Medway

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Medway
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Road:	M2 between J4 and J5
Address:	Moto Services Medway Pavilion Farthing Corner Motorway Services Area M2 Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 8PQ
Telephone number:	01634 236900
Signposted from the road?	As Costa/Burger King
Opened:	1963
Previous operators:	Rank, Pavilion, Granada
Previous names:	Farthing Corner
Grid reference:	TQ817634
Services type:	Single site built upon the motorway.
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The only 'proper' services on the M2/A2 route, Medway is very old and consists of one building built across the road. The services are quite quiet as new routes such as the M20 and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link have meant that the M2 is no longer as important as it used to be.

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Facilities

General: Children's Play Area, Picnic Tables, Showers, Wi-Fi
Restaurants: Burger King, Costa Coffee
Shops: WH Smith
Fuel: BP with pumps for Unleaded, Ultimate Unleaded, Diesel, Ultimate Diesel, LPG and AdBlue
Motel: Travelodge^{[book rooms]}

Parking Prices

First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £8 and HGVs £18, or £20 to include a £7.50 food voucher.

Prices can be paid through the phone, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by CP Plus.

Trivia

Medway is the most eastern motorway service area and it has a works depot located on the westbound sliproad back on to the motorway. The poor road markings mean that it is easy to go wrong here and, instead of rejoining the M2, end up passing through the secret exit (which is in this case ungated) and end up in Rainham.

One unusual thing about the services is that they haven't been expanded very much, if at all, since they opened nearly 50 years ago. They, especially the way the exit from the lorry park runs right in front of the main entrance, give a very good impression as to what the likes of Keele looked like when they were originally built.

On the 3rd December the M2 through the services was closed and diverted through the car park following a broken window on the bridge caused by storm damage.

The bridge between the two services wasn't originally connected to the rest of the building. Although it contained picnic tables it was surrounded by glass panelling, much like a traditional motorway bridge.

Survey Results

In 2006 the services won a four star loo award.

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Author: Message: lukesroomnet I visited this site last week, and just to let you know that there is no longer an Upper Crust there (that was replaced by the Costa Coffee). The old Little Chef is now an empty outlet. Posted: 22 Dec 2008, 11:20 Alan Originally called "Farthing Corner" Posted: 09 Nov 2008, 17:58 a900lbgorilla please try not to use it half of the amenities are never opened and the little chef restaurant is now permanently closed the burger king is rarely open and the only thing that is open is the shop, use for a loo stop only nothing else!!! I'm fairly local to these services I will only use these services in an emergency it should be closed as most of it already is! Posted: 28 Aug 2008, 01:19 Admin Post your comments and reviews for Medway here, or you can return to Medway. Posted: 08 Jan 2006, 11:14
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