More industrial estates should have quality truckstops, and it would be nice to think any planning permission for future sites should include provision for an establishment as a requirement to gain approval to build. One truckstop on an industrial estate…
Samantha’s Diner in Goole is a typical truckstop; it might look like a no frills establishment but it delivers what it sets it to do – being geared up to cater well for truck drivers. It’s clean and a pleasant…
The A1 in North Yorkshire has undergone a lot of investment in recent times and remains a busy trunk road for heavy good vehicles. That means there is a great need for decent truckstops. One such site…
The Nunney Catch café is a real old school, traditional truckstop near the town of Frome on the roundabout where the A359 road from Bruton joins the A361 Shepton Mallet to Trowbridge main road at Nunney in Somerset, close to…
Sadly, the need to keep the premises secure means the Junction 31 café is surrounded by rather uninviting palisade fencing, but don’t let that put you off as the establishment is not only incredibly friendly but it offers good, honest…
Few truckstops have the stunning views that are afforded from the Stainmore café and if you sit in the right seats, you can enjoy those scenic views of the Northern Fells while you eat! Stainmore café is on the busy…
Those of us in the transport industry know there is a chronic shortage of overnight suitable parking for lorry drivers and while big truckstops with lots of facilities are all well and good, sometimes they are not commercially viable in…
It’s easy to feel for those ‘forced’ to use motorway services when there are far superior facilities just a stone’s throw away from some junctions, and that is the case with the Junction 38 truckstop just off, not surprisingly, junction…
Caenby Corner truckstop is a good, old fashioned truckstop that can be found on the A15 Lincoln-Scunthorpe road at the intersection with the A631 from Gainsborough. It has parking for about 40 trucks and has a decent range of meals…
The Trucker’s Rest is a family-run, real ‘old school’, or ‘proper’, transport café. It’s on the busy A5 trunk road in Cannock, Staffordshire, just a short distance from junctions 11 and 12 of the M6. Sure it’s not going to…