Welcome Break has confirmed the opening date of a £40m service station near Sheffield after it was delayed by ice and snow.

The company said Welcome Break Rotherham will open on Friday, January 17.

It was due to open on Friday, January 10 but the launch was cancelled the day before due to extreme weather.

The huge site is at the end of Sheffield Parkway at Junction 33 of the M1.

The Rotherham side of the Welcome Break has a huge lorry park and petrol station. It is accessed off the A630 Rotherway near the Junction 33 roundabout. | NW

placeholder image — The Rotherham side of the Welcome Break has a huge lorry park and petrol station. It is accessed off the A630 Rotherway near the Junction 33 roundabout. | NW

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Facilities for lorry drivers are on the Rotherham side. The Sheffield facilities are on a tight plot hemmed in by the M1 and the Parkway. They include a Starbucks drive-thru, KFC, Burger King, Pret-a-Manger, Waitrose, Chopstix and WHSmith.

Vehicles will enter off the A630 Rotherway on the Rotherham side and exit on to the Parkway just before the J33 Catcliffe roundabout, which has been widened to three lanes.

Some 230 jobs have been created, Welcome Break says. It will be its 60th site in the UK.