Business group Logistics UK is shining the spotlight on exceptional roadside facilities as it launches the search for Best Truck Stop of the Year 2026, inviting drivers to nominate the truck stops that consistently go the extra mile.
The initiative forms part of Logistics UK’s wider activity highlighting the need to raise standards of logistics facilities across the UK’s roadside network, recognising the vital role high quality rest areas play for the nation’s professional drivers.
Logistics UK’s search begins today (11 March), and drivers can highlight the truck stops that meet and exceed expectations by delivering the practical details including security, parking surface conditions, lighting, food availability and value for money, that determine the overall experience at a stop.
Maddi Solloway-Price, Head of Road Freight & English Regions Policy at Logistics UK said: “The UK’s logistics workforce is the backbone of the economy yet despite the industry’s size and importance, there is a chronic shortage of safe and secure overnight parking. Our campaign to find the Best Truck Stop of the Year 2026 will celebrate the fantastic truck stops that already exist and highlight the critical function they fulfil to ensure the smooth movement of goods around the country.”
With the winner announced in July, the Best Truck Stop of the Year 2026 will be selected by a panel of independent senior logistics specialists: Sue Alty, Founder, My Truck Stop; Chris Holloway, Founder, Motorway Buddy and Maddi Solloway-Price, Head of Road Freight & English Regions Policy, Logistics UK.
The winning truck stop will secure a prestigious trophy, a high profile feature in Logistics UK’s publication Logistics Magazine and a bespoke PR package promoting its achievement through trade press, regional media and Logistics UK’s social channels.
Sue Alty, Co-Founder of My Truck Stop commented, “Drivers notice everything about a truck stop, from the parking and food to the showers and overall equipment. That’s why improving facilities and recognising the sites that are doing things well really matters. When a truck stop gets it right, drivers are the first to notice. I’m delighted to be part of the judging panel and to help shine a light on the truck stops that genuinely deserve recognition.”
Motorway Buddy Founder Chris Holloway said, “In this day and age it is unacceptable that there is insufficient safe and secure parking for HGV drivers. It is great to be on the judging panel and help highlight this critical area and recognise the truck stops that are providing an invaluable service to the logistics sector.”
Logistics UK is encouraging drivers to make nominations and every person who submits a nomination will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win an IROAD Dash Cam FX2 PRO, supplied by Parksafe Group.
The search for the Best Truck Stop of the Year is now on, and nominations remain open until 31 May. Nominations can be made here: https://logistics.org.uk/media/best-truck-stop-of-the-year
Logistics UK is one of the UK’s biggest business groups, representing logistics businesses which are vital to keeping the UK trading, and more than seven million people directly employed in the making, selling and moving of goods. With decarbonisation, new technology and other disruptive forces driving change in the way goods move across borders and through the supply chain, logistics has never been more important to UK plc. Logistics UK supports, shapes and stands up for safe and efficient logistics, and is the only business group which represents the whole industry, with members from the road, rail, water and air industries, as well as the buyers of freight services such as retailers and manufacturers whose businesses depend on the efficient movement of goods. For more information about the organisation and its work, please visit logistics.org.uk
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