Wisley services
A3 between Kingston-upon-Thames and Guildford
Signposted from the road.
GU23 6PT
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Two sites staggered between junctions, with no public connection between them.
A pair of coffee shops near the M25. The southbound side has a long exit road which is used to park HGVs.
Facilities
Catering: Starbucks Forecourt: BP, M&S Simply Food, Wild Bean Café, AdBlue Containers, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. Short stay HGV parking is available on the southbound side after exiting the services, along the slip road.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Ripley By Pass
Ripley
Woking
Surrey
GU23 6PT
- 🗺 Grid reference: TQ054559
🌍 Operators (Official Websites):
Trivia and History
The refurbished Little Chef.
The service area here was an example of Happy Eater stepping up a gear with their business.
Happy Eater opened their first branch on what is now the old A3 in Send in 1974, which they called 'Ripley'. The Wisley Bypass opened in 1976 and would have seen passing trade drop, but Happy Eater appeared to be content with that. This contentment only lasted for a few more years until they decided in 1983 to move the Ripley branch to the new A3, where a dual-sided] service area was built with Happy Eaters in both sides. By now many other Happy Eaters had opened, and it was clear they wanted to focus on major roads and keep all their buildings in the same style.
One of these two new Happy Eaters was the 50th to open at the time. To celebrate this and the investment, Princess Michael of Kent was invited to a promotion event in the restaurant in March 1985.
These restaurants were converted to Little Chefs, which gained Burger Kings in 1996.
The northbound restaurantHistory was the first to close in 2007, later becoming a Starbucks store. The southbound Little ChefHistory received a thorough refurbishment as part of Wonderfully British, where it gained a Good To Go. It closed in summer 2017 and was converted by Euro Garages to a Starbucks.
The filling stations were redeveloped by BP in the late 1990s. The northbound forecourt sales shop is due to be demolished and replaced by a new two-storey sales building with upstairs seating for Wild Bean Café customers.
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