Stafford (South) services

This article is about the southbound side of Stafford services.
For the northbound side, see Stafford (North) services.

For detailed information about this topic, see Motorway Services Online, Motorway Services Info and MSA Trivia

The two Stafford services in 2010

The southbound Stafford services opened in 1999 on a site roughly one mile to the south of the northbound services. This is due to two competing companies requesting (and being granted) planning permission at the same time; and this site was the chosen of the two, which also explains why the two services have different operators despite sharing a name.

It is named in the 1990s trend after a place that is vaguely nearby - Stafford is approximately 6 miles to the south of the services; whilst the (admittedly smaller) town of Stone is much nearer.