Winchester service stations ranked among UK's best for 2025

The Herald Scotland

4 days ago

The Moto Winchester Northbound and Moto Winchester Southbound can be found on the M3 between Junctions 8 and 9.
Combined, they were ranked as the 15th best motorway service station in the UK out of the 93 analysed by Which?
The consumer choice organisation organised a survey of its users, which rated motorway service stations on a number of factors.
Where do you think is the UK's best motorway service station?https://t.co/rfZ1P9XEnH — Which? (@WhichUK) May 26, 2025
These included the prices in shops and food outlets, the range and quality of shops, cleanliness, convenience and quality of outside spaces.
Which? wrote: "Four years after our last motorway services survey, your responses still paint a bleak picture of a network blighted by dated and inadequate service areas, many of which are filthy.
"And while the motorway you're travelling on limits your options, our survey of thousands of members, rating nearly 90 service stations, revealed that stopping a few junctions earlier or later could make all the difference to what you'll find when you pull in."
The full ranking of the UK's motorway service stations can be found on the Which? website here.
Why are Winchester's motorway service stations ranked among the UK's best?
Winchester's motorway service stations ranked in 15th spot out of the 93 included in the survey.
Despite this, it had a fairly average overall customer score of 53%, perhaps indicating most service stations aren't rated highly by UK customers.
In the categories, Winchester scored a 3/5 in cleanliness, convenience & accessibility, as well as range of facilities, range & quality of shops and range & quality of food and drink outlets.
Meanwhile, it scored a 2/5 in the availability & quality of outside spaces and a 1/5 for the price of goods in the shops and food outlets.
Gloucester was ranked as the best motorway service station in the UK, with an overall customer score of 85%.
What do visitors think of Winchester's motorway service stations?
Overall, the Winchester service stations are mostly well-received by visitors on Google Reviews.
The Moto Winchester Northbound had a 4/5 score from 3,385 ratings while the Moto Winchester Southbound had a score of 3.9/5 from 3,523 ratings.
One person wrote: "Perfect stop on M3. We stop here on Wednesday midday and the place was not crowded.
"The toilets were nicely clean as well as whole place with big eating area in the middle."
Another shared: "A quite large area to rest and take care of your needs. Costa, M&S, Burger King, and WHSmith are available. There are also toilets and seating areas. Quite ideal."
A third posted: "Best place for rest and have some food on M3. Different types of food, not very busy, clean toilets and very fast electric chargers."
Another commented: "I was surprised I hadn't stopped here previously, but was astonished to find it calm and clean - wonderful!
"They have toilets here as well as places to buy things: Greggs, Costa, burger king, WHSmith and a couple of others.
"Car park isn't massive compared to some services, but we got in and out without any problems!"
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What can you find at Winchester's motorway service stations?
Moto Winchester Northbound has a number of food outlets and shops, including Burger King, Costa Coffee, WHSmith, M&S Food and Greggs.
Additionally, Krispy Kreme can be found within the WHSmith store.
Meanwhile, Moto Winchester Southbound has all of those, plus Pret A Manger and the West Cornwall Pasty Company.
Both services have facilities such as EV charging, baby changing, showers, a dog walking area, an external kids play area, WiFi and accommodation if needed.