Unbuilt Services

There are many service stations which were planned but never built. There are two types of unbuilt service area: the older ones were designed (and usually half-built) by the Department for Transport, who would then bail out if they thought the plan was unnecessary or too unpopular. Since 1992, services are put forward by developers, many of whom repeatedly create plans which are instantly rejected.

It's possible to drive past almost all of these sites without suspecting anything, so this section of the site exists to allow as much information as possible to be collected on various once-planned services, such as where they are, what they would have been like, why they didn't go ahead and what they're like now. They have all been planned in detail at one point or another, it's just that those plans are very hard to track down!

There are a few extra unbuilt services which we know very little about, these can be found on Other Unbuilt Services. The rest of them are listed below, you can click on each link for more information. You can also view this information on a map.

This list is generated automatically using information from each page.

Name:	Location:	Date Planned:	Operator:	Maps:
Abbey Barns	M40 between J3 and J4 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	1970s		Google Maps Get-a-map
Barton	A1(M) around J56 Barton, Richmond, North Yorkshire			Google Maps
Basingstoke	M3 at J7 (also accessible to traffic on the A30 and the A33) Dummer, Basingstoke, Hampshire	1993-1996	Granada	Google Maps Get-a-map
Booker 1 photo	M40 between J4 and J5 Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	1992-1995	Mobil	Google Maps Get-a-map
Catherine-de-Barnes (also known as Solihull) 1 photo	M42 around J4 and J5 Solihull, West Midlands	1980s-2009	Extra, Welcome Break, RoadChef	Google Maps
Chapeltown	M1 between J35 and J36 Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire			Google Maps Get-a-map
Chevening	M25 at J5 (also accessible to traffic on the A21 and the B2211) Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent	1980s		Google Maps Get-a-map
Chigwell	M11 between J4 and J5 Chigwell, Essex	1969-1980		Google Maps Get-a-map
Clifton	M6 between J39 and J40 Clifton, Penrith, Cumbria			Google Maps Get-a-map
Doxey 2 photos	M6 between J14 and J15 Doxey, Stafford, Staffordshire			Google Maps Get-a-map
Droitwich (also known as Newland Common)	M5 between J5 and J6 Newland, Droitwich, Worcestershire	1970s & 1994-1996		Google Maps Get-a-map
Harborough Magna (also known as Stretton-under-Fosse) 1 photo	M6 between J1 and J2 Harborough Magna, Rugby, Warwickshire	1975-1980		Google Maps Get-a-map
Hatfield 8 photos	M18 between J4 and J5 Hatfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire	1975-1990		Google Maps Get-a-map
Havering-atte-Bower	M12 west of M25 Havering-atte-Bower, Romford, Essex	1960s-1980s		Google Maps Get-a-map
Haydock Park	M6 between J22 and J23 Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside			Google Maps Get-a-map
Hedgerley (also known as Mount Hill Farm)	M40 between J1a and J2 Hedgerley, Slough, Berkshire	1998-2005		Google Maps Get-a-map
Hensall	M62 between J34 and J35 Hensall, North Humberside	1975-1980		Google Maps Get-a-map
Hesley	M1 at J35 Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire	1995-2003	RoadChef, Extra	Google Maps Get-a-map
Iver (also known as Elk Meadows)	M25 between J15 and J16 Iver, Buckinghamshire	1982-2000		Google Maps Get-a-map
Kempshott (also known as Hatch Warren) 5 photos	M3 between J6 and J7 Hatch Warren, Basingstoke, Hampshire	1975-1982		Google Maps Get-a-map
Kingswell	M77 at J6 (also accessible to traffic on the A77) Kingswell, East Ayrshire	2006-?		Google Maps Get-a-map
Kirkham 1 photo	M55 between J1 and J3 Wharles, Preston, Lancashire	1995-1999		Google Maps Get-a-map
Leeds	M1 at J45 Swillington, Leeds	1997-2005	Extra	Google Maps Get-a-map
Lewknor	M40 at J6 (also accessible to traffic on the B4009) Postcombe, Thame, Oxfordshire	1994-1996	Extra	Google Maps Get-a-map
Long Whatton 1 photo	M1 between J23 and J23a Long Whatton, Loughborough, Leicestershire			Google Maps Get-a-map
Longbridge	M40 at J15 (also accessible to traffic on the A46, A429 and the B4463) Longbridge, Warwickshire	1985-1987	Esso	Google Maps Get-a-map
Lutterworth	M1 between J19 and J20 Cotesbach, Lutterworth, Leicestershire			Google Maps Get-a-map
Maidenhead	M4 at J8/9 (also accessible to traffic on the A308(M) and the A404(M)) Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire	1996-2005	Granada	Google Maps Get-a-map
Meon Valley (also known as Whiteley) 8 photos	M27 between J8 and J9 Segensworth, Fareham, Hampshire	1976-2003	Esso	Google Maps Get-a-map
Merstham	M23 north of J8 Merstham, Redhill, Surrey			Google Maps
Misterton (also known as Lutterworth) 1 photo	M1 at J20 Misterton, Lutterworth, Leicestershire	1996-2000		Google Maps Get-a-map
Moreton Valence	M5 between J12 and J13 Moreton Valence, Gloucester, Gloucestershire	1975-1980		Google Maps Get-a-map
Perry Barr	M6 between J6 and J7 Perry Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands			Google Maps Get-a-map
Pershore (also known as Defford)	M64 east of the M5 Defford, Worcester	1970-1975		Google Maps
Port Talbot	M4 at J38 Groes, Margam, Neath Port Talbot (also accessible to traffic on the A48)	1999-2003		Google Maps Get-a-map
Pucklechurch 1 photo	M4 between J18 and J19 Pucklechurch, Bristol, Avon	1960s?, 1985-1987	Granada	Google Maps Get-a-map
Rugby	M6 at J1 (also accessible to traffic on the A426) Cosford, Rugby, Warwickshire	2003-2005	Extra	Google Maps Get-a-map
Sprotbrough 4 photos	A1(M) between J36 and J37 Sprotbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire			Google Maps Get-a-map
Staverton 1 photo	M5 between J10 and J11 Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire			Google Maps Get-a-map
Stokenchurch 1 photo	M40 at J5 (also accessible to traffic on the A40) Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire	1992-1996	Shell	Google Maps Get-a-map
Swinford	M1 at J19 (also accessible to traffic on the M6 and the A14) Swinford, Leicestershire	1987-2003	Esso, Texaco	Google Maps Get-a-map
Tetsworth 1 photo	M40 between J6 and J7 Postcombe, Thame, Oxfordshire	1986-1996	Margram	Google Maps Get-a-map
Warren Copse (also known as Great Hazes, Great Wood) 1 photo	M4 between J8/9 and J10 Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire	1972-1986, 1996-2005	Extra	Google Maps Get-a-map
West Kingsdown 1 photo	M20 between J1 and J2 West Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent	1985-1990		Google Maps Get-a-map
Wilcrick	M4 between J23a and J24 Wilcrick, Magor, Caldicot, Gwent			Google Maps Get-a-map
Winwick	M6 at J22 (also accessible to traffic on the A49 and the A579) Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire	1993-2002	Extra	Google Maps Get-a-map
Woolston	M6 at J21 (also accessible to traffic on the A57 and the B5210) Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire	1995-2002	Manchester Shipping Canal Company	Google Maps Get-a-map