Tebay services

The M6 here passes through an environmentally sensitive area, and the services were sited in this location to fit in with the surrounding local area and provide a view away from the motorway. A corresponding southbound services, Killington Lake Services, was constructed at the same time, opening the previous month.

Tebay West (northbound) was first announced in November 1969. The first stage would only consist of a petrol station and 'snack bar', to cost £50,000, of 3,600 square yards, with no vehicle parking. Other service stations had also followed this plan, of petrol only first, with limited catering .

Tebay West Services, which serves the northbound carriageway, was opened in June 1972 by Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, two years after the M6 section between Lancaster and Penrith was completed. Tebay East was opened in 1993, serving southbound traffic. The same company runs Truckstop Services at junction 38 (just off the B6260 at Old Tebay), which opened in 1986 and caters for HGV and long-distance coaches, and Gloucester Services between junctions 11a and 12 of the M5 in Gloucestershire, which was built into the side of a hill and covered with grass to reduce its visual impact.