M5 motorway services and EV charging, Birmingham to Exeter

All stops on the M5

Every service area, fuel stop, EV charger and rest spot on the M5 between Birmingham and Exeter is listed below. Each row shows the detour time the stop adds to your route in real minutes off the motorway and back, not straight-line distance. We hold 12 stops on the main road to the South West, from Frankley and Strensham in the Midlands through the Gloucester farm shop and Gordano near Bristol to Taunton Deane, Tiverton, Cullompton and Exeter. Filter by stop type and vehicle.

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Rapid EV chargers on the M5: up to 250 kW

The M5 has rapid charging without one dominant network. Frankley and Exeter both have Tesla Superchargers at up to 250 kW, Gordano has Tesla to 150 kW, Cullompton runs Ionity, and Bridgwater has a GRIDSERVE hub. Those five are the M5 stops we hold a charging network for; for the rest we hold the site but not the charger. The Jornee app shows live availability per stop, and the operator's ad-hoc rate.

The M5 gives a good spread of rapid charging without a single dominant network. Frankley (Moto) and Exeter (J30, Moto) both run Tesla Superchargers to 250 kW, open to any make. Gordano (J19, Welcome Break) has Tesla to 150 kW, Cullompton (J28, ExtraMSA) carries Ionity, and Bridgwater (J24, Moto) has a GRIDSERVE hub rated to 60 kW. Those are the five M5 stops we hold a network for; the other seven may well have chargers, but we would rather leave the column empty than name an operator we cannot back. Prices vary by network and tariff, so check the operator's ad-hoc rate before you pull in.

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Which operator runs each M5 service area?

We hold 12 M5 stops, and five operators show up in their names. Moto has Frankley, Bridgwater, Tiverton and Exeter, RoadChef runs Strensham, Sedgemoor and Taunton Deane, and Welcome Break has Michaelwood, Gordano and Sedgemoor North. Westmorland runs the independent Gloucester farm shop, and ExtraMSA runs Cullompton. Food and retail tenants we do not record on this corridor.

Five operators split the M5, more than most motorways, and every one of them shows up in a stop name we hold. Moto runs Frankley, Bridgwater, Tiverton and Exeter. RoadChef runs Strensham, Sedgemoor and Taunton Deane. Welcome Break runs Michaelwood, Gordano and Sedgemoor North. Westmorland runs the well-regarded Gloucester farm shop and kitchen, and ExtraMSA runs Cullompton. Food and retail tenants are not something we record on this corridor, so the table sticks to junction, operator and charging network.

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HGV parking on the M5

Eight of the twelve M5 stops we hold have HGV parking, and Michaelwood is the one recorded as a truckstop. Five run 24 hours with showers and lorry parking together: Michaelwood, Gordano, both Sedgemoor sites and Taunton Deane. Strensham adds a sixth 24-hour lorry stop, without showers. Summer holiday traffic fills the southern sites first, so aim north of Bristol for space. Bay counts are not in our data.

The M5 is a passenger-led holiday corridor, but eight of the twelve stops we hold carry HGV parking, and Michaelwood is recorded as a truckstop. The paired Sedgemoor sites, Taunton Deane, Gordano (J19) and Michaelwood are all open 24 hours with showers and lorry parking. Strensham is open 24 hours with lorry parking but no showers on file. Space tightens on summer weekends when holiday traffic to Devon and Cornwall fills the southern sites, so the stops north of Bristol are the safer overnight bet. Bay counts and rates are not in our data.

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