Tebay Services are motorway service stations on the M6 motorway in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. The northbound opened in 1972 and the southbound in 1993.

Mar 25, 2025 · When the M6 was built through Westmorland in the late 1960s, the Ministry of Transport were working on the principle that placing service stations in places with good views would get more people to stop. They were drawn to Tebay because of …

Jul 24, 2021 · For 50 years, the Cumbrian services on the M6 – now featured in a TV documentary – has been a lifeline for local producers and farmers. Tweet. Motorists approaching Tebay Services are asked to slow down for the ducks. Photograph: Alamy.

Mar 25, 2025 · Arguably the UK's most famous service station, Tebay is a family-owned site which is nestled in the scenic part of the M6, with two buildings offering great views over a special part of the country. Its duck pond, farm shop and caravan park make it an unusual destination on the motorway network, and one that has won a lot of die-hard fans.

Junction 38 Services is a truckstop service station on the M6 motorway, located at junction 38. There is a single service area connected by road to both carriageways. J.38 Services was opened in 1986 and are operated by Westmorland.

Cumbria’s award-winning Tebay Services, operated by Westmorland Ltd, is a family-owned motorway services, located on both the north and southbound sides of the M6 Motorway, just north of Junction 38.

Aug 11, 2004 · During a filing clean out, this 35-year old memory jumped out at me. It shows Lune's Bridge, Tebay, and the M6 motorway under construction.

The majority of motorway service stations are shite right? Not this one. In 1972 the M6 fearlessly slashed it’s way through the beautiful Cumbrian countryside and in particular the hill farm owned and run by John and Barbara Dunning.

A century of motorways. It's 100 years since the opening of the world's first motorway, the Autostrada from Milan to the Lakes.

HRS 7357 Tebay, old quarry M6 and tree planting The quarry was worked in the Bannisdale Formation. Notice the new tree planting on the hillside an initiative completed 2015 when the photo was taken.