Winchester services are a pair of

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 ...

s, between junctions 8 and 9 of the M3 motorway near

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

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which are both operated by

Moto Hospitality Moto Hospitality, branded as Moto, is a British service station operator which operates 59 motorway service stations across the United Kingdom. It is currently the UK's largest service area operator. History Operations (2001–2020) Granada ...

History

After 9 years of planning, the service station was opened in 2001. It was planned and constructed as a joint venture between Extra MSA's owner and

RoadChef Roadchef is a company which operates 21 motorway service areas in the United Kingdom. It is the third-largest motorway service area operator in the country, behind Moto and Welcome Break and followed by Extra. History Roadchef was founded in J ...

.Motorway Services Online - Winchester
/ref> On 19 November 2008, Roadchef sold the sites to

for £9.5 Million. It is here where presenter of Soccer Saturday,

Jeff Stelling Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He currently presents '' Gillette Soccer Saturday'' for Sky Sports and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015. He also presented the Chann ...

, does his research on the week's football as told in his book "Jelleyman's Thrown A Wobbly".

References

External links

Moto Official Site - WinchesterWinchester - Motorway Services Online
2001 establishments in England Moto motorway service stations M3 motorway service stations Buildings and structures in Hampshire Transport in Hampshire

Services Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...

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