Chieveley services is a UK motorway service station just off the

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at Chieveley near Newbury in

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. It is owned by Moto. It is situated on the A34 between

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and Winchester just off Junction 13 of the M4 (so that there is just one service area and not twin services on each side of the motorway). Thus it is used by traffic on both roads.

History

This service area was not originally signed along the M4 as it was not operating 24 hours a day. Since the upgrade of the motorway junction, it is now signed.

Incidents

Murder of Céline Figard Céline Figard (; 23 May 1976 – 19 December 1995) was a French woman who went missing and was murdered during a visit to the United Kingdom in December 1995. She accepted a lift from a lorry driver at the Chieveley services on the M4 in Chie ...

References

External links

Moto official website — ChieveleyMotorway Services Online - ChieveleyMotorway Services Info — Chieveley
{{Motorway service stations in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures completed in 1986 M4 motorway service stations Moto motorway service stations Buildings and structures in Berkshire Transport in Berkshire Chieveley