A new prayer room is available for Muslims at the M6 Hilton Park Services.

The new facilities have come about thanks to the hard work of a Preston charity. Directors at Hilton Park services have granted a license to a Preston based charity to occupy a special designated room for prayer purposes equipped with ablution facilities at the Services.

It is the first service station in the UK to offer a prayer room with ablution facilities.

For many years, Muslims were unable to find suitable praying or washing facilities at the UK's service stations. Quite often, Muslims were forced to offer prayer outside the services where they could find a bare patch at the car park or nook behind the buildings.

The local charity trust aims to acquire more locations for prayers at crucial motorway service locations across the UK.

This project intends to alleviate the problems faced by Muslims who have been unable to offer prayer at a convenient and safe place on the UK's Motorway network.