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Looking across the M6 from the southbound side to the northbound side.

Forton Services opened in January 1965. Designed by the architect Thomas Bennett, the "Pennine Tower" as it was called was a 20 metre high tower, cantilevered at the top to provide two storeys of accommodation including an open "sun terrace" and a 120-seat restaurant with waiter service. It later closed and was later used as a staff room and truck drivers facility until 1989. In 2001 it was refitted as a training room but that has been since relocated. Currently mothballed it was Grade II listed in 2012. For more detail see Forton Service - a history: Link (Archive Link )