Find sites where HGV and coach drivers can get free COVID-19 tests and check their documents to transport goods to the EU.
Applies to: Wales, England, and Scotland
At the Department for Transport’s haulier advice sites, drivers and crew of HGVs, LGVs, coaches and vans can:
- take a free coronavirus (COVID-19) test
- find out about the rules and documents needed to move goods between the UK and EU by getting a border readiness check
COVID-19 testing
Hauliers need proof of a negative COVID-19 test to enter some countries.
Hauliers who enter England from abroad need to take tests if they are in England for longer than 2 days.
Find your nearest haulier advice site
Haulier advice sites are at motorway service stations and truck stops. Most haulier advice sites are open between 6am and 9:30pm, 7 days a week.
Map of haulier advice sites with free COVID-19 testing
| Site | COVID-19 testing hours |
|---|---|
| Baldock Services | 24 hours (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Barton Park | 6am to 10pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Beaconsfield | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Birchanger Green | 24 hours |
| Burtonwood (Merseyside) | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Cambridge Services | 24 hours (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Carlisle Stobart Truck Stop | 4am to 9.30pm |
| Charnock Richard Services northbound | No testing |
| Cherwell Valley | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Clacket Lane eastbound | 24 hours |
| Cobham Services | 24 hours |
| Cornwall Services | 6am to 10pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Cullompton | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Doncaster North | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Donington Park | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Essex Arena | 24 hours (COVID-19 testing only) Closes for testing - 5am Saturday 29 May Re-opens for testing - 8am Monday 31 May |
| Ferrybridge Services | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Fleet southbound | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Hartshead Moor (Huddersfield) | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Heywood Distribution Truck Stop | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Holyhead | No testing |
| Hopwood Park | 4am to 9.30pm |
| Leicester Forest East northbound | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Leicester Forest East southbound | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Lockerbie Truck Stop | No testing |
| Membury eastbound | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Michaelwood South | 6am to 10pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Orwell Crossing Truck Stop | 4am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Pease Pottage | 5am to 9pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Peterborough | 4am to 9.30pm (Busy – you may experience delays) |
| Reading Eastbound | 24 hours |
| Rothwell Truck Stop | 6am to 9.30pm (Busy – you may experience delays) |
| Rownhams northbound | 24 hours |
| Rugby Stobart Truck Stop | 24 hours (Busy – you may experience delays) |
| Sandbach northbound | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Sandbach southbound | 6am to 9.30pm |
| South Mimms | 24 hours |
| Stafford northbound | No testing |
| Strensham southbound | No testing |
| Sutton Scotney southbound | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Tamworth Services | 6am to 9.30pm |
| The Stockyard Truckstop Rotherham | 6am to 9.30pm, Monday to Friday (7am to 11am and 4pm to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday) (COVID-19 testing only) |
| Thurrock Services | Open for testing from 5am, Saturday 29 May Closes for testing from 8am, Monday 31 May |
| Truckhaven (Carnforth) | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Wetherby Services | 6am to 9.30pm |
| Woodall northbound | 6am to 9.30pm (COVID-19 testing only) |
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From: Department for Transport
Published 4 November 2020
Last updated 23 May 2021
The haulier advice and information site at Watford Gap southbound has closed.
The haulier advice and information site at Watford Gap southbound will close at 10pm on 23 May 2021.
Michaelwood South is open for COVID-19 testing only from 6am until 10pm.
The following haulier advice and information sites have closed: Formula Services, Junction 38 Penrith, Strensham Northbound, Sutton Scotney Northbound and Watford Gap Northbound. The following haulier advice and information sites now offer COVID-19 testing only: Beaconsfield, Cullompton, Fleet Southbound, Hartshead Moor, Heywood Distribution Truck Stop, Leicester Forest East Northbound, Orwell Crossing Truck Stop, Sandbach Northbound, Sutton Scotney Southbound, The Stockyard Truck Stop Rotherham and Woodall Northbound
Barton Park and Cornwall Services are open for COVID-19 testing only from 6am until 10pm.
Leicester Forest East northbound has reopened.
Leicester Forest East northbound is closed until 9am on 23 April 2021.
Leicester Forest East northbound is closed until 6pm on 22 April.
You no longer need a Kent Access Permit (KAP) to enter Kent.
The haulier advice site at the Holyhead Truck Stop has closed. It will reopen further along Parc Cybi Road at an HMRC facility on 13 April 2021 at 2pm. COVID-19 testing will not be available at the site.
Cannock Roadking, Markham Moor and Pont Abraham sites are now closed.
COVID-19 testing is no longer offered at Thurrock Services.
Essex Arena is open for 24-hour COVID-19 testing only.
Pease Pottage is open from 5am until 9pm for COVID-19 testing only.
COVID-19 testing no longer available at Charnock Richard Services Northbound, Junction 38 Services, Stafford Northbound, Strensham Northbound, Strensham Southbound and Sutton Scotney Northbound.
Cobham Services is open for 24-hour COVID-19 testing.
Baldock Services is open for 24-hour COVID-19 testing only.
Birchanger Green is open for 24-hour COVID-19 testing.
Hauliers now need a negative COVID-19 test result before travelling to Germany, as well as France, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Added translation
Added warning to expect delays at busiest information and advice sites.
South Mimms has been opened for 24 hour testing.
Changed closing time for haulier COVID-19 testing sites to 9.30pm; this is because it takes half an hour for tests to be processed.
Cullompton, Sandbach northbound and Ferrybridge services added to list of haulier advice sites that offer COVID testing.
Orwell Crossing Truck Stop hours updated to begin at 4am.
Hauliers need a negative COVID-19 test result before travelling to France, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Clacket Lane eastbound and Orwell Crossing Truck Stop are now offering COVID testing.
Added translation
Added translations.
Strensham Southbound, Stafford Northbound and Strensham Northbound sites are now offering COVID testing.
7 more haulier advice and information sites are now offering COVID testing: Charnock Richard Services northbound, Truck Haven (Carnforth), the Stockyard Truckstop Rotherham, Woodall northbound, Leicester Forest East northbound, Beaconsfield and Sutton Scotney northbound.
Rownhams northbound is offering COVID-19 testing from 6am until 10pm.
Eight new haulier advice sites are now offering testing: Heywood Distribution Truck Stop, Thurrock Services, Hartshead Moor (Huddersfield), Formula Services (Ellesmere Port), Sandbach Southbound, Cherwell Valley, Membury Eastbound and Junction 38 Services.
Added Junction 38 Services advice and information site.
5 more advice sites are now offering COVID-19 testing: Burtonwood, Fleet southbound, Hopwood Park, Leicester Forest East southbound and Rothwell Truck Stop.
Sites where HGV drivers can get a free COVID test before travelling to France.
Added details of new haulier advice sites.
39 more haulier information and advice sites open at service and truck stops.
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