Keele services

Keele services is a motorway service station, between junctions 15 and 16 of the M6 motorway near Keele in England. Operated by Welcome Break, it was built in 1963 and was designed by Terence Verity of Verity Associates.

The nearest towns are Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Close by is Keele University, which has the largest university campus in Europe. It is possible to walk and drive from the University grounds to the Service Station, and this has been a popular route for students.

Both sides of the site have Shell petrol stations, W H Smith and Starbucks. There are KFC and Burger King restaurants on the bridge over the motorway.

On 27 August 1984, a fire ripped through the service station bridge at Keele, between its two bases, but there were no injuries.

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Keele

Coordinates: 53°00′16″N 2°17′14″W / 53.0044°N 2.2871°W / 53.0044; -2.2871

Keele is a village and civil parish in northern Staffordshire, England. It is approximately three miles (5 km) west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is close to the village of Silverdale. It is the location of Keele University (at grid reference SJ817450) and Keele Services (grid reference SJ806440), a motorway service area on the M6.The university partly surrounds the village.

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,664,(increasing to 4,129 at the 2011 census) most of whom were students at Keele University. Some of these students are located at the Hawthorns.

It is located in the Keele ward of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Cȳ-hyll = "Cow-hill".

Keele is featured on the UK 'Here and Now' edition of the board game Monopoly, released in September 2007, It takes the place of Fleet Street in the traditional version.

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Keele (disambiguation)

Keele is a village in Staffordshire, England.

Keele may also refer to:

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Keele (ward)

Keele Ward is a local council ward in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It covers the village of Keele and the neighbouring University of Keele campus. It has two local council positions.

Elections last occurred in May 2014. Its councillors are Wenslie Naylon from the Green Party and Tony Kearon from Labour.

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Coordinates: 52°59′49″N 2°16′30″W / 52.997°N 2.275°W / 52.997; -2.275