Buckbarn services
A24 at A272 Buckbarn Crossroads
Signposted from the road? Northbound only
RH13 8LW
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Single site located at a junction.
The busy Buckbarn Crossroads has an unusual combination of a filling station shop that is also a McDonald's drive thru.
Facilities
Catering: McDonald's Drive Thru Outdoor Space: No grass space Forecourt: Texaco, ASDA Express, Costa Express, Rollover, Car Wash, Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Parking and use of the forecourt is limited to 20 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced by Horizon Parking whilst parking within the McDonald's car park is limited to 90 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced by MET Parking.
No HGV parking is available.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
š¢ Address:
Worthing Road
West Grinstead
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 8LW
Trivia and History
The site is positioned on the site of Buck Barn Farm, which later became an engineering works. It was in the corner of an important crossroads, and was developed by Margram to become a service area in the early 1970s. The original line of the crossroads is now part of the McDonald's car park, which was initially proposed to become a 60-seater Little Chef restaurant in 1974.
The filling station was previously branded Total. They planned to redevelop the site to include a restaurant and a hotel in 1991, but that plan was later withdrawn.
Petromar redeveloped the site in 2001. They demolished the former Total filling station and building a new one, now branded BP, with an attached Somerfield store. The new sales building included the inter-connected McDonald's Drive Thru restaurant. The external layout is also unusual: it has a standard direct access from the A24 northbound, for which it is a service area, but it also has an entry from the A272 which wraps around the back of the site.
The forecourt was rebranded to Texaco in 2009, with the store rebranding to Co-op Food in 2010 after Somerfield was acquired by The Co-operative Group. The filling station later passed to Asda, following their acquisition of the Co-op filling stations, rebranding to Asda Express on 26 January 2024.
Developers announced in 2024 that they intend to demolish the facilities, replacing them with a separate forecourt and McDonald's. They say that this setup, with a new road layout built around a new roundabout, would allow them to double the size of the car park, addressing local concerns about congestion and road safety. They also revealed that around 40% of visitors are customers of the forecourt, and 50% are customers of McDonald's.
Over time, the Buck Barn Crossroads has been shortened to one word. A sign on the refurbished Co-op faƧade now welcomes customers to 'Buckbarn', although McDonald's still spell it as Buck Barn.
Alternatives
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| Hop Oast (southbound, 4 miles) Horsham (5 miles) Pease Pottage (A264, 14 miles) Cobham (M25 west, 29 miles) | Services on the A24 | Ashington (5 miles) |
| Petersfield (33 miles) | Services on the A272 | Jeremy's Corner (A23 northbound, 8 miles) Hickstead (A23 south, 8 miles) Pease Pottage (A23 north, 14 miles) |