Guide to Ashington services

Location:

A24 at Ashington Junction
(also accessible to traffic on the B2133)

(Limited road signage.)

Postcode:

RH20 3AT

map and directions

Access/Layout:

Single site located at a junction.


A relatively new addition to the A24, signed from the Ashington bypass.

Facilities

Outdoor Space: No grass space; public footpath connections Charging Points: bp pulse 150kW CCS & 100kW CHAdeMO Forecourt: BP, M&S Simply 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


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 plans and this plot of land is now use by a used car dealership.

Highways England 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 there still isn't any official advance signage, calling into question exactly what their problem is.

Alternatives

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