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Hamilton services

Coordinates: 55°47′13″N 4°02′03″W / 55.78694°N 4.03417°W / 55.78694; -4.03417
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Hamilton Services
Hamilton Services is located in South Lanarkshire
Hamilton Services
Hamilton Services
Location within South Lanarkshire
Information
CountySouth Lanarkshire
RoadM74
Coordinates:55°47′13″N 4°02′03″W / 55.78694°N 4.03417°W / 55.78694; -4.03417
OperatorRoadchef
Date openedSeptember 1975
Websitewww.roadchef.com/locations/hamilton

Hamilton services is a motorway service station near the town of Hamilton, Scotland. The service station is located next to the M74 motorway between junctions 6 and 5 and may be accessed in the northbound direction only - its southbound counterpart between junctions 4 and 5 is Bothwell services. It is owned by Roadchef.

History

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The site was opened in September 1975 by the 'lorry driver of the year', Ian Mackie, of 14 Tweedsmuir Road, Perth.[1] The site cost £600,000.

References

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  1. ^ Wishaw Press Friday 26 September 1975, page 15
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