Look, I’m not saying you should drive an hour out of your way just to use this Waitrose. But if you’re on the M6, especially heading north towards Preston or Scotland, Charnock North Services is the best option by a mile. Skip the Burger King. Avoid the WHSmith.
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Pull into the Waitrose car park. Take a deep breath. Walk in, grab a posh sandwich, a fancy coffee, and maybe a punnet of victoria plums for the road. You’ll feel like you’ve upgraded your entire journey. First class road trip, even in a Fiat Panda.
Plus, there’s a little seating area with actual chairs, not plastic moulded thrones of despair. You can sit, watch the rain streak down the windows, and think: “This is actually quite nice.” Revolutionary for a motorway services.
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Okay, I have to mention it. The toilets adjacent to this Waitrose are surprisingly clean. Not “motorway clean” (which is a low bar), but actually clean. I’m talking about queuing for a cubicle that smells of lemon rather than existential dread.
It’s as if the Waitrose fairy godmother has blessed the entire area. No sticky floors. No hand dryers that sound like a broken helicopter. Just nice, civilized facilities. It’s the little things.
You’ll walk out feeling like a new person. A cleaner, better-fed new person with a bag of posh crisps and a renewed hope for humanity. Priceless.
