Cherwell Valley services

Cherwell Valley services is a motorway service station on the M40 motorway at Stoke Lyne, near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England. In August 2011 it was rated as 3 stars by quality assessors at Visit England;[1] however, it is unknown whether this was a rating of the new or temporary building.[2]

Cherwell Valley Services
The new building
Cherwell Valley Services
Location within Oxfordshire
Information
CountyOxfordshire
RoadM40
Coordinates:51.949116°N 1.198555°W / 51.949116; -1.198555
OperatorMoto Hospitality
Date opened1994
WebsiteMoto

Location

The services are located at junction 10 of the M40, and are accessed from a roundabout on the junction.

Despite its name, it is neither in the valley nor the drainage basin of the Cherwell, but rather beside a small east-flowing stream that becomes part of the Padbury Brook before joining the Great Ouse at Buckingham.[3]

History
The former main building

It was opened in 1994 and gave the 89-mile motorway its first service station,[4] four years after its completion. The site was previously occupied by a toilet facility, which had been there since the motorway's opening.

Three more service stations have since been added on the M40:

A Travelodge has existed at the service station since its opening.

2010 fire

On 15 April 2010, the main building was destroyed by fire.[5][6] The main site was to be rebuilt to a similar style to Wetherby services on the A1(M).[7] Construction on the new building started on 27 June 2010 and was completed for reopening on 30 June 2011.[8]

References
  1. "Consultancy Services". Visit England. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. "Cherwell Valley". Motorway Services Online. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. Ordnance Survey mapping. Ordnance Survey. 2015.
  4. "Granada Services Cherwell Valley". Mace Group Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. "Fire destroys M40 Cherwell Valley services". BBC News Channel. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  6. Shepherd, Tom (15 April 2010). "Fire destroys Cherwell Valley Services". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  7. "unknown" (PDF). Cherwell District Council. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  8. "Cherwell Valley Services on M40 reopens after fire". BBC News Oxford. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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