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Location:

A21 at Pratt's Bottom Roundabout

Signposted from the road.

Postcode:

BR6 7SE

map and directions

Access/Layout:

Single site located at a junction.

A local forecourt on the A21 at Pratt's Bottom receives full service area signage on the approach.

Facilities

Forecourt: Esso, Morrisons Daily, Subway, Costa Express, Food to Go, AdBlue Containers, Free Cash Machine

Parking Prices

Parking and use of the forecourt is limited to 45 minutes maximum stay for all vehicles. 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:
Chimes Service Station
Sevenoaks Road
Pratts Bottom
Orpington
Kent
BR6 7SE

Trivia and History

The service area spent many years as a garage, called Clock Garage. This was built at the same time as the neighbouring houses along Sevenoaks Road in around the 1920s.

It became an Esso petrol filling station in around the late 1970s. The site would have been especially attractive as it was close to the new M25, and indeed it reported a 35% increase in sales when the M25 opened.

On the Run branding was added in 2005, but Esso described the site as "tired". A full reconstruction was carried out in 2007, with the car wash being removed to allow for more pumps.

Pratt's Bottom is the boundary of the 2008 Low Emission Zone. The roads to the west and the north of the roundabout are inside the zone, but access to the service area is excluded.

Alternatives

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-A filling station at Pratt's Bottom as the A21 enters London.
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 ==Trivia and History==
-The signs for this service area are unique in the fact they advertise it as 'services at next roundabout' rather than the standard [[A-road_Signs#Approach_Sign|Diagram 2313.5]] approach sign.
+The service area spent many years as a garage, called '''Clock Garage'''. This was built at the same time as the neighbouring houses along Sevenoaks Road in around the 1920s.
+It became an [[Esso]] petrol filling station in around the late 1970s. The site would have been especially attractive as it was close to the new M25, and indeed it reported a 35% increase in sales when the M25 opened.
+[[On the Run]] branding was added in 2005, but Esso described the site as "tired". A full reconstruction was carried out in 2007, with the car wash being removed to allow for more pumps.
+Pratt's Bottom is the boundary of the 2008 Low Emission Zone. The roads to the west and the north of the roundabout are inside the zone, but access to the service area is excluded.
 ==Alternatives==