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Exeter Services
M5 J30 · Moto
📍 Location & 16 Nearby Attractions
📊 How busy is the M5?
The M5 carries up to 150,612 vehicles a day
at its busiest stretch (J5–J6),
including 15,176 HGVs —
the 8th busiest motorway in Britain.
Official Department for Transport counts, 2025.
150,612
🚗 vehicles a day · J5–J6
10.1%
HGVs
share of traffic on the busiest stretch
Busiest stretch of each motorway — vehicles a day
M25
212,636
M6
187,521
M56
179,634
M1
162,446
M8
158,065
M4
156,491
M5
150,612
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Road Busiest stretch Vehicles/day HGVs/day HGV share M25
near J14
212,636
14,853
7% M6
J20–J21
187,521
23,492
12.5% M56
J3–J4
179,634
7,547
4.2% M1
near J9
162,446
19,151
11.8% M8
J16–J17
158,065
7,214
4.6% M4
near J4
156,491
6,249
4% M5 ◀
J5–J6
150,612
15,176
10.1%
🍔 Food & Shopping
Food & Drink
Costa Burger King Greggs West Cornwall Pasty Co
Shops
WHSmith
⛽ Fuel & Accommodation
⛽ BP
🚻 Facilities
🚻 Toilets
🍼 Baby Change
♿ Accessible
📶 Free WiFi
🏧 ATM
🐕 Dog Area
📍 What's Near Exeter Services (16 places)
All (16)
🏙️ Towns & Cities (1)
⚽ Football & Rugby Union (1)
🏇 Racecourses & Motorsport (1)
🎢 Theme Parks (1)
🌳 Nature & Countryside (2)
🏰 Landmarks & Stately Homes (1)
🏥 Major Hospitals (1)
🎓 Universities (1)
🏖️ Coastal & Seaside (5)
🐕 Dog Walks & Country Parks (1)
✈️ Airports & Ports (1)
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Exeter Chiefs (Sandy Park)
2 mi ↑ SE · tap for map
🏙️
Exeter
3 mi ↑ E · tap for map
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Exeter Racecourse
3 mi ↑ N · tap for map
🎓
University of Exeter
3 mi ↑ E · tap for map
⚽ Football & Rugby Union
⚽
Exeter Chiefs (Sandy Park)
2mi ↑ SE
▾
Premiership rugby ground near Sandy Gate.
🏇 Racecourses & Motorsport
🏇
Exeter Racecourse
3mi ↑ N
▾
National Hunt racecourse at Haldon Hill with panoramic views.
🎢 Theme Parks
🎢
Crealy Theme Park
5mi ↑ E
▾
Devon's top family theme park with rides, animal encounters, and adventure play.
🏰 Landmarks & Stately Homes
🏰
Powderham Castle
5mi ↑ S
▾
Medieval castle in a deer park on the Exe estuary. Home of the Earl of Devon.
🌳 Nature & Countryside
🌳
Dartmoor National Park
10mi ↑ SW
▾
Wild moorland with tors, ponies, stone circles, and letterboxing. Haytor, Wistman's Wood.
🌳
Eden Project
60mi ↑ SW
▾
Iconic biomes in a former clay pit near St Austell. Tropical and Mediterranean environments. Major Cornwall attraction.
🏖️ Coastal & Seaside
🏖️
Dawlish Warren
8mi ↑ SE
▾
Blue Flag beach and nature reserve. Sand dunes, rare plants, coastal walks.
🏖️
Sidmouth
15mi ↑ E
▾
Regency seaside resort on the Jurassic Coast. Folk Festival in August.
🏖️
Torquay & English Riviera
20mi ↑ S
▾
Seaside resort with Kents Cavern, Living Coasts, harbour. Agatha Christie country.
🏖️
Cornwall
70mi ↑ SW
▾
Via A30 from M5 J31. Newquay, St Ives, Padstow, Falmouth, Land's End. Summer traffic on A30/A38 can be brutal.
🏖️
Newquay
80mi ↑ SW
▾
Cornwall's surfing capital. Fistral Beach, Watergate Bay, Newquay Zoo. Summer traffic queues on A30 from Exeter.
🐕 Dog Walks & Country Parks
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Haldon Forest Park
5mi ↑ SW
▾
Forestry England site with mountain biking, Go Ape, walking trails, and wildlife.
🏙️ Towns & Cities
🏙️
Exeter
3mi ↑ E
▾
Cathedral city on the River Exe. Roman walls, medieval underground passages, quayside.
✈️ Airports & Ports
✈️
Exeter Airport
5mi ↑ E
▾
Regional airport with flights to UK and European destinations.
🎓 Universities
🎓
University of Exeter
3mi ↑ E
▾
Russell Group university. Beautiful Streatham campus.
🏥 Major Hospitals
🏥
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
3mi ↑ E
▾
Major teaching hospital serving East Devon.
ℹ️ Service Information
📍 J30
📮 EX2 7HF 📅 Opened 1977 🅿️ 400 car spaces 🧭 50.7151, -3.4678
📋 About Exeter Services
Last motorway services at the end of the M5 near Exeter before the A30/A38 split to Cornwall and South Devon.
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