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…
The Whitwood Café in Castleford, West Yorkshire, is part of the Exelby Truckstop chain and is a big facility geared up well to cater for truck drivers, offering good facilities and fuel services. Breakfast The breakfast range starts with the…
The Red Lion truckstop at Northampton was established over 30 years and is just 200 yards from junction 16 of the M1 making it very convenient place for truckers to park to get a meal. It’s a big establishment that…
The Redbeck Motel is on the Doncaster Road, in Crofton in the south part of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. While first impressions might make you think it is an establishment geared up for families, the reality is it has a…
The Hillside Café is on the A36 in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, close to the A303 Salisbury to Exeter main road and close to several major towns – for example it’s eight miles from Warminster, nine miles from Longleat,…
The Albion Inn at Ashcott could be described as pub that has a big enough car park for 15 artics to stay the night rather than a bespoke truckstop! But, the reality is it’s a good place to stop if…