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RoadChef services, M3 between J8 and J9

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Road: M3
Junction: Between J8 and J9
Operator: RoadChef
Location: Hampshire SO21 1PP
Telephone: 01962 791134 (northbound) 01962 791118 (southbound)
Signed from the motorway? Yes
Previous operators: none
Previous names: none
Services type: Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them.

Official website: Visit RoadChef's official website

Fairly new services on the M3.

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Photo taken by Chris Downer, it's used under this Creative Commons licence.

Facilities:

Key: northbound only | southbound only

General: Cash Machine, Pay Phones, BT Openzone
Food/Drink: Costa Coffee, RestBite, Wimpy
Shopping: reStore, Fonebitz
Fuel: Shell (pump types unknown)
Motel: Premier Inn

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The services. Photo taken in 2007 by Darrin Antrobus. It's used under this Creative Commons licence.

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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.

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.

This service area was planned by Swayfields (the owners of Extra), but it was ready before Swayfields had finished putting Extra together, so they sold the site to RoadChef with Swayfields retaining ownership of the petrol station. The latest news is that the services are being sold to Moto.

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. I'm not sure what the outcome was.

It was referred to on Fareham's Wave 105, where it was described as "the one with the funky toilets".

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Survey results:

I am not aware of any surveys which these services have featured in. If you know better, let me know!

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Alternatives:

• Fleet Welcome Break services on the M3, 23 miles to the north.
• Rownhams RoadChef services on the M3, 13 miles to the south.

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