Links:
Other sites you may enjoy:
Motorway Service areas:
Forton Services: A detailed site about Forton and the
Pennine Tower
The
Pennine Tower at Forton Services
The Service area operators sites:
Westmorland / RoadChef / Moto / Welcome Break / Extra
Traffic Information:
National Highways - UK Government site with traffic information and flow maps.
https://www.frixo.com/ - A newer site with traffic information specific to motorways
Roads:
SABRE - Society
for all British Road enthusiasts.
Pathetic Motorways
- Information on motorways that maybe shouldn't be motorways
Always
A Welcome - Not a web site - a book about Motorways Service Stations
- highly recommended, lots of photographs and information, with an architectual
slant.
Destination
Nowhere - Again another book. The writer stayed at South Mimms for
a week and wrote about life that passed by there, creating contemporary
diary of life in an MSA.
Motorway Archive - History
of the Motorway infrastructure
UK Roads Portal - A good source of links and
information about roads and road history
About Driving Abroad - <<-what it says on the tin
really! Lots of advice and tips on various topics.
Other Curiosity sites:
Like to stay
- Maybe your best memories of motorways were when you were going on holiday.
This site covers many holiday destinations with a fantastic collection
of postcards and memorabilia
DefunctParks: Disused amusement
parks in the USA