Both sides of the site have Welcome Break[citation needed] petrol stations, W H Smith and Starbucks.

Keele was an exact copy of Charnock Richard;[1] The motorway section was expected to be built by autumn 1962.

17,000 vehicles a day were expected on the motorway section, with 9,000 private cars, and 8,000 trucks and coaches.

The restaurant bridge was forty feet wide, with waitress service, seating 300.

On 27 August 1984, a fire ripped through the service station bridge at Keele, between its two bases, but there were no injuries.