Chieveley services is a
UK motorway service station
Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as services or service stations, are rest areas where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vas ...
just off the
M4 motorway at
Chieveley
Chieveley is a village and large civil parish centred north of Newbury in Berkshire, close to the M4 motorway and A34 road. Chieveley services are within the parish.
Geography
A map of 1877 gave the area as . The landscape is of gently ro ...
near
Newbury in
Berkshire,
England
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. It is owned by
Moto. It is situated on the
A34 between
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
and
Winchester just off Junction 13 of the M4 (so that there is just one service area and not twin services on each side of the motorway).
Thus it is used by traffic on both roads.
History
This service area was not originally signed along the M4 as it was not operating 24 hours a day. Since the upgrade of the motorway junction, it is now signed.
Incidents
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Murder of Céline Figard
Céline Figard (; 23 May 1976 – 19 December 1995) was a French woman who went missing and was murdered during a visit to the United Kingdom in December 1995. She accepted a lift from a lorry driver at the Chieveley services on the M4 in Chieve ...
References
External links
Moto official website — ChieveleyMotorway Services Online - ChieveleyMotorway Services Info — Chieveley
{{Motorway service stations in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures completed in 1986
M4 motorway service stations
Moto motorway service stations
Buildings and structures in Berkshire
Transport in Berkshire
Chieveley