Clacket Lane Services
Opened: 1993 Original owner: RoadChef Current Owner: RoadChef Located between Junction 5 and 6 Trivia: Made to resemble like a ranch. Lies on the edge of the North Downs. One of the largest services areas in Europe – and apparently the busiest MSA in europe. The original application named the services “Titsey Wood” after the forest which surrounds this site. First proposed around 1972. Originally It was hoped that the site would have been built at the Sevenoaks M25/26 junction which was to be a roundabout, but the junction was re-designed leaving no room for a MSA. There was a lot of opposition to building Clacket Lane on scenic grounds, and Surrey council argued that it was not...
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Opened: Original owner: Top Rank Current Owner: Moto Then: Trivia: Came second (best) in a AA survey Appeared in a Gavin And Stacey Christmas special...
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Opened: 16 November 2000 Original owner: Granada/Moto Then: Travelrest/Travelodge 3 February 2003 Current Owner: Welcome Break (2007) Location: J30 Then: Trivia: Whilst provided by Moto, not even Moto’s web site denoted it as a Motorway Service area- rather as a convienience centre for the Business park it is part of. It became quite run down with nothing open but the toilets. Welcome Break in 2007 took over the site and are refurbishing the site. As of July, Burger king and the shop were complete and opened for business Part of a very large (100 acre) business park at Junction 30 Single sided, and offline- you can do a u-turn and go back the other...
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Opened: Original owner: Granada Second Owner: First Current Owner: RoadChef Then: Trivia: Built as part of the 2nd Severn Bridge crossing plan, as the new bridge would divert the traffic away from Aust In a 2001 survey of a selection of Motorway service by the AA – Magor came first. The survey found the following plus points: * Variety and quality of meals at the second test was better than at the first * Signposting and layout inside and outside good * Good wheelchair access to service area * Telephone for disabled people available * Leisure facilities safe * Outside playground with a high fun factor * Pedestrian crossings safe * Blackboard with the day’s petrol prices displayed in the...
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Opened: 1986 Original owner: Current Owner: Welcome Break Then: Trivia: For the first 5 years of its life, Sarn operated out of old army nissen huts Originally the first motorway service area on the M4 after you enter Wales from England- a long distance of 75 miles. Now two other services are en-route (Cardiff West and Magor)....
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