The best Motorway services , (Tebay Services (England))

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Tebay Services (England)
Date:	05/07/08 (177 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good food , good position

Disadvantages: None

We have often stopped at Tebay services both north and south heading back from Scotland at Easter we stopped at Tebay south. So this review is about Tebay southbound

Tebay services are in Cumbria between j38 and j39 of the M6
In 1972 Tebay north opened it was not until 1993 that Tebay South bound opened. These service stations are owned by Westmorland Limited a company formed when two local Cumbrian families, the Dunnings and the Birketts joined together. These families were local bakers and Tebay is the only locally owned and run service station.
This service station has been very successful winning many awards .In 2006
Tebay Services were voted the Best Motorway Services in Britain by 'Which Holiday' magazine. I would totally agree with this choice.

Tebay north is a fairly attractive low building in a really attractive area overlooked by the hills of the Howgills. There seems to be ample parking. You may just be stopping at Tebay south for fuel for your car, but it is worth stopping there to rest recuperate and eat a snack or a full meal.
Tebay south is situated in a grassy are with paths that take you around the building there is a pond with ducks on this is visible from seating inside the service station.
There seemed to be some work in progress developing a children's play area. There are a few facilities outside for children, also some picnic tables.

As you might expect in a service station there are cash machines and pay phones.
The first place I visited in the services was the ladies. This seemed well cared for clean and respectable.

We had arranged to meet up with our daughter and the children there we were traveling in separate cars we arrived within 15 minutes of each other.

We headed for the self service food there was a fairly good choice , Sandwiches and cakes were available as well as main meals , I can not remember the full menu but there are satisfying soups roast platters chicken , beef or pork, I seem to remember my husband had a curry . There were sausages too, Cumberland sausages we had a cup of tea, it was fair-trade tea. There was a good selection of deserts
We choose to sit looking out over the pond and the hills we had comfortable chairs and there was a high chair available for our granddaughter. The food area seats about 300 people
After eating we had a quick look in the shop which sold local farm produce cheeses, meats, jams, pickles, biscuits, fresh fruit and veg. This shop is ideal for picking up the a few things to tide you over if you are heading to a self catering holiday .Ideal to for buying that local foodie pressie to take home to the neighbors who are minding the cat. The farm shop is a winner of the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards for 'Best Local Retailer' 2004

Thanks for reading my review if you are traveling along the M6 and need a break I would defiantly recommend stopping here. There is a camping site and hotel facilities near here too.
For further info read the Tebay services website http://www.westmorland.com/

Summary: A motorway services on the M6