{{Short description|Motorway service station in Somerset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox Motorway Services |image=Gordano Services off the M5 - geograph.org.uk - 1386778.jpg |name=Gordano Services |road=M5, A369 |county=Somerset |operator=Welcome Break |dateopened = 1973{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} |website = {{URL|https://welcomebreak.co.uk/locations/gordano/}} |location_map = Somerset |coordinates = {{coord|51.4766|-2.7072|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
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'''Gordano services''' ({{IPAc-en|ɡ|ɔr|ˈ|d|eɪ|n|oʊ}} {{respell|gor|DAY|noh}}) is a motorway service station located at junction 19 of the M5 motorway at the southern end of the Avonmouth Bridge, west of Bristol, England, and close to Portishead. It is owned by Welcome Break and offers KFC, Subway and Burger King food outlets, Waitrose, WH Smith, Starbucks, toilets and shower facilities. New to Gordano services from February 2013 was the opening of another Fonebitz shop offering mobile charging leads, satnavs and ancillaries associated with motorway or general driving.
The services are located off the actual junction; as such, there is only one station rather than a twin complex across the carriageway. The services lie on the Bristol side of the motorway (to the east). The grounds offer views to the Severn Bridge.
The name Gordano comes from Old English and is descriptive of the triangular shape of the whole valley from Clevedon to Portishead,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/wdp/home/southglos/Undefined-Headline/article-1354894-detail/article.html|title=Footsteps into History - Clapton in Gordano|date=22 September 2009|publisher=Western Daily Press|access-date=18 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322232617/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/wdp/home/southglos/Undefined-Headline/article-1354894-detail/article.html|archive-date=22 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> being the ablative singular of the Latinised form of ''Gorden'' meaning ''muddy valley''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cameron|first=Kenneth|author-link=Kenneth Cameron (academic)|title=English Place-Names|publisher=B.T. Batsford Ltd|location=London|year=1988|pages=98|isbn=978-0-7134-5698-1}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://welcomebreak.co.uk/locations/gordano/}}
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Category:M5 motorway service stations Category:Welcome Break motorway service stations Category:Transport in Somerset Category:Buildings and structures in North Somerset