The Thrapston branch was a former Little Chef restaurant located at the junction of the A14, A45 and A605 near the small town of Thrapston in Northamptonshire.
Address and Onsite Information[]
ADDRESS: Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston Interchange, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
ONSITE FACILITIES: Shell, Select (forecourt) Deli by Shell (forecourt), Costa Express (forecourt), Burger King, Subway, Greggs, Travelodge (Book Room)
LITTLE CHEF NOW: Burger King, Greggs, Subway
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History[]
Following the opening of the Thrapston and Cranford St John Bypass in 1990, which formed the first section of the wider M1-A1 link road (Catthorpe to Huntingdon), a service station comprising a filling station, Little Chef restaurant and Travelodge hotel opened at the Thrapston Interchange in June 1991. An official opening ceremony for the opening of the Little Chef and Travelodge was held on 6 August 1991, with East Northamptonshire Council Chairman Steve Clifton in attendance. The restaurant and lodge were connected to each other via a sheltered walkway.
In the 1990s, the Little Chef gained a Coffee Stop, which was replaced with a Burger King later that decade.
Following the takeover of the Little Chef brand by Euro Garages in 2017, the Little Chef at Thrapston ceased trading in January 2018, making it one of the last sites to have closed across the entire estate. Following a brief stint as an EG Diner, the building was refurbished in Autumn 2018 to become a Burger King, Subway and Greggs combination site. In May 2019, a Sainsbury's on the Go store joined the line-up; however this later closed in 2020. Following the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the Subway store ceased trading, although this later reopened in 2022 with Subway's new 'Fresh Forward' look.
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