# Forton Services and the Pennine Tower: The Space-Age Beacon of the M6

- Published: 2026-08-23
- Topic: Architecture Stories
- Source: Architectural Icons Stories by Securex

For anyone who has ever driven the long, northward stretch of the M6 through Lancashire, the horizon delivers a sudden, glorious jolt just past junction 32. Rising like a concrete spacecraft stranded next to the tarmac, the Pennine Tower at Forton Services is an absolute legend of British transport design - a bold, hex

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