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Features is a slightly warmer name for Misc MSAs, and will eventually contain links to pages on various aspects of motorway services which, quite frankly, would get lost otherwise, such as Kingdom and Irish services. In the meantime, below you can find the same old items below, all of which should be updated soon. Select a section from below:
50 Years of Motorway Services
As Watford Gap approaches its 50th anniversary, we take a look back at what has happened in that time and how the motorway service area has plummeted from being "quite posh" to "grot", and then attempted to pick itself up again.
2009 in Motorway Services
It was the year in which we discovered how our politicians like to treat themselves and swine flu threatened to finish us all off, but what happened to our motorway services in 2009?
2008 in Motorway Services
It was the year in which Britain failed to go in to recession and everyone fell out with the BBC, but what happened to our motorway services in 2008?
Are We Nearly There Yet?
Join us on our hunt for the furthest you can go without passing any services, on a popular route. Are there any plans to solve them?
M6: 50 Years, 15 Services
A timeline of the development of service stations along the M6 motorway, from Rugby to Carlisle.
On the Road
How do you know when you're approaching a service station? Take a look at this simple guide to the signs you'll see and just who looks after them, complete with pictures.
Perry Barr
Meet Perry Barr, the service station that was so new not even the operator was aware of it.
The Rise and Fall of Leicester Forest East
What could be classified as our favourite of all the motorway services is now set to be no more.
The Tragedy of Kingdom
The word tragedy is very rarely associated with motorway services, but in this case it is the only word for it.
Quantity of Facilities
Have you ever wondered how someone works out exactly how many parking spaces and toilets to give a service area? No, neither have I, but just in case this downloadable file allows you to see the formulas and try it yourself.
Why the Prices?
Just why are motorway services so notoriously expensive? Should we be blaming the operator, or is it because the Government stuck their nose in?