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Abigail Nicholson

One of UK's best service stations just 50 minute drive from Liverpool

With many people heading onto the regions motorways to get away for summer holidays, its great to know where to stop and rest.

Now, used car buying service ChooseMyCar.com has put together a list of the UK’s best using the price of fuel, variety of restaurants and the number of parking spaces to rank them. Beaconsfield Motorway Services, located off the M40 in Buckinghamshire came out on top boasting 540 parking spaces and 16 places to grab a snack for a long road trip including McDonalds, Nando's and a Weatherspoon.

Among the top 10 includes a service station that's just a 50 minute drive from Liverpool, Rivington Services on the M61 in Bolton. It has 200 parking spaces, 14 of which are for electric vehicles and eight places to eat or drink including McDonalds, Starbucks and Burger King.

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The services is also dog walker friendly and petrol costs 171.9p.

Founder of ChooseMyCar.com, Nick Zapolski, said: “With summer coming up, many of us will be hitting the motorways to get to our holidays across the UK. Motorway services have become a godsend on long road trips, with many now offering far more than the traditional toilets and fuel stations.

"A modern service station will offer electric vehicle charging points, a huge variety of refreshment options - and even somewhere for our pooches to relieve themselves too. It’s reassuring to know we can have a break on long trips - especially if you’re travelling with kids and pets - and even more reassuring to know that so many of our motorway services have just fantastic facilities.

“Hopefully our list highlights some of the best - so you can plan where to stop when you take your trips this summer.”

The full list of the top ten service stations in the UK can be found below.

1. Beaconsfield - M40

2. Gordano - M5

3. Fleet - M3

4. Wetherby - A1

5. Stafford North - M6

6. Norton Canes - M6 Toll

7. Rugby - M6

8. Chieveley - M4

9. Donnington - M1

10. Rivington - M61

11. Swansea West - M4

12. Blackburn with Darwen - M65

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