Leicester Forest East services, from the northbound side
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Leicester Forest East services, from the northbound side
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 21 Mar 2023
Leicester Forest East was one of the first generation motorway service stations, which were characterised by their being accessible only from the motorway itself and by their having a prominent bridge across the carriageway as a central part of their design, in this case housing the restaurant. Sites for service stations were identified every twelve miles on the first motorways; only alternate ones were developed, with the intention that the others would be built on when traffic loads justified it. Leicester Forest East was placed between sites at Long Whatton to the north (superseded by the current Donington Park services) and Lutterworth to the south (still undeveloped and used only as a depot for works materials).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.619045
Longitude
-1.205877