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The guns of HMS Belfast are said to be trained
on this MSA. HMS Belfast
is permanently moored beside Tower Bridge and is open as a museum.
And its 12.5 miles for a shell to travel from HMS Belfast to MSA.
A one site services, located on the Northbound side but accessible
by southbound traffic by a bridge.
At the site of the non-existent Junction 3. Originally, J3 was to
be a link road between M1 and A1. This was never built. The bridge
was then used for the services- allowing southbound traffic across
the motorway to the services.
Built on a disused railway yard.
A study by University College in London found that the first services
outside a city gained 50% more trade than others. so Fortes went to
town in designing this site, as both an advertisment for other Fortes
services, and also learning by the mistakes of the other sites that
had been developed in the 1960s.
In 2002 opened a 202-bedroom Days Inn hotel costing 10 Million pounds.
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HMS Belfast:
"What do you mean you want to cancel
our free breakfast "arrangement". Especially as my finger
is dangerously near the fire button..." |
recently redeveloped as part of the re-branding and renamed as London
Gateway
The site currently has a 5 Star Loo of
the year Award 2003 along with 33 others in the road transport category.
(find best loos overall)
Still has a Sheerings Coaches interchange
| Scratchwood- as first built. Today you won't see all this beautiful
architecture, its all been covered or replaced. |
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| Its just too good so lets have a closer look. No sharp edges here,
even on the walls. |
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| This part of scratchwood looks a little Spanish in influence. A
world away from the typical boxes of the 1960s. |
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| The Grill Room, in 1969 |
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| Entrance today (2006) |
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Thanks:
Phil Reynolds
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Wish that tower could be used again as a restaurant - couldnt external stairs be added? 07/06/2005 23:27:55
actually rather nice, unlike any other MSA I have been to. 19/05/2006 12:58:06
The split-level arrangement going north is a bit of a pain - when I used a wheelchair the lift was frequently unreliable 24/06/2006 14:14:08
Southbound is best for me! you cant beat costa! 15/09/2006 18:51:51
Southbound Costa Coffee staff must be trained to work at snails pace - and still get orders wrong on the second attempt - quite a skill!!! 19/09/2006 08:31:56
Great services, spectacular views and great service 20/02/2007 15:55:08
surely the comments posted here are incorrect as site is ONLY Northbound-there is no tower and were are the spectacular views 29/10/2008 17:59:35
Is this near the area where Fairport Convention crashed their transit van onto a golf course in May 1969? Anyone remember that or how far it was from here? 18/04/2009 18:10:50
I wish I had a time machine 28/12/2009 15:50:54
the cleanliness of the toilet was not to the required standard.very smelly and no loo roll. 12/02/2010 20:57:12
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