the South Mimms service station rather a lot over the years, I must say that I am astonished to learn that it is not the worst services... by far. Access is terribly signposted, parking is chaotic, egress is, if possible, even worse than access. And then you have the services themselves, which habitually smell of urine, toilet access, last time I tried, was not even in the main building. The services were dirty, smelly and so disgusting that, if we hadn't had a teen desperate for the toilets, we'd have gone on to the next services. That was my last visit, but the access/egrees has always been terrible and the dirt issue has been there for at least 27 years, as it was an issue before I left the UK. South Mimms; memorably bad services.

@nomadsteve5297 Жыл бұрын

I like yourself was also surprised that south Mimms hasn’t been voted the worst services by a long way, I would rather find a industrial estate or even a lay-by to sleep in and then source a shower elsewhere in the morning than spend a night in south Mimms. It’s a dirty rat infested sh#t hole

@brucedanton3669 Жыл бұрын

I went there one time in 2002 as far as I can remember. I think I had something to eat there but I do remember it being incredibly busy then-and no doubt it is now too! I know just what you mean in your comments for sure, and boy is that so not nice of course too!

@brucedanton3669 Жыл бұрын

And God awful too really now then by the sounds of it-alas so too of course really!

@brianartillery Жыл бұрын

My abiding memory of visiting South Mimms services, many years ago, was the huge amount of shit that someone had not been able to get into a toilet, preferring to shotblast the floor and wall with squirty dirt instead. Utterly disgusting, but also a point of great hilarity for me and my friends.

@brucedanton3669 Жыл бұрын

@@brianartillery Sounds revolting of course, but I know what you mean there too!

@charlesachurch7265 Жыл бұрын

Bucket of grease and a load of crap! Overpriced, demoralising, insulting, disrespectful, horrid places. My vision of Hell. Delightful presentation thanks xxx

@frasermitchell9183 Жыл бұрын

If you liked Taunton Deane southbound services, then be aware that the north side is a tip !

@johnnypsycho9628 Жыл бұрын

Seems a bit late now .But as you leave Heston Eastbound service you'd have seen an Automania (when I worked there )Garage /shed which was also part of the airfield former buildings . Corrugated roof rattled in the wind and a "caretaker" told us RAF blah blah old .And welcome the Saab

@ioannisiordanidis3562 Жыл бұрын

Could we get a Scottish special: All the Caledonian McBrayne ports? Super, super scenic stuff

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

It's lovely up there for sure. I'm not much of a "boat guy" but we intend to explore more of Scotland.

@MrGreatplum Жыл бұрын

Excellent video - I think the m4 has had junctions closed / lanes shut / average speed cameras along it for years - it’s so tedious!

@Vortigan07 Жыл бұрын

Had a good look at Taunton Dene yesterday. Had to stop for an hour cos it taken me 2 hours to drive the 60 odd miles north from Hartland in Devon. Then it took another 2 hours to get from Taunton to Bristol! Nightmare!

@StephenSmith-ge1qf Жыл бұрын

I've been living abroad for 8 years now and when I visited the UK earlier this year I was amazed by the awfulness of the service stations. Nothing edible or drinkable anywhere. Quick stop for a pee in a mucky lav and on with the journey. Divert into a town to get something edible and hopefully a drinkable coffee.

@only-vans Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that you said this before me, now I can have a rant. Why are all the services in the UK based around McShite, StarSucks,Burgers,KFC, Costa and not much else. Its shameful. Cross the channel, services have real chefs, cooking real food where you sit at a table with a knife and fork and a glass of wine ... yes really. The toilets have a cleaner, full time. You can park in the services car park over night if you wish ... free of charge. UK services really are terrible.

@rogerkearns8094 Жыл бұрын

Leigh Delamare, and you didn't mention wild bunnies on the lawn, overlooked by the restaurant. (Still, it is thirty years since I used to call in there, so perhaps it's all changed now.)

@danielkerryann Жыл бұрын

I had the misfortune of visiting Bridgewater a couple of years ago. We had been sat in traffic at the height of summer, with the caravan on the back of the car, and simply HAD to have a piss... so we entered and immediately regretted it. It resembles an abandoned 1960's concrete bus station that's been inhabited by a post-apocalyptic race of zombie-like Bermuda-short-wearing city-types, sealed off from civilisation and left to rot for a few decades. It stank of sun-baked piss and diesel, there was litter everywhere, dirty nappies, seagulls picking in the piles of discarded fast food. You get the picture. There was barely room within it's concrete walls to manoeuvre a Fiat 500, let alone a Car and Caravan rig. We vowed never again, and will forever be the single WORST service station on the map. For your own sanity, hold it in for 20 more miles either way!

@YetAnotherGeorgeth Жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Bridgwater services before. I remember the car park being weird, as it’s a small multi-storey thing, and I don’t recall much from the services. Personally the worst one I’ve been to was Washington service station. The whole site was tiny and it looked like they hadn’t upgraded anything since it originally opened (excluding the fast food outlets)!

@jpcoll2011 Жыл бұрын

You are not the first in the comments to mention Washington. Us truck drivers really do see the worst things using these services.

@deweylipschitz1516 Жыл бұрын

I gotta admit ,your service stations are massive compared to the ones we have in Canada. On your videos I often see clothing stores ,multiple restaurants, Wh Smiths and lots of enclosed areas. Over here ,ours tend to have a gas station with a variety store, usually a McDonald's, bathrooms and a lot of outdoor picnic areas which are usually closed 5-6 months of the year. Never seen one with a book or clothing store . And acess to local roads is ALWAYS blocked .

@Chris-dz3rs 7 ай бұрын

Notice the escalators as well ? Never seen a service station in Canada with those ? British ones look more like a mini mall.

@tomarse99 Жыл бұрын

Due to the size of the junction for Cullompton they were only allowed to advertise it on the Northbound side

@BenSenneck92 Жыл бұрын

Gordano services are fine, it’s the roundabout traffic lights that are the issue. In busy periods it can take over an hour to leave the services.

@Mike-H_UK Жыл бұрын

Excellento!

@surfblue63 Жыл бұрын

The David Fisher mural is over on the East Bound side.

@Stavr0ss 26 күн бұрын

‘We’ve stopped, we’ve stopped.:: what’s this guy doing? I dunno’ Slice of British life right there

@barrymontgomery408 2 жыл бұрын

Hello chaps I enjoyed the motorway services list Heston down to Exeter. 2 of the services on the m5 are going to close due to houses being built on both sites. Cullompton and the aforementioned Exeter service. There are plans to build another one in betweentaunton Deane and the end of the m5 in Devon.

@AutoShenanigans 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Great info.. with that and the new solihull services we'll be able to film a new episode!

@WillMorgan89 Жыл бұрын

Didn't know this....can't find any information either. Where did you hear this mate?

@speedbird7471 Жыл бұрын

Small bit of info. Exeter has the highest concentration of traffic lights for its size in the whole country.

@chrisadye1590 Жыл бұрын

You missed the fact that at one stage the westbound Leigh Delamare had the largest filling station in the UK. Gordano is poor, not helped by the access being really poor to and from the roundabout on the M5 - sometimes you queue for about 20 minutes to escape

@timothyangus954 Жыл бұрын

There are some original airport buildings left in Heston services

@essexboydave 2 ай бұрын

Just going back through your back catalogue of vids I guess this is where the new format started out and having watched some of your more recent videos I can see a noticeable improvement from the beginnings (so all good 👍) It must have been a boring journey as it looks like you’ve been doodling on your mates arm throughout the trip 😂

@madhatter61 Жыл бұрын

Cullompton is signed North but not south and isn't on Google maps. It used to be safe to park on there as there was no anpr but they've fitted then now. I'd say this is a pretty bad service area myself, probably the worst, although strangely one of my favourites.

@ben.taylor Жыл бұрын

Heston service station still has one very small hangar. I've seen images of it but I'm not sure exactly where it is.

@andrewchester7935 Жыл бұрын

Interesting vids. You could do old railway stations/ sites. That would take some time. Lol.

@MrGreatplum Жыл бұрын

You should check out Paul and Rebecca Whitewick’s channel then!

@deathkebab 10 ай бұрын

Go to bridgewater services on a busy summer holiday day and tell me its not the worst. Takes about an hour to get out.

@_LukeHaywood 5 ай бұрын

Cullumpton services is signposted but northbound only. Soundbound, there is a sign saying the next services is 11 miles away just before J28 - almost like they're trying to put you off going in there.

@AutoShenanigans 5 ай бұрын

It's an odd one....

@davidshipp623 Жыл бұрын

Rookie error of doing the M5 in summer, it starts to rival the M25 in car park status. I think the reason why Gordano services is so hated is the mood people arrive at it in after being stuck for hours on the M5. 😂

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

Yep that sounds about right. Lesson learned this year and I've avoided the M5!

@nigelfoster6151 Жыл бұрын

Wrong! Go at peak holiday times and the M5 south of Bristol is far worse than the M25. Holiday makers from London and Birmingham merging at the M4 junction equals gridlock. You have be careful when you travel, then it's all right.

@plainclotheshorse224 Жыл бұрын

Looked like you were on the Chiswick flyover early on. It was opened by none other than Jayne Mansfield. Driven over it many a time.

@karlejnarch Жыл бұрын

Hi there. New subscriber here from Denmark. Stumbled upon your channel. Did you forget Gloucester Services on the M5? It's run by the same people, who run Tebay on the M6, as someone else mentioned in the comments.

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

No sir, we did indeed visit!

@karlejnarch Жыл бұрын

@@AutoShenanigans Aye you did. Sorry it was me jumping the gun. In this episode you took M4 and then M5 southwards. I didn't realise until episode 5, where you went north on the M5, and of course visited Gloucester service then. Great series by the way, I especially enjoyed episode 10 - Scotland. My second homeland 😉Hopefully I will be there in a short while.😁

@paulhodgins Жыл бұрын

Rivington services on the M61 have got to be the UK's worst services

@lezking5060 Жыл бұрын

Aww.. you look a lovely couple!

@MrBoombastic1 Жыл бұрын

What about Bell End Service station near Bromsgrove?

@suzyqualcast6269 Жыл бұрын

D hell, seem to remember Heston Baths or was it a skating rink in the late sixties

@dannygroom3327 Жыл бұрын

So you stopped at 10/11 services, how much did you spend £££££??

@elnido4184 Жыл бұрын

NEW Welcome Break services is opening up in March 2023 at Fernwood near Balderton, Newark-on-Trent.

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

Good to know. thanks!

@peterdnreynolds777 Жыл бұрын

Think it's either just after junction 12 or 13 where the average speed cameras end

@jezkendall1893 Жыл бұрын

"That's a massive Bee!" - not kidding 😅

@joeingram1868 Жыл бұрын

There is another service station between Taunton Deane and cullompton called willand services

@aledd3400 3 ай бұрын

What's up with Sedgemoor when Southbound is operated by RoadChef byt northbound is Operated by Welcome Break. Anyone wanna explain

@deweylipschitz1516 Жыл бұрын

Haven't been to the UK for years (ok decades) and l seem to remember a few of those service stations on the motorways actually had enclosed walkways over the motorway to the station on the other side of the motorway. Are those still around or am ĺ hallucinating again ? Thank you !

@Richard-fv7rq Жыл бұрын

Some still exist. The service stations have generally improved but still 'lack'.

@deweylipschitz1516 Жыл бұрын

@@Richard-fv7rq ok, sweet. My dementia isn't that bad then .I didn't imagine it!!!

@brianartillery Жыл бұрын

Is Heston Services the place that HMS Belfast's guns are aimed at? The ship's main guns could definitely improve the site.

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

You're thinking of London gateway services aka scratchwood :)

@Dingusman1609 Жыл бұрын

You missed out eastbound for Leigh delamere!

@dannygroom3327 Жыл бұрын

That was a 924 Porsche I think. So I think you were mistaken with whatever praise you gave it! And are you sure it was a Mustang and not a Capri?

@merrytrek 11 ай бұрын

Bridgwater services is adequate when it is quiet... If it's a busy time of day and your child announces they need the toilet desparately it is hell. Fighting local rush hour traffic which shares the roundabouts, small spaces in a multistory which people with limited driving ability struggle to get in, trying to avoid getting hit by cars walking from the car park to the building and squeezing past all of the clutter Moto has squeezed into an already small services and past people to get to the toilet.. Save your sanity, and drive on to the next services, it will be quicker

@paulrobinson3528 11 ай бұрын

Warwick north or south bound services must be in the top 5 for being poor or is that bottom 5? Well done on the 100,000 subs guys

@VictorKibalchich Жыл бұрын

your mate has some very esoteric tattoos

@micbsounds 3 жыл бұрын

Happy waving arm flailing inflatable tube man. :-)

@jpaulc441 9 ай бұрын

There's the service station on the M4, either Chievely or Membury, I can't remember which but it always seems to smell strongly of pig poo, even in the indoor areas.

@abc-jo5te Жыл бұрын

Can you do Northern Ireland as well cause I think there’s some there

@matthewnichols8313 Жыл бұрын

Cullompton Services is officially a northbound only services which is why it is not signposted southbound - in some surveys this is voted as the worst services although as you have found out this accolade seemed to be hotly contested!

@curtisstephens775 Жыл бұрын

Did you notice the old BK drive thru at leigh Delamere?

@isladurrant2015 Жыл бұрын

All motorway service stations are crap... I was probably driving same time as you due to it being hot and had an elderly mother decide to meltdown as she couldn't find the loo/me meltdown as Smiths and M&S fridges had broken down... the bakers didn't have sausage rolls and ended up with a pork pie and chocolate milk with mummy scoffing at my menu choices... cut short by pointing out the toilet signs were 3ft tall! Now I plan to go off motorway every hour and find a Spar or Coop x

@oddities-whatnot Жыл бұрын

If you want a ghastly service station, try Keele. The toilet in the northbound petrol station shop is usually spattered with shit and piss. Told the assistant once about it and the response was on the lines of "ok". Totally disinterested. Horrible place.

@billgaytes6845 Жыл бұрын

Where's the protective head gear John ?

@davidcampbell6659 Жыл бұрын

You don’t provide any information on the facilities at each service station or many comments about their quality or cost, so what’s the point?

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

The problem is.... They've all got toilets. They've all got hotels. They're all expensive. Other than Tebay and Gloucester, it's fast food or mainly unhealthy eating options. They're all so similar you can't really draw any meaningful comparison.

@davidcampbell6659 Жыл бұрын

@@AutoShenanigans The level of cleanliness may vary. They are run by people, so standards are likely to differ. If you aren’t able to distinguish between them, then what is there to learn from your videos? It you can’t distinguish between them, then it would be more helpful to know if there is a better option within say a few minutes drive of a motorway junction. There used to be a website which provided that information.

@nicks4934 Жыл бұрын

Maidstone toilets are a complete errrr toilet.

@alexandert2762 5 ай бұрын

Horrible traffic on M5 during summer...now way 😅

@euanjt30 7 ай бұрын

All the services - you could do all the truck stops !!

@davelucas7337 Жыл бұрын

Can't believe you missed out the Gloucester services.

@AutoShenanigans Жыл бұрын

Episode 5 my friend.. ;-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtZpe9VorNzYgHU.html

@gammondinosaur3411 Жыл бұрын

Toss up between Chieveley and Bridgwater for the worst M4/M5 stations, I reckon.

@verityculleton4259 Жыл бұрын

i used to have to go to Gordano services every week for my brother. the cookies from waitrose r good tho 😭

@kennethgardner3310 Жыл бұрын

That worst place in Britain..not mentioned I went in there with a roof rack went though car parking and left without roof rack...in fact don't walk though it ,its not high enough lol..