Cullompton services is a
motorway service station on the
M5 motorway near
Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
. It is owned by
Extra MSA
Extra MSA Services Ltd is a company which operates nine motorway service stations in England, mainly on primary routes. It is based at Beaconsfield services, previously being in the centre of Lincoln. It is also known as Extra MSA Forecourts L ...
. It has a
McDonald's restaurant which is franchised and offers table service, a small
WHSmith and a
Costa Coffee which is owned by
Moto Hospitality. There is also a
Shell petrol station nearby.
Location
The services are situated on a narrow strip of land between the
Bristol to Exeter railway line and the motorway at junction 28, and are accessible from the M5, A373 and B3181 roads. The junction at the southbound exit slip road is a very simple design with low traffic capacity. Unusually the service area is signed from the northbound carriageway but not from the southbound one, to reduce congestion at the low capacity service station, although it is readily accessible from both directions.
History
The site opened in 1999. A
Little Chef used to operate at this location, but was closed in 2004.
In 2006 the service area was criticised by ''
Which?'' magazine as being the worst in the country,
but following a programme of improvements Cullompton was given a 3-star rating by
VisitEngland in May 2012. The 2019 Motorway Services User Survey found that Cullompton was in the bottom five motorway services in the UK for customer satisfaction.
References
External links
Motorway Services Online — Cullompton
{{UK Motorway Service Stations
Year of establishment missing
M5 motorway service stations
Buildings and structures in Devon
Transport in Devon
Extra motorway service stations
Cullompton