Donington Park services sit near Kegworth, close to East Midlands Airport. It is run by Moto, and it opened in July 1999 at a cost of £25 million.

Which junction you want depends on which way you are going

This is a single site, not two, and it is signed from Junction 23A northbound and Junction 24 southbound. It is also reachable from the A42, A50 and A453. Be aware that it sits a fair way off the motorway: arriving from the north, or leaving to head north, means more than two miles of road and several sets of traffic lights.

What is at Donington Park Services

• Food and drink: Burger King, KFC, Pret A Manger, Greggs (two units), Costa and a Costa Drive Thru, Krispy Kreme
• Shops: M&S Food, WHSmith, Tanners
• Fuel and charging: a 24-hour BP forecourt with LNG, AdBlue and HGV fuelling; GRIDSERVE Electric Highway, fourteen bays up to 360kW
• Hotel: Travelodge, built on top of the main building rather than beside it
• Lorries: HGV parking, bookable through SNAP

Two hours free, then £15 for up to 24 hours for a car and £35 for an HGV, or £38 with a £10 food voucher.

Service area details are compiled from the operators’ own published information and were last checked on 14 September 2026. Facilities change — if something here is out of date, please tell us and we will correct it.

The traffic around Donington Park Services

The services sit on the stretch between Junction 23A and Junction 24, which the Department for Transport counts at 131,396 vehicles a day — the 15th busiest of the 42 measured stretches of M1 mainline. Of those, 19,133 are lorries, 14.6% of the traffic. Donington Park is credited with bringing the airport-style retail model to British service areas — a three-storey atrium with shopping wings either side, which became the industry standard. 70,000 trees were planted when it was built.

Traffic figures are Department for Transport road traffic statistics, annual average daily flow for 2025, both directions combined.