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 | |
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 The eastbound services | |
  Leigh Delamere services (Wiltshire) | |
| Information | |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Road | M4 |
| Coordinates: | 51.511528°N 2.159468°W |
| Operator | Moto Hospitality |
| Date opened | 1972[1] |
| Website | Moto |
The service area is owned by Moto Hospitality.
In popular culture
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.
gollark: Possibly better off than early agricultural times?
gollark: You would fix them using specific problem fixing methods.
gollark: They haven't, so it's fine.
gollark: Too bad, fix the problems.
gollark: Economic growth has brought better living standards for basically everyone ever. Stopping it means reverting to the bad old times where the only way to get more stuff is to redistribute it away from someone else.
References
- Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed 21 January 2009
External links
| Next eastbound: Membury |
Motorway service stations on the M4 motorway |
Next westbound: Magor Severn View (M48) |
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