Ashington services
A24 at Ashington Junction
(also accessible to traffic on the B2133)
(Limited road signage.)
RH20 3AT
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
A modern forecourt has been added to the A24 Ashington Bypass.
Facilities
Outdoor Space: No grass space; public footpath connections Charging Points: bp pulse 150kW CCS & 100kW CHAdeMO Forecourt: BP, M&S Food, Wild Bean Café, Car Wash, Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Petrol Filling Station
London Road
Ashington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 3AT
- 🌍 Official BP Express/Ashington website
- Foursquare Page
- 📞 Telephone number: 01903 893781
- 📌 what3words: ///fats.excusing.defended
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Trivia and History
The land left for a restaurant now hosts Ashington Automobile Company.
The Ashington Bypass was opened in 1994. The new interchange north of the village opened up a new area for development, and plans for new services were put forward immediately. Many more followed, from large developers and much smaller ones.
In 1998 a proposal was made by Granada, who were most likely hoping this could be their newest branch of Little Chef. Proposals for a restaurant and petrol station continued through the 2000s, with one proposal dated late 2007 from a firm called "Motorway Developments Services Ltd" specifically naming Little Chef as one of their occupiers. The last brand new Little Chef to open was in 2002, and by 2007 it was contracting fast, so it's not clear how keen they actually were to work with this developer.
Planning permission was granted for the site to include a filling station and drive-thru restaurant in 2014. The filling station was eventually built and a BP opened in 2016. The drive-thru restaurant plans were later removed from the plan and this plot of land is now use by a used car dealership.
The highway authority permitted temporary signage to be placed on the main A24 advising passing traffic that a service area is now here. After a few years, permanent direction signs were installed, but still without full advance signage, as appears to be West Sussex's policy for much of this route. As the site isn't visible from the main road or even the link road, receiving some signage would likely have been key to the site's business plan.
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