page_title: Norton Canes services
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Norton Canes services / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Norton Canes Services: a pleasing interior. Motorway services are like airports: they are designed to encourage travellers to be on their way as soon as possible; they don't want people to linger and relax. But Norton Canes is more attractive than most, the high, arching ceiling and glazed walls making it the lightest, cleanest looking services I've visited. Compare Watford Gap and Michael Wood!
context_page_description: Norton Canes Services is a Motorway Service Station on the M6 Toll, in the village of Norton Canes near the towns of Brownhills, Cannock, and Walsall, in Staffordshire, England. It is operated by Roadchef, which has a 25-year lease on the site. The company also uses the site as its head office.
context_section_description: Opened on 9 March 2004, the 68-acre (28 ha) site the site was announced as featuring table service in the restaurant during the evening and free screen washes in the petrol station during quiet periods. It has been described as having "the look of a Scandinavian airport lounge". At opening, the service area produced 200 jobs for the local area.
  The 2019 Motorway Services User Survey found that Norton Canes had the highest customer satisfaction of motorway services in the UK.
caption: The interior in 2009
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