Hopwood Park services is a
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 ...
in
Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire
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,
England
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situated off
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2 of the
M42 motorway
The M42 motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way, serving the east of the ...
on the A441 road to Redditch south of Birmingham. It opened in August 1999. Services include a Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Petrol Station, Waitrose, Starbucks Coffee, WHSmith, and KFC. Electric Vehicle charging is provided by Gridserve (2 chargers) and Tesla,_Inc., Tesla (16 chargers).
This motorway service area is operated by Welcome Break.
History
Planning permission for the site was granted by Bromsgrove District Council in October 1998,
work started two months later in December 1998, costing £40 million. When it was opened, it became the first service area in the country to include its own wildlife reserve.
Reviews and criticisms
The independent Motorway Services Online has Hopwood Park down as the most popular service station, with visitors giving it an average rating of five stars (as of 2007).
The ''Holiday Which?'' magazine praised Hopwood Park for having a good variety of food, a smart cafe and staff who are helpful.
Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS)
Hopwood Park was the site of one of the first fully integrated Sustainable Drainage Schemes (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) in the United Kingdom. Designed by Robert Bray Associates in conjunction with Baxter Glayster Consulting Ltd., the SuDS system comprises a chain of basins, swales, filter strips, and ponds. The system collects surface water from roofs and parking areas and is released at a controlled rate into the local watercourse where it is naturally treated and filtered via the vegetation through the various catchment ponds.
SuDS case studies, Hopwood Motorway Service Area
CIRIA, Retrieved 20 July 2012.
References
External links
Hopwood Park - Motorway Services Online
Motorway Services
{{Transport in Worcestershire
1999 establishments in England
M42 motorway service stations
Welcome Break motorway service stations
Buildings and structures in Worcestershire
Transport in Worcestershire
Commercial buildings completed in 1999