Woodall Services (M1 J30–J31)
Woodall sits on the M1 between Junction 30 and Junction 31 near Sheffield, in the Rotherham borough. It is run by Welcome Break and opened in 1968.
Three charging networks on one site
Woodall has the largest electric-vehicle provision on this part of the M1: Applegreen Electric, GRIDSERVE and a 16-stall Tesla Supercharger on the southbound side. The two sides are joined by a footbridge, though it is a free-standing structure not attached to either building, which makes the crossing a bleak one in bad weather.
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Latest accident or incident on the M1
The most recent accident or incident on the M1 that we are aware of.
laneClosures
05:49 (5:49am)15 Oct 2026reported 2 min ago
- Location
- M1 southbound between J18 and J17
- Direction
- Southbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Road or carriageway or lane management
- Schedule
- 05:44 (5:44am) Thu 15 Oct 2026 → 05:59 (5:59am) Thu 15 Oct 2026
Latest active roadworks on the M1
Roadworks live on the M1 right now.
M1 northbound Jct 10 to Jct 11 hard shoulder closure (MP 49/4 to 49/6)
05:45 (5:45am)15 Oct 2026reported 6 min ago
- Location
- M1 northbound within J10
- Direction
- Northbound
- Lanes closed
- Hard shoulder closed
- Reason
- Construction work
- Schedule
- 02:35 (2:35am) Thu 23 July 2026 → 05:00 (5am) Sat 24 Oct 2026
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Latest planned roadworks on the M1
The next planned roadworks scheduled on the M1.
M1 Jct 25 exit slip road lane closure southbound
05:45 (5:45am)15 Oct 2026reported 6 min ago
- Location
- M1 southbound between J26 and J25
- Direction
- Southbound
- Lanes closed
- Slip road closed
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 20:00 (8pm) Thu 15 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Fri 16 Oct 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
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Road closed — on the overhead signs now
National Highways’ overhead signs are showing a road closure, as at 05:52 (5:52am) Thu 15 Oct 2026.
M1 J25-J26 CLOSED
Time now: Thursday, 15 October 2026, 05:52 (5:52am)04:33 (4:33am)15 Oct 2026set 1 hr ago✓ Checked by us 05:52 (5:52am)
M1 J25-J26
CLOSEDOverhead Message
WhereM42 northbound, at J9 · on 1 signAlso onAlso showing on M42 signsSinceSet 04:33 (4:33am) Thu 15 Oct 2026We check these overhead signs at least every five minutes, but we can't guarantee a sign is still current if an incident or issue has been cleared and the sign has not been updated yet. Signs and news can each carry something the other does not - check both before you travel.
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Updated 05:52 (5:52am) Thu 15 Oct 2026
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What is at Woodall Services
- Food and drink, both sides: Burger King, KFC, Subway, Chopstix, Starbucks, The Good Breakfast, Krispy Kreme
- Northbound also: a Starbucks Drive Thru
- Southbound also: Waitrose & Partners, The Phat Pasty Co. and a laundry
- Shops: WHSmith on both sides, and a games arcade
- Fuel and charging: a Welcome Break forecourt; Applegreen Electric up to 360kW, GRIDSERVE, and Tesla Supercharger southbound
- Hotel: Days Inn, southbound side
- Also: free showers
Two hours free, then £15 for up to 24 hours for a car and £35 for an HGV, or £37 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 Woodall Services
The services sit on the stretch between Junction 30 and Junction 31, which the Department for Transport counts at 122,208 vehicles a day — the 20th busiest of the 42 measured stretches of M1 mainline. Of those, 18,862 are lorries, 15.4% of the traffic. For a while Woodall ran a Burger King, a KFC and a McDonald’s side by side, which almost no other service area managed. That window shut in March 2020 when the McDonald’s went. The murals inside were commissioned in the 1990s from the artist David Fisher to reflect local history.
Traffic figures are Department for Transport road traffic statistics, annual average daily flow for 2025, both directions combined.