Moto Lancaster Northbound in Wyre

Rundown , needs investment. Dirty toilets!

See my report on Moto Lancaster Southbound. and make it a mirror image report.

Scarlett in Pret a Manger was an excellent sales person. It was a very busy time, and she handled the sales calmly and politely. Well done, and thank you.

The whole place has the depressing feel of a Soviet era service station. We trekked all the way over from south bound to find the (poorly signed) Prêt but no one appeared to serve us so went to Greggs for nice sandwiches. Then back up more staira for a seat. Toilets are OK.

We only used the toilet which were clean and tidy considering the amount of people that's a big thumbs for me

Great range of services place generally tidy but toilets stuck as soon as you walked down the passageway you could smell them but once inside they looked clean just a shame about the smell

Very busy and as good as ever !

Made a half-hour stop here on a long coach journey up to Scotland. It's a better than average services, easily recognisable from the motorway because of its landmark tower. Plenty of parking, and new EV charge points were being installed. The services are on two floors, with a decent choice of fast food outlets - Pret a Manger, Greggs, Burger King, KFC, Costa Coffee, as well as a W H Smith and an M&S Food for takeaway sandwiches - and a spacious seating area upstairs. Although it was early in the morning and very quiet, all the food outlets and shops were open. Enjoyed a nice latte at Costa Coffee. Toilets were clean, with an attendant on duty when we were here. There's a lift, and a bridge across to the Southbound Services. A good place for a coffee break at the start of our tour!

Building work going on and parking is terrible

Pretty soulless. Signage to the toilets is poor. In the toilets there's no hook for your coat, so it goes on the floor! Toilet paper is wafer thin, so you use three times as much to be sure. I can't understand the economics of that.

It's got clean loos. They have a Greggs, burger king and Costa. Would score higher if they would employ more staff at the Costa. The line is often long and the poor staff member must be shattered as there is often only the one of them trying to do everything. Profit before people!!

We only used the Multi faith room, A moto worker was friendly and gave us a big smile. Another lady gave us clear directions on how to find the multi faith room. The multi faith room was clean, quiet and lovely functional rom to pray in. Thank you so much for providing this facility. Will definitely recommend to family and friends

Cheap basic accommodation, great staff, cheerful and helpful.

A series of fast food outlets manages to make this a most unattractive motorway service area. The eating/sitting areas were tired and worn. It appeared to be a popular meeting place with young people whom I think may have been from the local area. They were enjoying themselves and as might be expected full of energy. On the ground floor there is an M&S food shop. I should have chosen sandwiches from there, rather than opting for a burger (upstairs), which was served complete with a hair. I was given a replacement, but by then I had lost my appetite. Next time I think it may be a flask of tea and homemade sandwiches rather than a repeat of a most unacceptable experience.

Clean, bright and tidy. Quick service.

Exactly as expected. Clean, tidy and essentials available only minutes away

Clean toilets but a bit busy. I’d recommend it for a toilet stop.

Great place to stop during a long drive home.

Moto please can you get ur act together. I've NEVER SMILT A TOILET 🚻 😳 SHAMEFUL CONSIDERING THE PRICES USE CHARGE 😕. DISGUSTING 🫣

As motorway services go, it's OK. The building needs some work as it's showing its age now. The HGV parking is not so good with potholes and a general unkempt look. It needs some money spent on it . And a more vigorous maintenance program. Maybe I've been spoilt a little by driving a lot around Europe 🇪🇺 . Compared to services in most European countries, nearly all of which have free truck parking, all of ours are poor.

Keeping up the poor standards we sadly expect from motorway services

Hate the moto service stations Not much of good quality and toilets stank

Upstairs - lift available: Clean toilets Clean, spacious eating area with Burger King, KFC & Costa Coffee. Friendly, efficient staff. Downstairs: M&S simply food, WH Smith, Costa Express, Greggs, & a shower (which was locked) Parking fee applies after 2 hours. Electric vehicle charging spaces in car park. Bus & truck parking Petrol Station Also accommodation of some kind nearby (saw a sign)

Needed a loo break, bit of a journey to the loo , very clean and tidy.

Upstairs eating area was dirty and in major need of refurbishing. Most tables / seats were stained and had food debris. Tried 5 different tables before we found a semi clean one

Very grim. Overcrowded both inside and in the carpark. Understaffed, so much that they couldn't spare anyone to clear the tables. I will pass by in future.

Popped in for a quick coffee, at 12.30 pm, was not offered in or takeaway, given takeaway cups , no table had been cleared for ages , 3 team members behind the counter one sweeping, could’ve been clearing tables? Had to wait a 5 minutes, for our coffees.

Very good toilets clean food choices were good and staff very helpful in burger king

Dirty. Forget the building work this place is just disgusting there are food wrappers and food all over the floor

Good service point. M&S and all kind of shops. Nice, clean! Only reason for the 3⭐️ is the disabled toilets. As a disabled person it was quite urgent to get access to the toilet. At the door a sign says I have to find a member of staff who can open it for me… I went in 3 different shops when they found a member of staff with the key. It is quite humiliating! Once I gained access to the toilet I realised there was no toilet paper at all… Yea, it should be much easier and maintained more often to make sure filled up with toilet rolls. As I said, it was spotless and clean! 🙌🏻

Nice place for a break during the trip

Hello. Payment Snap. Shower, toilet... Parking is paid by Snap (in the store photo N2), food is 10 pounds if you pay extra 3 pounds...12 parking spaces for trucks and 12 for buses, trucks are parked in the spaces for buses... There are washing machines , you can get water at the corner of a gas station for trucks...

Northbound gents toilets must get the accolade for the most rank smelling toilets on the motorway network.

One of the most intetesting plave for refill vehicle and driver.Regardless,witch side you choose for rest,through the bridge between the two main builsings you can visit all the shops and quick restaurants inside. Toys,cards,maps and clear and nice toilets all around. An astonishing view on the area around,but the ufo-like building is closed since 1989,and no trace for reopen it ever.Its a shame really,but it worth a few pictures from below.

Poor parking, badly needed cleaning ip

Busy place, toilets are upstairs, a bit of a walk up

Parking is terrible, and he needs a complete redesign of the whole site

Very busy. Clean and spacious toilets 🚻 Nice place to stop by :)

Easy parking when towing a caravan.

This service station has always been a favourite of ours due to its iconic circular tower shape that looms up over the landscape before entering the Lake District. The restaurant was good serving nice food but the condition of the toilets especially was awful. I could see that they employ special needs persons, which I agree with, but they need to be managed in order to keep the place clean and not looking run down as it did on our visit, which was disappointing. Please don't let this iconic service station fall into disrepair.

Not a bad services pretty well priced with great outside space for eating. Plenty of car charging spots if you have an EV. Lacking in spaces for longer cars though.

Toilet is situated on first floor lifts were out of order so had to use the stairs which could be difficult for some people

Busy. Your usual M6 service station but good sitting area upstairs. Toilets clean.

Outdated! We had to get into a long queue on the motorway exit slip road because of the compact car park where people waiting to take a space were blocking other cars. We then lost interest when we had to climb a load of steps to reach the food outlets/toilets. A member of our party needed the disabled toilets which were out of order so we just left and moved on to the next services.

Very busy when I was there but got served quickly

Toilets smelt very bad but there was a good selection of shops/food outlets. Although very little indoor seating which was disappointing.

Burger King- cold and tasteless plant based burger. Bought mineral water with it but it was still water. Mineral water and still water are different. It’s loud and dirty in the services with smelly bathrooms.

Quick stop for an ev to up. Quick and painless. Only gripe the bays are very narrow

The carpark is stressful, too compact, however it had Costa, M&S and now Pret. Got a frankly delicious wrap at Pret, better than most non- service station cafes.

Needs updating a bit, and prices reducing especially the fuel.it’s dearer here than in the furthest places like Barrow in Furness and the tankers have to pass the services to get to local petrol stations

Stopped to use the facilities and get a cup of coffee

Only stopped for a charge and use the loo , to expensive for anything else

Toilets are vile. Smells as you approach and lots of them were blocked - gross

Clean, toilets are miles from the entrance!

Iconic services with the hexagonal “Pennine tower” concrete structure. The tower used to be a luxury restaurant but has been closed for 30 years. Looking at the rest of the services, it feels like its heyday was 30 years ago too. Whole place needs a makeover and redesign. At least it has a Greggs!

Don't use the burger king 1 of the worse burger kings I have ever used.. high cost which we know that anyway. But when u get stone cold burger with stale bread rolls dry.plus the staff didn't look happy at all rube.. think she was hung over ... the rest of the service station was OK not a problem...

Needs a good clean up, is old fashioned and tatty. The Costa coffee was poor, staff un interested.

I bought fuel so I could continue my journey

Very busy, hard to find space for motorhome but did eventually get one.average place

A very worn and unwelcoming place. Go a few miles further North and visit Tebay. More expensive but much nicer

Thought we were about about to be attacked by aliens on first arrival ( the building )

Somewhere to have a wee and buy a coffee

Building needs updating, could also do with a bigger car park

Breaking made easy. Clean and not too busy.

Nice and clean can get something to eat here and toilets

Arrived with my Mum in a Wheelchair and was shocked to find the disabled toilets all locked. We tried the one outside and close to the disabled parking (locked) with no call button. Then went inside and both disabled toilets were locked. I had to ask around and finally found someone at the WHSmith to open it. Good thing she wasn't in a completely desperate way. The disabled toilet was absolutely disgusting (toilet covered in poo). I truly feel sorry for anyone with a disability trying to navigate and manage a motorway service such as this, especially on their own.

Gridserve Car Chargers: to access the chargers you MUST be in the right hand lane when entering the services. The car park is one way and you can't return to them if you miss them. To get 20% discount you need to use the Gridserve app. There is no signal with Three in the vicinity of the chargers and poor to intermittent within the wider services. The chargers are numbered 1-6 but these do not match those on the app. To locate your charger code, look up to the very top right hand corner of the charger. To pay with a card you may need to call customer services and have them reboot the card payment system. Incredibly noisy to do this. Main services were cramped but clean. Good selection of food available.

Service station was absolutely fine. Probably a solid 3 star or even 4. Toilets were clean but crowded, not their fault. Eating area was laid out well but tables are often left unclean. The main reason for the lower score, however, was the parking. 10 minute queue on slip road to get in. But car park had at least a dozen spaces not visible from slip road. People panic in the queue and park in really dumb places that make the traffic flow worse for everyone. Having a sign on sliproad informing you of the number of spaces would help people calm down and not panic. Or having some form of traffic patrol or warden. Presently, that car park is unsafe, and I am amazed there are not more accidents.

Pret a Manger redeemed this as we could enjoy a nice coffee but good range of options and clean toilets.

Great and safe place worth it .

Quite tired interior, good variety of fast car chargers

All the usual facilities needed for a quick stop. M&S always have good snacks.

Wudu facilities and prayer room!

Thanks for helping me as disability person to yous toilet 🚻 downstairs. I mention to couple how helped me to get key from shop.

Clean tidy perfect for a quick stop

Stopped to use facilities and buy food. Didn't bother. Moved on. Toilets are absolutely disgusting. 25/7/24 @1815

First service station I've seen in the UK with two shower rooms. Not sure if they're free.

One of the better services. Got everything you need - Burger King, KFC, WH Smith, etc. Toilets were clean and hand dryers working. Wish we could go up the tower though. I know the restaurant is closed, but the viewing platform above has great views. I know because I went up many years ago when it was open. Guess it's an elf and safety issue.

Convenient, as it's right on the motorway (you don't have to leave off a slip road). Plenty of parking and clean toilets.

Bit dated but it's the monument and first stop before the memories begin

Friendly Staff ... Bonus a multi faith room for contemplating

Chaotic car park, but it was a Friday evening so very busy. Toilets are awkward to locate, but reasonable choice of shops. Got what we wanted, it was convenient for our journey, can't say anything else.

Very unimpressed. Definitely in need of a re-vamp. You need a satnav to even find the toilets.

A rest area that includes many cafes, restaurants, a supermarket, and restrooms

Great place to stop for service

Just ok really limited parking especially if its busy

This service area is worn down and in need of some money spent on modernisation. Toilets are a bit tricky to get to.

Typical services. Probably in need of a face lift. Toilets upstairs so could be tricky for accessibility

Toilets are upstairs and a long way from entrance

Travelling North/South. Ideal place to stop for a break.

Tired and dirty decor , decided to take food to the car rather than sit on the grubby seats

This place stinks of nothing but sewage, the smell in the shops are so fowl it makes you want to vomit. Put me off buying anything that smell

Wow, busy! Queues at all outlets, cars whizzing around the carpark, queues at the filling station, no one with time to relax. Maybe I'll keep going

A lovely service station. It is easy to park as it has a small parking area

In and out with ease... greggs on site for breakfast ... good facilities

Not massively expensive for services. We unfortunately pulled into the services because we had a flat tyre. You get 2 hours free parking and £15 to stay longer. As we were awaiting tyre repair, we would go over the 2 hours, but when I explained to the shop assistant in Smiths why we would exceed the two hours he entered my car reg so we didn't get the £100 penalty charge or have to pay £15 for a longer stay. Thank you.

Tired place. Car park very full. Not a great deal of space to manoeuvre car .

Typical motorway services unfortunately the toilets are upstairs so be aware of this fact. Also Marks & Spencer sell water considerably cheaper than W H Smiths

Very large car park so never have a problem parking. A wide selection of places to choose from to eat and facilities are reasonable with little queueing

Service station....what can ya say?