Donington Park Services
Opened: 8 July 1999 Original owner: Granada Current Owner: Moto Trivia: Penultimate new site opened by Granada before the demerger & rebranding to become Moto. When built it was very experimental. Appears to be based on Airport facilities, providing convienience shopping. (UK law prevents MSA’s being anything more than a stop off point- it must not be a place to drive to) The original application names this site as “Long Whatton” The Travelodge is built around the MSA. Neil Turner sent us some picutres and you can see below the Travelodge hotel is built around the main courtyard area with windows overlooking it. Handy if you are an insomniac- you can watch people in the MSA at 3am. Sleep...
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Opened: 1969 as Scratchwood Services Original owner: Forte Renamed: 1999 as London Gateway Current Owner: Welcome Break Location: Between Junction 2 and Junction 4. Trivia: 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...
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