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Keele Services
M6 J15–16 · Welcome Break
📍 Location & 8 Nearby Attractions
📊 How busy is the M6?
The M6 carries up to 187,521 vehicles a day
at its busiest stretch (J20–J21),
including 23,492 HGVs —
the 2nd busiest motorway in Britain.
Official Department for Transport counts, 2025.
187,521
🚗 vehicles a day · J20–J21
12.5%
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
View as table
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%
🍔 Food & Shopping
Food & Drink
Starbucks Burger King KFC Greggs Fresh Food Café
Shops
WHSmith
⛽ Fuel & Accommodation
⛽ Shell 🏨 Days Inn
🚻 Facilities
🚻 Toilets
🍼 Baby Change
♿ Accessible
📶 Free WiFi
🏧 ATM
🚿 Showers
🏨 Hotel
🐕 Dog Area
📍 What's Near Keele Services (8 places)
All (8)
🏙️ Towns & Cities (2)
🎢 Theme Parks (1)
🎓 Universities (1)
🎭 Culture & Museums (1)
🌳 Nature & Countryside (2)
🏥 Major Hospitals (1)
🎓
Keele University
1 mi ↑ S · tap for map
🏙️
Stoke-on-Trent
5 mi ↑ NE · tap for map
🎭
Wedgwood Factory
8 mi ↑ SE · tap for map
🌳
Trentham Gardens
8 mi ↑ NE · tap for map
🎢 Theme Parks
🎢
Alton Towers
15mi ↑ E
▾
UK's biggest theme park. 40+ rides. Nemesis, Wicker Man, Oblivion.
🎭 Culture & Museums
🎭
Wedgwood Factory
8mi ↑ SE
▾
World-famous pottery factory tour. Museum, shop, and tea room at Barlaston.
🌳 Nature & Countryside
🌳
Trentham Gardens
8mi ↑ NE
▾
Italian gardens, barefoot walk, adventure play, and monkey forest.
🌳
Peak District National Park
12mi ↑ E
▾
Accessible via A53. Manifold Valley, Thor's Cave, Dovedale.
🏙️ Towns & Cities
🏙️
Stoke-on-Trent
5mi ↑ NE
▾
The Potteries. Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Emma Bridgewater, Gladstone Pottery Museum.
🏙️
Nantwich
8mi ↑ SW
▾
Historic salt town with black and white buildings, Nantwich Museum, Snow Hill.
🎓 Universities
🎓
Keele University
1mi ↑ S
▾
Campus university with 600 acres of parkland.
🏥 Major Hospitals
🏥
Royal Stoke University Hospital
5mi ↑ NE
▾
Major teaching hospital serving North Staffordshire.
ℹ️ Service Information
📍 J15–16
📮 ST5 5HG 📅 Opened 1966 🅿️ 500 car spaces 🧭 52.9589, -2.2848
📋 About Keele Services
Welcome Break between Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe. Popular for North Wales traffic via the A500.
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