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I am so used to petrol stations being tiny places where you can barely move around because there is a queue of people waiting to pay for their petrol. This is definitely not one of those. Even from the outside you can see that this petrol station is quite nice. We stopped to get some snacks on the way to the park. It was very convenient as it has a bit more than the average petrol station as well as a Subway. I like that more petrol stations are offering options like Subway… just because it is a convenience store, doesn’t mean I want to eat burgers and chips all the time. And if you don’t want Subway, you can pick up other sandwiches, veg, and fruit. All of it looked quite fresh and enticing!
In addition, they offer Costa Coffee and a small selection of bakery items. And as we were waiting in the queue at Subway, we were able to connect to the free WiFi. When it is busy, finding parking if you are not filling up can be a bit tricky, but I find that to be a problem at most petrol stations. Overall, it is a really nice petrol station and I wish it were closer to us so it could be our usual petrol station.

I used to use this place quite a bit before I moved a few years ago, and it was the friendliest petrol station I ever came across. They actually took the effort to get to know you over a period of time, and it’s a shame in some ways we moved elsewhere in Bolton and now don’t use them as much. I wouldn’t have said they were the cheapest place in town — the petrol always seemed cost a couple of pence more than the lowest price locally, and as usual if you want to buy anything else there you’ll pay heavily for the convenience factor — but if you want a friendly petrol station, this is definitely the place to go. Or at least it was a few years back!