M27 Rownhams Services
Opened:1977 Original owner: Roadchef Current Owner: Roadchef Location: Between J3 and J4 Then: Trivia: Designed to be single story, and similar to a moon colony (later refurbishment has hidden this) there was at one time a plan to grass the roof to make it more invisible from the road- the aim with this msa was minimal distrubance of the natural area. Rownhams is not in the New Forest, but this is where the new forest feel starts (assuming you are heading West!) Is the only “proper” MSA on the South Coast Another services was planned for J9 but was never built Used to have an internal atrium -removed roughly 2001 to put in place a new coffee shop at the foot...
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