Newport Pagnell services
Newport Pagnell Services | |
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Newport Pagnell services (Buckinghamshire) | |
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County | Buckinghamshire |
Road | M1 |
Coordinates: | 52°04′59″N 0°44′55″W / 52.083066°N 0.748508°WCoordinates: 52°04′59″N 0°44′55″W / 52.083066°N 0.748508°W |
Operator | Welcome Break |
Date opened | 2 November 1959[1] |
Website | Welcome Break |
Newport Pagnell Services is a motorway service station between junctions 14 and 15 of the M1 motorway near Newport Pagnell and Milton Keynes in north Buckinghamshire. It is owned and operated by Welcome Break.
History[]
Newport Pagnell Services was one of the first service stations to be opened in the UK, opening the same day as Watford Gap services on 2 November 1959. Newport Pagnell was the first to fully open for all traffic, opening on 15th August 1960, a month before Watford Gap.[1] Like the motorway, the site was designed by Sir Owen Williams. The services were opened by Forte, and were taken over by Welcome Break in 1988.
The service station is one of fourteen for which large murals were commissioned from artist David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history.[2]
In the news[]
On 3 September 2007, a National Express coach from Birmingham to Luton Airport and Stansted Airport (making an unscheduled stop) failed to make a turn on the approach road and overturned. A number of people including the driver were seriously injured. The driver was subsequently convicted of drink driving and dangerous driving.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "The Original Five". Motorway Services Online. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ BBC News, M1 coach crash driver is jailed.
External links[]
- Official Web Page
- Motorway Services Online - Newport Pagnell
- Motorway Services Trivia Website - Newport Pagnell
- 1959 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Buildings and structures in Milton Keynes
- M1 motorway service stations
- Transport infrastructure completed in 1959
- Welcome Break motorway service stations