Cornwall Services Celebrates 10 Years and 10 Million Visitors
Cornwall Services, near Bodmin on the A30, is celebrating 10 years since it first opened its doors to the public. Popular with visitors and locals alike, it is estimated that the service station has welcomed more than 10 million people since opening in 2014.
To celebrate, this Saturday (29th June, 10am – 2pm) there will be a Big Birthday Raffle with all proceeds going to Children’s Hospice South West.
Cornwall Services was, and still is, the first major service station in Cornwall. Busy from day one, it attracted 600,000 vehicles in its first year of operation and that has now doubled to around 1.2 million vehicles turning into the facilities every year.
When it opened, Cornwall Services had two big brands, McDonald’s and Costa. Over the years these have been joined by Subway, Greggs and TacoBell along with Holiday Inn Express in 2020, Coop in 2021 and Mountain Warehouse and the Gridserve electric vehicle charging points in 2022.
In addition to the big brands, Cornwall Services has always championed local food and local businesses. There is now a Rowes Cornish Bakery serving pasties, saffron buns and other Cornish goodies, in addition to independent food outlet Miami’s which sells freshly cooked pizzas and hotdogs. Other local and independent brands include Mango Surf which opened in 2018 as well as Saltrock and Teddy Freddy’s Barber Hut which opened in 2019.
Supporting the local community has always been a priority for the team at Cornwall Services. Many charity fundraising events are held each year and include hosting charity motorbike rides, ‘sing and sign’ sessions for people with learning difficulties, a sponsored cycle ride by Indian Queens junior football team, entertainment from Roche Brass Band and numerous collections that have raised tens of thousands of pounds for the likes of Cornwall Air Ambulance, the RNLI and the Woodland Trust. Also, shortly after it opened, Cornwall Services was proud to be the first service station in the UK to install the specialist Changing Places toilet facility for disabled visitors. The team made the decision to install it after hearing from Cornish mum, Rachel George, about the problems she and her then 9-year-old son, Adam, encountered using regular disabled facilities.
Andrew King, Commercial Manager at Cornwall Services, said: “It has been a busy 10 years for the team at Cornwall Services. We’d like to thank all the local residents and business people that visit us on a regular basis as well as the tourists that now make a stop at Cornwall Services an essential part of their holiday. We look forward to continuing to grow the business and have another exciting development to announce very soon!”
Cornwall Services fun facts:
- 10 million visitors
- 5 million vehicles
- 5 million Costa coffees
- 1 million Subways
- 680,000 pasties, equivalent to nearly 200 tonnes of pasties!
Posted: June 28, 2024 at 3:34 pm
