Corley services

Corley Services
Corley services
County	Warwickshire
Road	M6
Coordinates	52°28′20″N 1°32′53″W / 52.472240°N 1.548005°W / 52.472240; -1.548005Coordinates: 52°28′20″N 1°32′53″W / 52.472240°N 1.548005°W / 52.472240; -1.548005
Operator	Welcome Break
Date opened	1972[1]
Website	Welcome Break
Corley services (Warwickshire)

Corley services is a motorway service station, between junctions 3 and 4 of the M6 motorway in the English county of Warwickshire. It is close to the village of Corley, with the nearest city being Coventry. A footbridge, originally made of concrete but now clad in orange fibreglass panelling, spans the motorway to link services on either side.

Corley was opened in 1972 (a year after the section of motorway it serves), and was originally operated by Forte. Currently it is operated by Welcome Break and receives approximately 2 million visitors per year.

In December 2003, Corley became the first motorway service station to have a permanent Police Community Support Officer, jointly funded by Welcome Break and Warwickshire Police ^[2]

Facilities

Corley Services has the following facilities:

• Starbucks
• Burger King
• KFC
• Eat In
• WHSmith
• Waitrose
• Welcome Break Gaming
• Cash Machines
• Shell

The Starbucks franchise opened in May 2006, as a tester store. In a recent audit, the Starbucks at Corley services received the highest percentage achieved from any Starbucks store in the UK. It can also seat over 100 people at any given time. There is also a Waitrose supermarket.

In June 2008, Welcome Break opened a new hotel at the Corley site. The hotel consists of 50 rooms and operates as a franchise under the Days Inn flag.

Nearest towns / cities

• Coventry (7m)
• Nuneaton (7m)
• Birmingham (20m)
• Leicester (26m)
• Warwick (16.5m)

Local attractions

• NEC (10m)
• RICOH Arena (4m)
• Warwick Castle (17m)
• Coombe Abbey (12m)
• Coventry Cathedral (7m)
• Kingsbury Water Park (9.8m)

References

1. ^ Motorway Services Trivia - Chronology - Accessed 16 February 2009
2. ^ "Warwickshire Police". http://www.warwickshire.police.uk/newsandappeals/currentappeals/pressarchive/031215CorleyBeat. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Welcome Break Motorway Services - Corley - M6 Motorway
• Motorway Services Online - Corley
• Motorway Services Trivia Site - Corley

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