Keele services

Keele Services
Keele Services
	The main building.
	Keele services (Staffordshire)
Information
County	Staffordshire
Road	M6
Coordinates:	52°59′38″N 2°17′26″W / 52.99387°N 2.29048°WCoordinates: 52°59′38″N 2°17′26″W / 52.99387°N 2.29048°W
Operator	Welcome Break
Date opened	1963
Website	Welcome Break

Keele services is a motorway service station, between junctions 15 and 16 of the M6 motorway near Keele in England. Operated by Welcome Break, it was built in 1963 and was designed by Terence Verity of Verity Associates.

The nearest towns are Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Close by is Keele University and it is possible to walk and/or drive from the university grounds to the Service Station, and this has been a popular route for students.

Keele services in 1996

Both sides of the site have Welcome Break^[2] petrol stations, W H Smith and Starbucks. There are KFC and Burger King restaurants on the bridge over the motorway.

On 27 August 1984, a fire ripped through the service station bridge at Keele, between its two bases, but there were no injuries.^[3] There was a plan for a hotel to be built here but this never happened.

References[]

^ Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology - Accessed 16 February 2009
^ https://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Gallery:Keele#/media/File:Fuel_Keele_North_2020.jpg
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External links[]

Next southbound: Stafford	Motorway service stations on the M6 motorway	Next northbound: Sandbach

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[1] Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology - Accessed 16 February 2009

[2] ttps://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Gallery:Keele#/media/File:Fuel_Keele_North_2020.jpg

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