The services are located between junctions 25 and 26 of the M5 motorway in Somerset. There are two sites, one for each direction connected by a walk bridge.[1] After a spate of suicides by hanging, the bridge had anti-suicide bars installed.[2]
Historyedit
Construction was started by Linked Group Construction of Cheshire, costing £0.75m, who had earlier built Sandbach services in 1976.[3] The cowboy building firm collapsed, and construction was held up by nine months. Warings of Portsmouth took over, and completed the service area in nine weeks.[4]
The southbound site fully opened on Friday 15 April 1977. The site had seating for 250. Roadchef managing director was Clive Lindley.[5][6][7] There was limited catering on the northbound site, at the time of opening.
Facilitiesedit
The site employs around 130 people. In 2012, they were awarded RoadChef's Heroes of the Year Awards.[8]
A Costa Coffeedrive thru opened on the southbound services in 2019.[9] A corresponding northbound drive thru opened the following year.[10]
Cleanlinessedit
The services were notorious in the early 2000s for its poor cleanliness rating. In general, the southbound side receives better ratings than the northbound side. In 2012, the Food Standards Agency gave both sides a rating of 5, showing improvement.[11]
External linksedit
Taunton Deane Services - Motorway Services Online
Referencesedit
^"Taunton Deane". RoadChef. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^"Taunton footbridge.jpg - motorway services". Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^Staffordshire Sentinel Thursday 12 August 1976, page 9
^Western Daily Press Saturday 16 April 1977, page 6
^Bristol Evening Post Wednesday 13 April 1977, page 8
^Western Daily Press Wednesday 13 April 1977, page 5
^Bristol Evening Post Saturday 16 April 1977, page 3
^"Taunton Deane Services scoop awards". Somerset County Gazette. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^"Costa Drive Thru opens at Roadchef Taunton Deane Services". Somerset County Gazette. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^"Roadchef's second Costa Drive Thru at Taunton Deane". Somerset County Gazette. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^Agency, Food Standards. "Food Standards Agency - Search for food hygiene ratings". ratings.food.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
taunton, deane, services, double, sided, motorway, service, station, motorway, near, taunton, england, owned, roadchef, taunton, deane, servicesgeneral, view, from, m5taunton, deane, serviceslocation, within, somersetinformationcountysomersetroadm5, motorwayco. Taunton Deane services is a double sided motorway service station on the M5 motorway near Taunton England It is owned by Roadchef Taunton Deane ServicesGeneral view from the M5Taunton Deane ServicesLocation within SomersetInformationCountySomersetRoadM5 MotorwayCoordinates 50 58 35 N 3 08 48 W 50 976477 N 3 146572 W 50 976477 3 146572OperatorRoadchefDate opened15 April 1977WebsiteRoadchef Taunton Deane Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Facilities 4 Cleanliness 5 External links 6 ReferencesLocation editThe services are located between junctions 25 and 26 of the M5 motorway in Somerset There are two sites one for each direction connected by a walk bridge 1 After a spate of suicides by hanging the bridge had anti suicide bars installed 2 History editConstruction was started by Linked Group Construction of Cheshire costing 0 75m who had earlier built Sandbach services in 1976 3 The cowboy building firm collapsed and construction was held up by nine months Warings of Portsmouth took over and completed the service area in nine weeks 4 The southbound site fully opened on Friday 15 April 1977 The site had seating for 250 Roadchef managing director was Clive Lindley 5 6 7 There was limited catering on the northbound site at the time of opening Facilities editThe site employs around 130 people In 2012 they were awarded RoadChef s Heroes of the Year Awards 8 A Costa Coffee drive thru opened on the southbound services in 2019 9 A corresponding northbound drive thru opened the following year 10 Cleanliness editThe services were notorious in the early 2000s for its poor cleanliness rating In general the southbound side receives better ratings than the northbound side In 2012 the Food Standards Agency gave both sides a rating of 5 showing improvement 11 External links editTaunton Deane Services Motorway Services OnlineReferences edit Taunton Deane RoadChef Retrieved 3 March 2020 Taunton footbridge jpg motorway services Retrieved 12 April 2018 Staffordshire Sentinel Thursday 12 August 1976 page 9 Western Daily Press Saturday 16 April 1977 page 6 Bristol Evening Post Wednesday 13 April 1977 page 8 Western Daily Press Wednesday 13 April 1977 page 5 Bristol Evening Post Saturday 16 April 1977 page 3 Taunton Deane Services scoop awards Somerset County Gazette 18 March 2012 Retrieved 3 March 2020 Costa Drive Thru opens at Roadchef Taunton Deane Services Somerset County Gazette 30 September 2019 Retrieved 3 March 2020 Roadchef s second Costa Drive Thru at Taunton Deane Somerset County Gazette 11 February 2020 Retrieved 3 March 2020 Agency Food Standards Food Standards Agency Search for food hygiene ratings ratings food gov uk Retrieved 12 April 2018 Previous Bridgwater Motorway service stations on theM5 Motorway Next Cullompton nbsp This United Kingdom road or road transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Somerset building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taunton Deane services amp oldid 1212359537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
