If you live on Gloucester’s north side, in Longlevens, Innsworth, Churchdown or Twigworth, you’ve already built your week around missing the city centre: the one-way system, the parking hunt, the traffic lights that back up on a busy afternoon. That instinct is sound, and it’s the one this page is built to respect. So when a storage site outside Gloucester calls itself “convenient,” it’s fair to want the actual route, not the word. We’d rather show you that than promise you a number we haven’t checked.
In a hurry? Pick your situation.
Coming from Longlevens, Innsworth or north Gloucester: join the M5 northbound to Junction 9, come off, and you’re there without touching Gloucester’s centre. Already driving the M5 corridor daily: it’s one exit, no detour. Just need the address and hours: jump straight to the access section below, or go to the quote page.
Which junction do you actually want?
M5 Junction 9, at Ashchurch, is the one you want: it’s where the motorway meets the A46 towards Evesham and the A438 towards Tewkesbury. If you’re coming from Gloucester’s north side, keep this junction in mind, not any of the exits that take you into Gloucester itself.
M5 Junction 9 and the A46/A438 split
Junction 9 is the Ashchurch interchange. Come off here and the A46 carries you straight past the site; the A438 is the road into Tewkesbury proper. You don’t need the A438 to reach us, which is part of the point.
The facility sits right at the junction, not down a maze of estate roads
Wigwam Self Storage Tewkesbury is immediately off the A46 at Junction 9, at Ashchurch Business Centre, opposite Dobbies Garden Centre. You’re not hunting through an industrial estate to find it: it’s the first useful turn once you’re off the motorway.
The landmark that makes it easy to find first time
Dobbies Garden Centre is the marker. See it, and you’re at the right junction with the site directly opposite. It’s the kind of landmark you can picture before you’ve ever driven the route, which matters more than it sounds on a first visit.
The actual route from Gloucester’s north side
Here’s the route, plainly, so you can picture it before you drive it.
Step by step: from your side of Gloucester to the unit
From Longlevens, Innsworth, Churchdown or Twigworth, join the M5 northbound and head for Junction 9. Come off the motorway onto the A46. Wigwam is right there, opposite Dobbies. You never turn towards Tewkesbury town centre, and you never drive into Gloucester at any point in the journey.
Why this avoids Gloucester city centre entirely
The M5 corridor bypasses central Gloucester by design. Once you’re on the motorway heading north, the city’s one-way system, its parking search and its traffic lights simply aren’t part of your journey. The route is built around avoiding exactly the thing you already avoid.
| Leg | Distance | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Gloucester’s north side to M5 Junction 9 | Roughly 8 to 10 miles, estimated from a Longlevens starting point | Worth checking against a live route planner from your own postcode before you set off |
| M5 Junction 9 to Wigwam Tewkesbury | Under a mile and a half, effectively at the junction | Confirmed |
| Whole route, door to door | Not something we’ll put a single “proven” minute figure on here | See below for why |
If you’d like to see the unit and check availability before you commit to anything, check availability for your Tewkesbury unit.
Be honest about the time, not just the miles
A minutes figure we haven’t checked ourselves isn’t one we’re going to hand you, so here are the miles instead, which we can stand behind.
What we can prove vs. what needs a fresh check
The distances above are solid: the site sits at the junction, and Gloucester’s north side is a short, largely motorway run away. The exact door-to-door minutes depend on where you start and when you travel, so treat it as a short run up the M5, comfortably under half an hour for most north-Gloucester starting points, rather than a single number stamped on a page. As the table above shows, the short leg at our end is fixed; the longer leg is yours to check on the day.
Getting in and out: access, hours, and what’s actually stored here
Access at Tewkesbury is 6am to 10pm, every day, through smart entry. There’s no reception desk to time your visit around and no one to let you in outside those hours, because the site is unmanned like every Wigwam location.
Access hours that fit a normal day, not a claim of round-the-clock access
Sixteen hours a day covers early starts and late finishes for most households and small businesses. It isn’t round the clock, and we’re not going to describe it as such: plan around the real hours rather than one you assumed we offered.
What’s not stored here
This is a self-storage site for household and business goods. There’s no vehicle, motorcycle or caravan storage here, and no container storage at Tewkesbury either; if a container is what you need, that’s offered only at our Shipston-on-Stour, Chipping Norton and Warminster sites.
What “clean, dry and secure” actually means here
Dry and secure, not climate-controlled
Your things are kept clean, dry and secure. That’s a different claim from climate control, and the two shouldn’t get blurred together. If what you’re storing needs a controlled temperature or humidity, this isn’t the right unit for it, and better you know that before you book than after.
A deposit, and what happens to it
The deposit and the notice period, in plain terms
A deposit is required when you take a unit. It isn’t waived, and it never gets described that way here. Separately, when you’re ready to leave, there’s a 14-day notice period; once that notice has run and the unit’s been checked, your deposit is returned, along with any unused days you’ve already paid for. Those are two different steps, not one, so treat them as such, and check the live terms page for the exact figures that apply to your booking.
If you need advice, ask the right person
What the support team can and can’t help with
Our team can help you choose a unit size, check availability, sort out access and handle your booking and invoicing. Discussing your business plans, or giving legal or insurance advice, sits outside that: for those, a solicitor or your insurer is the right person to ask, and we’d rather point you there than guess. If the route and the unit look right for you, that’s the whole decision: check availability for your Tewkesbury unit, no obligation to commit until you’re ready.
Frequently Asked Questions
Junction 9, where the M5 meets the A46 and A438 at Ashchurch. Come off here for Wigwam Self Storage Tewkesbury.
No. The site sits right at the junction, on the A46, before you’d reach either town centre.
6am to 10pm, every day, through smart entry. The site is unmanned, so plan your visit within those hours.
No. Tewkesbury is a household and business units site. Container storage is available only at Shipston-on-Stour, Chipping Norton and Warminster.
No. Units are clean, dry and secure, but that isn’t the same as climate control, and we won’t describe it that way.
