The Formula Services in Ellesmere Port is a model example of how a truckstop should be. It is immaculate, has excellent facilities and is geared up solely for truck drivers and to make them as relaxed as possible after a…
Swindon Truck Stop is on the outskirts of the Wiltshire town, where the A420 Oxford Road meets the A419 outer bypass. It is just a few minutes’ drive from Junction 15 of the M4 and just behind the local Sainsbury’s…
One of the best known truckstops, the Roadking New Hollies truckstop is on the A5, close to the M6. Drivers should come off at Junction 12, which is the exit just before the M6 Toll Road if driving southbound or…
One of the best-known truckstops, Jack’s Hill Café is close to the A5/A43 interchange near Towcester. It has been in business since 1955 and also markets itself as ‘bikers’ caff’ and meeting point. If you are heading east to west…
This is a quaint little café at Knowl Hill on the A4 between Reading and Maidenhead, with room for parking for several trucks, although not open for evening meals or overnight parking. Nevertheless if you are delivering in the…
Although on the southbound carriageway of the A1, there is easy access to this truckstop from both directions of the main Anglo-Scottish trunk road. The diner is under a new manager, Bob Craft, and TSN called in to see…
Ye Olde Hutte Café is on the A38 at Stratfordbridge in North Gloucestershire, just off Junction 1 of the M50, which itself is off Junction 8 of the M5, so it’s easy to get to if you are heading along…
The Red Moss Hotel is a small and friendly establishment, a little way off the beaten track off the M74 in South Lanarkshire in Scotland. If you are heading north, then you need to come off at Junction 13 and…
This delightful truckstop lies on the busy A17 route near Holbeach and so is popular with truckers, especially those from the north, heading to or from East Anglia. It’s not the world’s biggest truckstop, as there is parking for only…
The A1 truckstop at Colsterworth is a popular stopping off point for the masses of trucks pounding one of the key truck roads from London to the north and Scotland. A visit there and it’s easy to see why. The…