Wetherby services

{{Short description|Motorway service area on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Infobox Motorway Services

|image = Wetherby services.JPG

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|name = Wetherby Services

|road = A1(M)

|county = North Yorkshire

|operator = Moto Hospitality

|previousoperator =

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|dateopened = 5 July 2008 (petrol station)
23 August 2008 (main services){{cn|date=August 2024}}

|website = {{URL|https://moto-way.com/services/wetherby/}}

|location_map = North Yorkshire#West Yorkshire#United Kingdom motorways

|map_caption = Location in North Yorkshire, England##Location on border of West Yorkshire##Location on the UK motorway network

|coordinates = {{coord|53.9470|-1.3680|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

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Wetherby Services is a motorway service area north of Wetherby on the A1(M) motorway in northern England.{{cite web|url=http://www.moto-way.com/page.cfm?Section%3D7.0 |access-date=20 September 2008|title=Moto's Wetherby service area, at Junction 46 of the A1(M) – the greenest motorway service area in Britain – has opened for business|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930080704/http://moto-way.com/page.cfm?Section=7.0 |archive-date=30 September 2008 }} It opened in September 2008, and the hotel (a 126-bed Days Inn hotel, the first major hotel in the north of the town) opened later. The service station is situated at junction 46 of the A1(M), the interchange between the A1(M) and the B1224. The service area is accessed from a roundabout, making it accessible from both sides of the motorway. It lies just inside North Yorkshire in the parish of Kirk Deighton, although the town of Wetherby is on the West Yorkshire side of the boundary. It is operated by Moto Hospitality.

The next services in each direction are at Leeming Bar (north) and Ferrybridge (south).{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=David M. H. |title=Reference: APP/E2734/W/20/324 (The proposed Vale of York Motorway Service Area (MSA)) |url=https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewDocument.aspx?fileid=41988813 |website=acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk |access-date=12 December 2024|date=April 2021|page=9}}{{cn|date=August 2024}}

The service station uses the latest 'green technologies' in its construction and running, making it the UK's first carbon neutral service station.{{cite news|url=http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/wetherby/New-Moto-Station-to-hold.4030915.jp |title=New Moto Station to hold open day in Wetherby|work=Wetherby News|date=29 April 2008|accessdate=20 September 2008}}

File:Interior of Wetherby Service Station (30th November 2019).jpg

File:Aerial photographs of Wetherby Services (14th August 2021) 003.jpg

In a 2018 user survey of England's motorway service areas (MSAs), Wetherby scored a 99% satisfaction rating, putting it third in the country and the top Moto site overall.{{cite news |title=England's worst motorway services revealed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44928164 |access-date=28 September 2018 |work=BBC News |date=24 July 2018}} In 2017, Wetherby MSA was awarded an 84% approval rating.{{cite web |title=Motorway Services User Survey 2018 Overall report |url=http://d3cez36w5wymxj.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/23124515/Motorway-Service-User-Survey-2018-Agency-report.pdf |website=cloudfront.net |publisher=Populous |access-date=28 September 2018 |page=14 |date=July 2018}}