Leicester Forest East services

Leicester Forest East services is a motorway service station situated between junctions 21 and 21a of the M1 motorway, near Leicester, England.

It was designed for the opening of the M1 in 1966, based on an Italian design used on the Autostradas. This design is very rare in Britain. At the time of opening it was operated by the Ross Group featured a Terence Conran designed restaurant with waitress service.

While it no longer has its silver service restaurant, it does contain a number of shops and fast food outlets straddling the motorway.

There is no legal vehicular access to the motorway service station from nearby Leicester Forest East, although there is nothing physically stopping cars from exiting to the A47.

There is a large mobile phone mast next to the northbound car park.

There are plans to widen the M1 and improve the interchange to the M69; Leicester Forest East services might permanently close when this occurs in 2017.

External links

* [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/misc/lfe/ Motorway Services online - The Rise and Fall of Leicester Forest East]
* [http://www.msatrivia.co.uk/M1LeicesterF.asp Motorways Services Trivia website - Leicester Forest East]
* [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/leicesterf/ Motorway Services Online - Leicester Forest East Services]