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Tebay, South Mimms, Newport Pagnell, Watford Gap... If you spend any time on our motorways, you'll recognise the names of service stations, and you'll realise the importance of knowing the best places to stop.

Transport Focus helps with that decision because it has produced a league table of England's most loved and hated service stations. Top of the list, Norton Canes on the M6 toll road which scores a perfect 100% for customer satisfaction. At the bottom Thurrock rates only 68%.

How much does it matter where you take your comfort break?

Radio 4's World at One guide to the gleaming roadside beacons is Dr David Lawrence from Kingston School of Art. He is the author of Food on the Move: the Extraordinary World of the Motorway Service Area.

(Photo: Norton Canes and Thurrock motorway service stations
Credit: Getty images/PA)