GRIDSERVE Electric Highway
Roadchef Watford Gap Northbound Services
Long Buckby, NN6 7UZ
350 kW Rapid DC
Roadchef Watford Gap Northbound Services is a GRIDSERVE Electric Highway charging site in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, with 7 charge points and a top speed of 350 kW. Plug straight in. Rapid DC charging (CCS2 or Tesla connector). The nearest Tesla Supercharger is Tesla Supercharger Crick, 3.5 miles away. A 10 to 80% charge on a Long Range Model 3 or Model Y takes roughly 25 minutes here, depending on battery temperature, the car's own limit and whether stalls share power.
- Address
- M1 Motorway Northbound, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, NN6 7UZ
- Coordinates
- 52.30666, -1.12305
- How to charge
- Plug straight in. Rapid DC charging (CCS2 or Tesla connector).
- Access
- Public - Pay At Location
- Status
- Operational
- Cost
- DC: £0.79/kWh
- Phone
- 0330 808 8121
Phone is the support line for the charging network.
Send it to your phone, sat-nav or Tesla
- Any map app (Android)
- Google Maps pin
- Apple Maps pin
- what3words square
- Bing Maps
- OpenStreetMap
- GPX (sat-nav)
- KML (Google Earth, My Maps)
Send to your Tesla: open the Google Maps or Apple Maps pin on your phone, tap Share and choose the Tesla app; the car picks it up as its next destination. The what3words link gives the exact 3-metre square, handy for meeting someone at the right bay or telling a breakdown service where you are.
Connectors
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| CCS2 rapid | 7 |
| Type 2 socket | 1 |
Fastest DC: 350 kW. Fastest AC: 22 kW. 9 connectors in total. Listed as: 1x CCS (Type 2) 60kW; 1x CHAdeMO 60kW; 1x Type 2 (Socket Only) 22kW; 6x CCS (Type 2) 350kW.
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3 closest chargers to Roadchef Watford Gap Northbound Services
If this charger is busy or out of action, these are the nearest alternatives.
- Roadchef Watford Gap Southbound Services0.1 miles north-east · GRIDSERVE Electric Highway
- Address
- M1 Motorway Southbound, Long Buckby, NN6 7UZ
- How a Tesla charges
- Rapid DC · 15× CCS2, 2× Type 2 socket
- Access
- Public - Pay At Location
- Cost
- DC: £0.79/kWh,AC: £0.49/kWh
- Phone
- 0330 808 8121
- Holiday Inn Rugby-Northampton3.3 miles north · bp pulse
- Address
- Holiday Inn Rugby-Northampton, Long Buckby, NN6 7XR
- How a Tesla charges
- Rapid DC · 1× CCS2, 1× Type 2 tethered
- Access
- Public - Membership Required
- Cost
- £0.79/kWh; other tariffs available
- Phone
- 01582 400331
- Website
- bppulse.co.uk
- Tesla Supercharger Crick3.5 miles north-west · Tesla Supercharger
- Address
- 11 Danes Way, Northampton, NN6 7EX
- How a Tesla charges
- Rapid DC
- Access
- Public
- Cost
- Pay via Tesla app
- Phone
- 01628 450 660
- Website
- tesla.com/en_gb/supercharger
More chargers nearby
- Ibis Hotel RugbyA5, Crick, NN6 7EXAC, bring a cable, bp pulse3.5 miles
- Lodge RoadLodge Road, Daventry, NN4 6LNAC, bring a cable, bp pulse3.5 miles
- Lodge Road Car ParkLodge Road, Daventry, NN11 4FPAC, bring a cable, bp pulse3.6 miles
- McDonald's Vicar Lane DaventryVicar Lane, Southbrook, Daventry, NN11 4GDRapid DC, InstaVolt3.6 miles
- Volvo Training and Development CentreProspect Way, Daventry, NN11 8QNAC, bring a cable, Pod Point3.7 miles
Nearest Tesla Superchargers
Charger fault or car fault?
If a charge won't start, try another connector, then restart the session in the operator's app or call 0330 808 8121. If your Tesla fails at more than one charger, charges far slower than usual everywhere, or shows a charging alert, the car may need looking at. The nearest Tesla Service Centre is Tesla Service Northampton, about 13 miles away. For independent servicing, tyres and bodywork, find a Tesla specialist on TeslaService.co.uk.
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