Leigh Delamere services

Leigh Delamere services is a motorway service station on the M4 motorway situated one mile west of Junction 17, between Bristol and Swindon (close to Chippenham and Malmesbury). It takes its name from the adjoining village of Leigh Delamere. It is one of Europe's largest service stations.

Leigh Delamere Services
The eastbound services
Leigh Delamere services (Wiltshire)
Information
CountyWiltshire
RoadM4
Coordinates:51.511528°N 2.159468°W / 51.511528; -2.159468
OperatorMoto Hospitality
Date opened1972[1]
WebsiteMoto

The service area is owned by Moto Hospitality.

The station is mentioned in The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and is supposedly named after the mother of an associate of the main villain. It features several times in BBC's Gavin & Stacey, although scenes purportedly at Leigh Delamere were filmed at Cardiff Gate services in Wales.

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References

  1. Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed 21 January 2009
Next eastbound:
Membury
Motorway service stations on the
M4 motorway
Next westbound:
Magor
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