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Winchester
From Motorway Services Online
| Winchester | |
| Moto | |
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| Road: | M3 between J8 and J9 |
| Address: | Moto Services Shroner Wood Winchester Hampshire SO21 1PP |
| Telephone number: | 01962 791140 |
| Signposted from the road? | As Costa/Burger King |
| Opened: | 2001 |
| Previous operators: | RoadChef |
| Grid reference: | SU522359 (northbound) SU522355 (southbound) |
| Services type: | Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them. |
| Visit Winchester Northbound/Moto's official website Visit Winchester Southbound/Moto's official website | |
Fairly new services on the M3, recently sold to Moto.
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Facilities
General: Showers, Meeting Room (southbound only), Wi-Fi
Restaurants: Eat & Drink Co., Burger King, Costa Coffee, Krispy Kreme
Shops: WH Smith, Fonebitz (southbound only)
Fuel: Shell (pumps include LPG)
Motel: Premier Inn[book rooms] (southbound only)
Parking Prices
First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £10 and HGVs £16, or £18 to include a £10 food voucher.
Prices can be paid through the phone, with instructions in each car park. They are strictly enforced by CP Plus.
Trivia
Winchester's location has been slated because not only is it quite a way from the city of Winchester, but it's located between where a substantial amount of traffic leaves for the A303 at J8 and a substantial amount of traffic joins from the A34 at J9. Several services had previously been considered around J7, but these were ruled out as the junctions here are close together and busy, so Winchester was seen as a better site.
Uniquely, the services only have one secret exit: in other words, authorised traffic can access the southbound services via Chillandham Lane, whereas northbound visitors have to use the M3.
The services were built in a join partnership between Swayfields and RoadChef and the opening was delayed for several years, finally happening in 2001. On the 19th November 2008 RoadChef sold their part (everything except the petrol station) to Moto for £9.5 million as they were looking to channel more money into their existing sites, and until now Moto didn't have a service area in this area. The services still use RoadChef's style of road signs, showing that Moto aren't going to be spending money where it isn't needed.
In June 2007 staff at the services were threatening to strike after RoadChef said they would withdraw their coach service from Southampton and Winchester provided specifically for staff at the services who couldn't/didn't want to drive. It's not clear what the outcome was.
When they owned the services, RoadChef described the services as "attractive". Mm.
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Alternatives
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| Fleet (23 miles) | Services on the M3 |
none on M3 Rownhams (M27 west, 13 miles) Farlington (A27, 33 miles) |
| none nearby | Moto services | none |
Comments and Reviews
With thanks to the user 'grizzle' for the information used on this page.
