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The guns in both forward turrets on the museum ship {{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}}, moored between [[Tower Bridge]] and [[London Bridge]] some 11.7 miles away in the centre of London, are trained and elevated on the London Gateway Motorway Services Area.<ref>[https://londonist.com/2015/02/why-do-the-guns-of-hms-belfast-point-at-a-motorway-service-station Londonist]</ref> |
The guns in both forward turrets on the museum ship {{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}}, moored between [[Tower Bridge]] and [[London Bridge]] some 11.7 miles away in the centre of London, are trained and elevated on the London Gateway Motorway Services Area.<ref>[https://londonist.com/2015/02/why-do-the-guns-of-hms-belfast-point-at-a-motorway-service-station Londonist]</ref> |
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==Facilities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/locations/london-gateway/|title=Welcome Break - Service Station - London Gateway|website=Welcome Break|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drivingpitstop.com/|title=Driving Pit Stop - Find Highway and Motorway services|website=www.drivingpitstop.com|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref>== |
==Facilities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/locations/london-gateway/|title=Welcome Break - Service Station - London Gateway|website=Welcome Break|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drivingpitstop.com/ |title=Driving Pit Stop - Find Highway and Motorway services |website=www.drivingpitstop.com |access-date=2016-07-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910195005/https://www.drivingpitstop.com/ |archivedate=10 September 2016 |df= }}</ref>== |
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===Hotels=== |
===Hotels=== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/LondonGateway.htm Welcome Break Official Site - London Gateway] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090104214143/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/LondonGateway.htm Welcome Break Official Site - London Gateway] |
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*[http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/london/ Motorway Services Online - London Gateway] |
*[http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/london/ Motorway Services Online - London Gateway] |
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*[http://www.msatrivia.co.uk/london-gateway-services/ Motorway Services Trivia Website - Scratchwood services (now London Gateway)] |
*[http://www.msatrivia.co.uk/london-gateway-services/ Motorway Services Trivia Website - Scratchwood services (now London Gateway)] |
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Revision as of 12:31, 25 May 2017
| London Gateway Services | |
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 The main building | |
  London Gateway Services Location within Greater London | |
| Information | |
| County | Greater London |
| Road | M1 |
| Operator | Welcome Break |
| Previous name(s) | Scratchwood Services |
| Date opened | 1969 |
| Website | Welcome Break |
London Gateway services is the southern-most motorway service station on the M1 motorway, located between Junctions 2 and 4 north of London, England.[1]
It opened in 1969, being run by Forte, and was opened as Scratchwood services. It is built adjacent to the site of the proposed junction 3 of the M1 with a spur to the A1. This link was never built and the intended roundabout junction was not completed, instead being adapted to provide access to the service area. However traffic therefore travels the "wrong way" around the junction, with some sharp turns on the slip roads.
On 6 September 1997, large numbers of people came to the service station to witness the passing of the funeral hearse of Diana, Princess of Wales[2] on its way along the M1 from central London to her burial place in Althorp, Northamptonshire.
A reserved section of current service area is a major long-distance coach service interchange.
The guns in both forward turrets on the museum ship HMS Belfast, moored between Tower Bridge and London Bridge some 11.7 miles away in the centre of London, are trained and elevated on the London Gateway Motorway Services Area.[3]
Facilities[4][5]
Hotels
Restaurants
Fuel
- Shell
- Ecotricity
Shops
References
- ^ "Motorway Services Online".
- ^ "Motorway Services Online".
- ^ Londonist
- ^ "Welcome Break - Service Station - London Gateway". Welcome Break. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Driving Pit Stop - Find Highway and Motorway services". www.drivingpitstop.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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External links
- Welcome Break Official Site - London Gateway
- Motorway Services Online - London Gateway
- Motorway Services Trivia Website - Scratchwood services (now London Gateway)
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