Monkton services
A77 at Dutch House Roundabout
(also accessible to traffic on the A78)
Not signposted in advance.
KA9 2RJ
map and directions
Single site located at a junction.
This is the service area on the A77 near Ayr. For the site near Edinburgh, see Monktonhall.
A pub, hotel and filling station at the Dutch House Roundabout near Prestwick Airport.
Facilities
Amenities: Premier Inn Outdoor Space: Grass area in front of forecourt Charging Points: bp pulse 150kW CCS & 100kW CHAdeMO Forecourt: BP, M&S Simply Food, Wild Bean Café, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars at all facilities, with a large vehicle parking bay available next to the filling station.
Use of the filling station is limited to 30 minutes maximum stay from entry to exit and is strictly enforced by BP.
Parking for Premier Inn guests is charged at £3 per 24 hours and you must enter your vehicle registration number into the tablet in reception to receive this discounted rate.
Parking for non-guests is chargeable and can be paid via the Horizon Spaces, JustPark, PayByPhone, RingGo or YourParkingSpace apps. The location code is 683234.
These restrictions are strictly enforced by Horizon Parking.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Kilmarnock Road
Monkton
Prestwick
South Ayrshire
KA9 2RJ
Trivia and History
Planning for a service area on the fields to the south of the Dutch House Roundabout started in the late 1980s, with BP the first to propose a forecourt and restaurant in 1988. A rival plan came from Esso in 1989 for a forecourt, restaurant and hotel, but both plans were refused.
BP eventually received planning permission in 1993 for a forecourt, restaurant and hotel, accessed from Kilmarnock Road. This was built, opening in 1994 as a BP forecourt, Travel Inn and the 'Monkton Lodge' Brewsters pub-restaurant. A few dedicated car parking and HGV parking spaces were provided by the forecourt.
The Brewsters pub-restaurant was the victim of a major fire on 2 April 2000, which saw 50 firefighters spend more than 5 hours tackling the blaze. Following the fire, the restaurant was demolished and replaced with the building we see today, opening later in the same year.
Both the hotel and restaurant gained extensions in the early 2000s, with the hotel rebranding to Premier Inn and the pub-restaurant to Brewers Fayre in 2007. The forecourt sales building also gained an extension in 2008, with the site becoming a BP Connect site and gaining a M&S Simply Food store and Wild Bean Café.
Two BP Pulse electric vehicle charging points were installed here in 2020 but, due to power supply issues, didn't go live until early 2023.
Although 'Services' is used as a destination on the roundabout signs, Monkton is not formally signed from the A77. It does have some signage on the A78, which weirdly puts an emphasis on its "business facilities".
The Brewers Fayre restaurant closed on 14 October 2025 as part of Whitbread's Accelerated Growth Plan, with the building set to be sold off to new owners. The hotel is set to gain a breakfast room following the loss of the restaurant.
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