Newport Pagnell Services (M1 J14–J15)

Newport Pagnell sits on the M1 between Junction 14 and Junction 15 in Buckinghamshire, near Milton Keynes. It is run by Welcome Break, and it is one of the two oldest motorway service areas in Britain.

It opened the day the M1 did

The fuel station opened on 2 November 1959, the day the motorway itself opened, with the northbound café following in August 1960. The buildings were designed by Sir Owen Williams, the M1’s own engineer. There is a site on each carriageway joined by a footbridge, though the bridge is reached only by steps.

What is at Newport Pagnell Services

• Food and drink: KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Chopstix, Starbucks and a Starbucks Drive-Thru, The Good Breakfast, Krispy Kreme
• Shops: Waitrose & Partners, WHSmith, Toys R Us and a games arcade
• Fuel and charging: a forecourt, GRIDSERVE Electric Highway, and a 12-bay Tesla Supercharger southbound rated up to 150kW
• Hotel: Ramada
• Lorries and caravans: parking up to 24 hours, no booking needed

Two hours free, then £15 for up to 24 hours for a car and £36 for an HGV, or £38 with a £12 meal 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 Facilities change — if something here is out of date, please tell us and we will correct it.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 Newport Pagnell Services

The services sit on the stretch between Junction 14 and Junction 15, which the Department for Transport counts at 113,762 vehicles a day — the 23rd busiest of the 42 measured stretches of M1 mainline. Of those, 17,495 are lorries, 15.4% of the traffic. At 12.2 miles this is the longest measured stretch on the M1, so the services sit a good way from both junctions. A piece of motorway history: the first crash barriers on any British motorway were installed running south from here in 1971.

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