Comedian Frank Skinner proclaimed that “if there is a road to heaven, Tebay Services would be the service station on that road”
Tebay Services are motorway service stations on the M6 motorway in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. The northbound opened in 1972 and the southbound in 1993. They are known for their family-run business which eschews the typical facilities of British motorway services for a farm shop and buildings in keeping with the local environment.
Tebay Services are in open countryside surrounded by trees, small lakes and panoramas of the Cumbrian landscape, and has its own duck pond. Westmorland shuns typical motorway service food outlets. Instead, both Tebay outlets have award-winning farm shops, which sell local meat and other food, and insist on using local suppliers. The services have been praised as being the best in the country. In 2003, Westmorland won Best Local Retailer in BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards, and in 2006 they were awarded Best Motorway Services in Britain by Which?. The farm shops, which sell locally sourced produce, were officially opened by Prince Charles in 2004.
In addition, the northbound service area has a caravan park and a hotel. This site also serves as the head office for Westmorland Motorway Services.