Motorway Services Ratings

Motorway Services Rankings for 2009:

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Overall Highest Average Ranking (Bayesian weighted average of positive and negative ratings)

  1. 5 out of 5 burgers Tebay Services Northbound
  2. 5 out of 5 burgers Tebay Services Southbound
  3. 4 out of 5 burgers Woodall Services
  4. 4 out of 5 burgers Beaconsfield Services
  5. 4 out of 5 burgers Baldock Services
  6. 4 out of 5 burgers Hopwood Park Services
  7. 4 out of 5 burgers Norton Canes Services
  8. 4 out of 5 burgers Tibshelf Services
  9. 3 out of 5 burgers Killington Lake Services
  10. 3 out of 5 burgers Stop24 Services (Folkestone)
  11. 3 out of 5 burgers Oxford Services
  12. 3 out of 5 burgers Cambridge Services
  13. 3 out of 5 burgers Cardiff Gate Services
  14. 3 out of 5 burgers Kinross Services
  15. 3 out of 5 burgers Burtonwood Services
  16. 3 out of 5 burgers Tiverton Services
  17. 3 out of 5 burgers Grantham North Services
  18. 3 out of 5 burgers J38 Truckstop
  19. 3 out of 5 burgers Telford Services
  20. 3 out of 5 burgers Stafford Services Northbound

Overall Lowest Average Ranking (Bayesian weighted average of positive and negative ratings)

  1. 1 out of 5 burgers Bridgwater Services
  2. 1 out of 5 burgers Birchanger Green Services
  3. 1 out of 5 burgers Bolton West Services
  4. 1 out of 5 burgers Knutsford Services
  5. 1 out of 5 burgers Lymm
  6. 1 out of 5 burgers Sandbach Services
  7. 1 out of 5 burgers Birch Services
  8. 1 out of 5 burgers Michaelwood Services
  9. 1 out of 5 burgers Watford Gap Services
  10. 1 out of 5 burgers Gretna Green Services
  11. 1 out of 5 burgers Fleet Services
  12. 1 out of 5 burgers Heart of Scotland
  13. 1 out of 5 burgers Rownhams Services
  14. 1 out of 5 burgers Thurrock Services
  15. 2 out of 5 burgers Corley Services
  16. 2 out of 5 burgers Cherwell Valley Services
  17. 2 out of 5 burgers Winchester Services
  18. 2 out of 5 burgers Toddington Services
  19. 2 out of 5 burgers Strensham Services
  20. 2 out of 5 burgers Swansea Services

Overall Best Ranking (cumulative positive rankings minus negative rankings)

  1. Tebay Services Northbound
  2. Beaconsfield Services
  3. Tebay Services Southbound
  4. Woodall Services
  5. Norton Canes Services
  6. Hopwood Park Services
  7. Baldock Services
  8. Stop24 Services (Folkestone)
  9. Tibshelf Services
  10. Cambridge Services
  11. Killington Lake Services
  12. Cardiff Gate Services
  13. Oxford Services
  14. Abington Services
  15. Leicester Forest East Services
  16. Blackburn with Darwen Services
  17. Telford Services
  18. Pont Abraham Services
  19. Burtonwood Services
  20. Derby South Services Eastbound

Overall Worst Ranking (cumulative negative rankings minus positive rankings)

  1. Bolton West Services
  2. Sandbach Services
  3. Michaelwood Services
  4. Knutsford Services
  5. Strensham Services
  6. Toddington Services
  7. Birchanger Green Services
  8. Birch Services
  9. Bridgwater Services
  10. Corley Services
  11. Watford Gap Services
  12. Fleet Services
  13. Rownhams Services
  14. Lymm
  15. Magor Services
  16. Newport Pagnell Services
  17. Heart of Scotland
  18. Thurrock Services
  19. Gretna Green Services
  20. Lancaster (Forton) Services

Most positive rankings (total positive rankings, negative rankings ignored)

  1. Beaconsfield Services
  2. Tebay Services Northbound
  3. Clacket Lane Services
  4. Stop24 Services (Folkestone)
  5. Tebay Services Southbound
  6. Woodall Services
  7. Norton Canes Services
  8. Bolton West Services
  9. Charnock Richard Services
  10. Wetherby Services
  11. Cardiff Gate Services
  12. Toddington Services
  13. Annandale Water Services
  14. Hopwood Park Services
  15. Baldock Services
  16. Happendon Services
  17. Taunton Deane Services
  18. Cambridge Services
  19. Oxford Services
  20. Tibshelf Services

Most negative rankings (total negative rankings, positive rankings ignored)

  1. Bolton West Services
  2. Sandbach Services
  3. Toddington Services
  4. Michaelwood Services
  5. Clacket Lane Services
  6. Knutsford Services
  7. Strensham Services
  8. Charnock Richard Services
  9. Annandale Water Services
  10. Magor Services
  11. Fleet Services
  12. Wetherby Services
  13. Stop24 Services (Folkestone)
  14. Birchanger Green Services
  15. Corley Services
  16. Bridgwater Services
  17. Birch Services
  18. Trowell Services
  19. Rownhams Services
  20. Winchester Services

And, to compare operators rather than individual sites, here are the Operators sorted by average ratings (ignoring operators with insufficient ranking votes)

  1. 5 out of 5 burgers Westmorland Motorway Services
  2. 4 out of 5 burgers Extra MSA
  3. 4 out of 5 burgers Stop24
  4. 3 out of 5 burgers Cairn Lodge
  5. 2 out of 5 burgers Welcome Break
  6. 2 out of 5 burgers RoadChef
  7. 2 out of 5 burgers Moto
  8. 1 out of 5 burgers First Motorway Services
  9. 0 out of 5 burgers BP Connect

The more anoracky among you might also be interested in this rather basic stats page.