Sedgemoor services

Sedgemoor Services
Sedgemoor Services
	Sedgemoor services (Somerset)
Information
County	Somerset
Road	M5 motorway
Coordinates:	51°16′08″N 2°55′17″W / 51.2689°N 2.9215°WCoordinates: 51°16′08″N 2°55′17″W / 51.2689°N 2.9215°W
Previous name(s)	Brent Knoll Rest Area
Northbound services
Operator	Welcome Break
Date opened	1987
Fuel	Shell
Website	Welcome Break
Southbound services
Operator	Roadchef
Date opened	1986
Fuel	Esso
Website	Roadchef Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor services is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway near the village of Rooks Bridge in Somerset, England. The location of the services can be identified from a long distance because of their proximity to Brent Knoll, an isolated hill on the Somerset Levels.

The northbound station is operated by Welcome Break, and the southbound station is operated by Roadchef.

The northbound station is one of fourteen service stations for which large murals were commissioned from artist David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history.^[1]

History[]

The sites opened in 1970 as Brent Knoll Rest Area by the Department for Transport; however, after high rates of crime, the services were transferred to Welcome Break and Roadchef.^[2] They were upgraded to Motorway Service Area status in 1987 after two service buildings were added.^[3]

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Sedgemoor (North) - motorway services".
^ Motorway Services Trivia Site - Sedgemoor Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed 14 January 2009

External links[]

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Sedgemoor (North) - motorway services".

[3] Motorway Services Trivia Site - Sedgemoor Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed 14 January 2009

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