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A secret exit at Hartshead Moor.

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A rear access, better known as a 'secret exit', also known as a 'rear exit' or 'side exit', is a road which allows people to get from the service area to the local road network without using the main entrance (a motorway slip road). The phrase was dropped in the 2022 regulations, instead using the catchy title of "connections to roadside facilities from the local road network".

They are provided to provide staff, highway vehicles and the emergency services access to the service area and the wider motorway network without having to make a lengthy detour up to the next junction. Their use by hotel guests is permitted at older sites.

In some areas, recruiting local staff for a low-paid service station job is difficult, and the time saved by not having to drive up to the next motorway junction (which also means you have the option of walking or cycling to work) can help curb staffing difficulties.

Operators are required to prevent anybody else from using them and, since 2008, to prevent them from being used as a shortcut. The extent to which they actually do this is debatable; signage and procedures are inconsistent, and there are plenty of surprising examples. Meanwhile, new service stations tend to attract considerable opposition from local residents, and not building a local connection is usually the first effort to try to placate them and explain that the development can't possibly bring traffic or hooligans into their village.

Enforcement

Most service areas have a rear access that is fitted with either rising bollards, barriers or a number plate recording system, to prevent unauthorised traffic. In practice, most of those systems are either broken or not used. In some areas new security measures have been vandalised within weeks of being installed.

While police enforcement is rare, it does happen. A common trick is to park the police car out of sight at the end of the road, and stop everybody caught using the lane. Whether or not a fine can be issued depends on the quality of the signage at that particular location, but the presence of 'no entry' signs would normally be enough: you can only really argue the situation is confusing if you're a hotel guest or a contractor who may or may not be an authorised user.

Police enforcement varies by region, and is often prompted by complaints from residents or the highway authority. While most complaints about unauthorised traffic stem from the residents who have to contend with it, almost all of the unauthorised traffic is also people living locally.

In some areas, enforcement is virtually non-existent, and unauthorised vehicles can be seen using the rear access every couple of minutes. Many of these routes have been included on Google Street View and some unscrupulous estate agents have been known to use them to advertise a nearby property having good motorway access. There is lots of evidence of these roads being used to divert traffic away from the motorway, and many operators have placed advertising signs along them to attract passing trade. Even local councils have a habit of providing direction and restriction signs at their end of a rear access, again suggesting they are just accepting that many people will ignore the rules.

Safety Issues

There are several reasons general traffic is not allowed to use the rear access.

The first is quite simply that it's an operational requirement. Government policy states that people must not be able to join the motorway via a service station, so the operators must ensure that is the case. More recently, a planning condition will also be imposed on service stations saying the same thing. Even if the unauthorised traffic is only trying to use the facilities, the policy is clear that the service area's priority should be to serve motorway traffic.

Secondly, especially in the case of the older service areas, the lanes these rear accesses connect to are not designed to handle much traffic at all. They were usually built at the same time as the motorway but with the minimal possible expenditure. They are narrow, weak, and may take traffic into residential or congested areas. They are also often littered with pot holes, even by service station car park standards.

At the service station end, there is often an unconventional road layout. At some service areas, the rear access requires traffic to travel the wrong way down the one-way road, while others end with confusing or badly-aligned junctions. This isn't so bad when the only people using it are staff who can be trained on the issue, but it becomes a problem when the general public are rushing through.

Finally, when people are taking a shortcut - especially when they don't want to get caught - they tend to speed up. The high speeds which unauthorised traffic has been seen reaching on these narrow lanes creates additional safety issues, especially if they are heading straight into the service area car park or a residential area.

History

Rear accesses were a standard feature of motorway service area design from the very start.

As early as 1961, the Ministry of Transport were complaining about the gates at Newport Pagnell having been left open. They were shocked to watch three vehicles abuse it in 10 minutes - particularly impressive when you consider how empty the motorway would have been at the time! The Ministry of Transport were frustrated by this because, as the landowner, they treated this as abuse of their land, and made numerous complaints to operators about this.

At one stage rear accesses were considered so important to service area design that one service area considered on the M1 in the 1960s would have had both rear accesses bridge a railway line: a considerable investment for what was basically an optional extra.

When Rownhams was planned in 1971, local residents were deeply concerned about the rear access being abused. This became a regular topic of correspondence as soon as it opened in 1976. The Department of Transport eventually admitted in 1978 that they had no suggestions as to how this could be addressed. The contract for Sandbach (opened 1975) was the first to explicitly state that the rear access must be controlled.

Despite staff not wanting to get out and lock it, a gate and padlock remained the only way of securing these exits until 1977, when Keele trialled a rising bollard system. Being close to the University, Keele was a popular shortcut for students. This automated gate was too expensive to roll out immediately, and frequently attracted vandalism.

With the creation of lodges, the Department for Transport reluctantly accepted the idea that lodge traffic can use the rear access to turn around. They preferred this to traffic making lengthy detours. This was stopped for all new lodges in the 2008 regulations, and the procedure is starting to be phased out nationwide, but many redundant road signs remain.

With more families owning a car and fewer deliveries coming from the local area, rear accesses became less important for staff, although they continued to be included for convenience. In 2008, a new rule was introduced stating that all new service areas must have the Rear Access permanently sealed off. This means emergency traffic can use the rear access to get to the service area, but not to join the motorway.

A new use (or problem) for rear accesses emerged in the 2020s: some service areas are now earning money on the side by selling food to local residents via food delivery apps. This means local couriers are looking for the fastest way in and out of the service area, and normally that will be via the rear access.

Services with Rear Accesses

Here is a comprehensive list of all the service areas with a rear access, and the road they join on to. Several unbuilt service areas have been included if it was clear there would have been a rear access.

UK service areas are listed first, with the five Irish examples at the end.

M1:

London Gateway - Ellesmere Avenue
Toddington - B530
Newport Pagnell - Little Linford Lane
Watford Gap - Station Road
Lutterworth - Swanford Road (not built)
Leicester Forest East - Baines Lane
Long Whatton - Dry Pot Lane (northbound), Smithy Lane (southbound) (not built)
Trowell - Waterloo Lane
Tibshelf - Newton Wood Lane (originally going to be Saw Pit Lane)
Woodall - A618 Rotherham Road
Woolley Edge - Bramley Lane

M2:

Medway - Matts Hill Road

M3:

Trumps Green - Kitsmead Lane (south-westbound only) (not built)
Fleet - Pale Lane
Kempshott - Beggarwood Lane (north-eastbound), Garlic Lane (south-eastbound) (not built)
Winchester - Chillandham Lane (south-eastbound only, now closed)

M4:

Heston - North Hyde Lane (northbound), Phoenix Way (southbound) - unusual in that "M4 diverted traffic" signs point down both roads
Reading - Deans Copse Road (westbound)
Membury - Ramsbury Road
Leigh Delamere - Honey Knob Hill
Pucklechurch - Westerleigh Road (westbound), Batchfield Lane (eastbound) (not built)

M5:

Frankley - Illey Lane (northbound), Ravenhayes Lane (southbound)
Newland Common - Tagwell Road (northbound), Trench Lane (southbound) (not built)
Strensham - Hill View Road
Gloucester - Winnycroft Lane (northbound only)
Michaelwood - Mule Street (northbound), Wick Lane (southbound)
Moreton Valence - Standish Lane (not built)
Sedgemoor - Strowland Lane (northbound), Mendip Road (southbound)
Taunton Deane - Lowton Road (northbound), unnamed road (southbound)

M6:

Harborough Magna - Montilo Lane (not built)
Corley - Highfield Lane (north-westbound), Smorral Lane (south-eastbound)
Hilton Park - Hilton Lane
Doxey - Seighford Road (northbound), Aston Bank (southbound)
Stafford - Eccleshall Road (northbound), Eccleshall Road (southbound, alternative plan)
Keele - Three Mile Lane
Sandbach - A533 The Hill
Knutsford - A5033 Northwich Road
Newton-le-Willows - Rob Lane (northbound), Newton Lane (southbound)
Charnock Richard - Mill Lane
Lancaster - unnamed road (northbound), Greaves Hill Lane (southbound)
Burton-in-Kendal - Tarn Lane
Killington Lake - Fairthorns Road
Tebay - unnamed road
Southwaite - unnamed road

M6 Toll:

Norton Canes - Betty's Lane

M8:

Heart of Scotland (Harthill) - Miller Street (westbound), B718 Westcraigs Road (eastbound) (both pedestrians only)

M12:

Havering-atte-Bower - B175 North Road (not built)

M18:

Hatfield - Mill Hill Road (northbound), New Mill Field Road (southbound) (not built)

M25:

Clacket Lane - Clacket Lane
Iver - Thorney Lane South/A4007 Slough Road (different plans, neither built)

M27:

Rownhams - Rownhams Lane
Meon Valley - Whiteley Lane (not built)

M40:

Warwick - Fosse Way (northbound), Windmill Hill Lane (southbound)

M48:

Severn View - Sandy Lane (no through route)

M42:

Catherine-de-Barnes (M42) - B4102 Solihull Road (not built)
Tamworth - Green Lane

M61:

Rivington - Anderton Lane (now closed)

M62:

Birch - Whittle Lane
Hartshead Moor - Highmoor Lane
Ferrybridge - Cattlelaith Lane (no through route)
Hensall - Moor Lee Lane (not built)

M74/A74(M):

Bothwell - Fallside Road
Hamilton - Burgoyne Drive
Cairn Lodge - B7078

A1(M):

Sprotbrough - Melton Road (not built)

Only A-road service areas that are built like a traditional twin site are shown here:

A14:

Newmarket - Heath Road (eastbound)

A34:

Sutton Scotney - Barton Road (northbound), By Pass Road (southbound)

A40:

Monmouth - Groesenon Road (north-westbound), unnamed road (south-eastbound)

Ireland:

M1 Lusk - unnamed road
M1 Castlebellingham - L1182
M4 Enfield - L1003
M11 Gorey - L1003
M9 Kilcullen - L6091

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-A '''rear access''', better known as a ''''secret exit'''', also known as a ''''rear exit'''' or ''''side exit'''', is a road which allows people to get from the service area to the local road network without using the main entrance (a motorway sliproad).
+A '''rear access''', better known as a ''''secret exit'''', also known as a ''''rear exit'''' or ''''side exit'''', is a road which allows people to get from the service area to the local road network without using the main entrance (a motorway slip road). The phrase was dropped in the 2022 regulations, instead using the catchy title of "connections to roadside facilities from the local road network".
-They are provided to provide staff, highway vehicles, hotel guests and the emergency services access to the service area and the wider motorway network without having to make a lengthy detour up to the next junction.
+They are provided to provide staff, highway vehicles and the emergency services access to the service area and the wider motorway network without having to make a lengthy detour up to the next junction. Their use by hotel guests is permitted at older sites.
-In some areas, recruiting local staff for a low-paid service station job is difficult, and the time saved by not having to drive up to the next motorway junction (which also means you can walk or cycle to work) can help kerb staffing difficulties.
+In some areas, recruiting local staff for a low-paid service station job is difficult, and the time saved by not having to drive up to the next motorway junction (which also means you have the option of walking or cycling to work) can help curb staffing difficulties.
-Operators are '''required''' to prevent anybody else from using them.
+Operators are '''required''' to prevent anybody else from using them and, since 2008, to prevent them from being used as a shortcut. The extent to which they actually do this is debatable; signage and procedures are inconsistent, and there are plenty of surprising examples. Meanwhile, new service stations tend to attract considerable opposition from local residents, and not building a local connection is usually the first effort to try to placate them and explain that the development can't possibly bring traffic or hooligans into their village.
 ==Enforcement==
-Most service areas are fitted with either rising bollards, barriers or a number plate recording system, to prevent unauthorised traffic. In practice, most of those systems are either broken or not used. In some areas new security measures have been vandalised within weeks of being installed.
+Most service areas have a rear access that is fitted with either rising bollards, barriers or a number plate recording system, to prevent unauthorised traffic. In practice, most of those systems are either broken or not used. In some areas new security measures have been vandalised within weeks of being installed.
-While police enforcement is rare, it does happen. A common trick is to park the police car out of sight at the end of the road, and stop everybody caught using the lane. Whether or not a fine can be issued depends on the quality of the signage at that particular location, but the presence of 'no entry' signs would normally be enough: the signage is only really confusing for hotel guests.
+While police enforcement is rare, it does happen. A common trick is to park the police car out of sight at the end of the road, and stop everybody caught using the lane. Whether or not a fine can be issued depends on the quality of the signage at that particular location, but the presence of 'no entry' signs would normally be enough: you can only really argue the situation is confusing if you're a hotel guest or a contractor who may or may not be an authorised user.
-Police enforcement varies by region, and is often prompted by complaints from residents or the highway authority. While most complaints about unauthorised traffic stem mostly from the residents who have to contend with it, most of the unauthorised traffic is also people living locally.
+Police enforcement varies by region, and is often prompted by complaints from residents or the highway authority. While most complaints about unauthorised traffic stem from the residents who have to contend with it, almost all of the unauthorised traffic is also people living locally.
-In some areas, enforcement is virtually non-existent, and unauthorised vehicles can be seen using the rear access every five minutes. Many of them have been included on Google Street View and some unscrupulous estate agents have been known to use them to advertise a property having good motorway access.
+In some areas, enforcement is virtually non-existent, and unauthorised vehicles can be seen using the rear access every couple of minutes. Many of these routes have been included on Google Street View and some unscrupulous estate agents have been known to use them to advertise a nearby property having good motorway access. There is lots of evidence of these roads being used to divert traffic away from the motorway, and many operators have placed advertising signs along them to attract passing trade. Even local councils have a habit of providing direction and restriction signs at their end of a rear access, again suggesting they are just accepting that many people will ignore the rules.
 ===Safety Issues===
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 There are several reasons general traffic is not allowed to use the rear access.
-The first is quite simply that it's an operational requirement. [[MSA Policy|Government policy]] states that people must not be able to join the motorway via a service station, so the operators must ensure that is the case. More recently a planning condition will also be imposed on service stations saying the same thing. Even if the unauthorised traffic is only trying to use the facilities, the policy is clear that the service area's priority should be to serve motorway traffic.
+The first is quite simply that it's an operational requirement. [[MSA Policy|Government policy]] states that people must not be able to join the motorway via a service station, so the operators must ensure that is the case. More recently, a planning condition will also be imposed on service stations saying the same thing. Even if the unauthorised traffic is only trying to use the facilities, the policy is clear that the service area's priority should be to serve motorway traffic.
-Secondly, especially in the case of the older services, the lanes these rear accesses connect to are not designed to handle much traffic at all. They were usually built at the same time as the motorway but with the minimal possible expenditure. They are narrow, and may take traffic into residential or congested areas.
+Secondly, especially in the case of the older service areas, the lanes these rear accesses connect to are not designed to handle much traffic at all. They were usually built at the same time as the motorway but with the minimal possible expenditure. They are narrow, weak, and may take traffic into residential or congested areas. They are also often littered with pot holes, even by service station car park standards.
-At the service station end, there is often an unconventional road layout. At some services, the rear access requires traffic to travel the wrong way down the one-way road, while others end with confusing or badly-aligned junctions. This isn't so bad when the only people using it are staff who have been trained on the issue, but becomes a problem when the general population are using it.
+At the service station end, there is often an unconventional road layout. At some service areas, the rear access requires traffic to travel the wrong way down the one-way road, while others end with confusing or badly-aligned junctions. This isn't so bad when the only people using it are staff who can be trained on the issue, but it becomes a problem when the general public are rushing through.
 Finally, when people are taking a shortcut - especially when they don't want to get caught - they tend to speed up. The high speeds which unauthorised traffic has been seen reaching on these narrow lanes creates additional safety issues, especially if they are heading straight into the service area car park or a residential area.
 ==History==
-Rear accesses were a standard feature of service area design from the very start.
+Rear accesses were a standard feature of motorway service area design from the very start.
-As early as 1961, the Ministry of Transport were complaining about the gates at [[Newport Pagnell]] having been left open. They were shocked that three vehicles being seen abusing it in 10 minutes - particularly impressive when you consider how empty the motorway would have been at the time!
+As early as 1961, the Ministry of Transport were complaining about the gates at [[Newport Pagnell]] having been left open. They were shocked to watch three vehicles abuse it in 10 minutes - particularly impressive when you consider how empty the motorway would have been at the time! The Ministry of Transport were frustrated by this because, as the landowner, they treated this as abuse of their land, and made numerous complaints to operators about this.
 At one stage rear accesses were considered so important to service area design that one service area considered on the M1 in the 1960s would have had both rear accesses bridge a railway line: a considerable investment for what was basically an optional extra.
-Despite staff not wanting to get out and lock it, a gate and padlock remained the only way of securing these exits until 1977, when [[Keele]] trialled a rising bollard system. Being close to the University, Keele was a popular shortcut for students.
+When [[Rownhams]] was planned in 1971, local residents were deeply concerned about the rear access being abused. This became a regular topic of correspondence as soon as it opened in 1976. The Department of Transport eventually admitted in 1978 that they had no suggestions as to how this could be addressed. The contract for [[Sandbach]] (opened 1975) was the first to explicitly state that the rear access must be controlled.
-With the creation of [[Hotel|lodges]], the Department for Transport reluctantly accepted the idea that lodge traffic can turn around using the rear access. By 2008 this was stopped for all new lodges, and it is starting to be phased out nationwide.
+Despite staff not wanting to get out and lock it, a gate and padlock remained the only way of securing these exits until 1977, when [[Keele]] trialled a rising bollard system. Being close to the University, Keele was a popular shortcut for students. This automated gate was too expensive to roll out immediately, and frequently attracted vandalism.
-With more families owning a car and fewer deliveries coming from the local area, rear accesses became less important, although they continued to be included for convenience. In 2008, a new rule was introduced stating that all new services must have the rear access permanently sealed off. This means emergency traffic can use the rear access to get to the service area, but not to join the motorway.
+With the creation of [[Hotel|lodges]], the Department for Transport reluctantly accepted the idea that lodge traffic can use the rear access to turn around. They preferred this to traffic making lengthy detours. This was stopped for all new lodges in the 2008 regulations, and the procedure is starting to be phased out nationwide, but many redundant road signs remain.
+With more families owning a car and fewer deliveries coming from the local area, rear accesses became less important for staff, although they continued to be included for convenience. In 2008, a new rule was introduced stating that all new service areas must have the Rear Access permanently sealed off. This means emergency traffic can use the rear access to get to the service area, but not to join the motorway.
+A new use (or problem) for rear accesses emerged in the 2020s: some service areas are now earning money on the side by selling food to local residents via food delivery apps. This means local couriers are looking for the fastest way in and out of the service area, and normally that will be via the rear access.
 ==Services with Rear Accesses==
 [[File:Rownhams rear access closed.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=Road closed.|A recently-closed rear access.]]
-Here is a comprehensive list of all the services with a rear access and the road they join on to. Several unbuilt services have been included if it was clear there would have been a rear access.
+Here is a comprehensive list of all the service areas with a rear access, and the road they join on to. Several unbuilt service areas have been included if it was clear there would have been a rear access.
-UK services are listed first, with the three Irish examples at the end.
+UK service areas are listed first, with the five Irish examples at the end.
 [[M1]]:
-* [[London Gateway]] - ''Ellesmere Avenue''
+* [[London Gateway]] - Ellesmere Avenue
 * [[Toddington]] - ''B530''
-* [[Newport Pagnell]] - ''Little Linford Lane''
+* [[Newport Pagnell]] - Little Linford Lane
-* [[Watford Gap]] - ''Station Road''
+* [[Watford Gap]] - Station Road
-* [[Leicester Forest East]] - ''Baines Lane''
+* [[Lutterworth]] - Swanford Road ''(not built)''
-* [[Long Whatton]] - ''Swanford Road'' (not built)
+* [[Leicester Forest East]] - Baines Lane
-* [[Trowell]] - ''Waterloo Lane''
+* [[Long Whatton]] - Dry Pot Lane ''(northbound)'', Smithy Lane ''(southbound) (not built)''
-* [[Tibshelf]] - ''Newton Wood Lane''
+* [[Trowell]] - Waterloo Lane
-* [[Woodall]] - ''A618 Rotherham Road''
+* [[Tibshelf]] - Newton Wood Lane ''(originally going to be Saw Pit Lane)''
-* [[Woolley Edge]] - ''Bramley Lane''
+* [[Woodall]] - ''A618'' Rotherham Road
+* [[Woolley Edge]] - Bramley Lane
 [[M2]]:
-* [[Medway]] - ''Matts Hill Road''
+* [[Medway]] - Matts Hill Road
 [[M3]]:
-* [[Fleet]] - ''Pale Lane''
+* [[Trumps Green]] - Kitsmead Lane ''(south-westbound only) (not built)''
-* [[Kempshott]] - ''unnamed'' (not built)
+* [[Fleet]] - Pale Lane
-* [[Winchester]] - ''Chillandham Lane'' (southbound only, now closed)
+* [[Kempshott]] - Beggarwood Lane ''(north-eastbound)'', Garlic Lane ''(south-eastbound) (not built)''
+* [[Winchester]] - Chillandham Lane ''(south-eastbound only, now closed)''
 [[M4]]:
-* [[Heston]] - ''North Hyde Lane'' (northbound), ''Phoenix Way'' (southbound)
+* [[Heston]] - North Hyde Lane ''(northbound)'', Phoenix Way ''(southbound)'' - unusual in that "M4 diverted traffic" signs point down both roads
-* [[Reading]] - ''Deans Copse Road'' (westbound)
+* [[Reading]] - Deans Copse Road ''(westbound)''
-* [[Membury]] - ''unnamed''
+* [[Membury]] - Ramsbury Road
-* [[Leigh Delamere]] - ''Honey Knob Hill''
+* [[Leigh Delamere]] - Honey Knob Hill
-* [[Pucklechurch]] - ''Westerleigh Road'' (westbound), ''Batchfield Lane'' (eastbound) (not built)
+* [[Pucklechurch]] - Westerleigh Road ''(westbound)'', Batchfield Lane ''(eastbound) (not built)''
 [[M5]]:
-* [[Frankley]] - ''Illey Lane'' (northbound), ''Ravenhayes Lane'' (southbound)
+* [[Frankley]] - Illey Lane ''(northbound)'', Ravenhayes Lane ''(southbound)''
-* [[Droitwich]] - ''Tagwell Road'' (northbound), ''Trench Lane'' (southbound) (not built)
+* [[Newland Common]] - Tagwell Road ''(northbound)'', Trench Lane ''(southbound) (not built)''
-* [[Strensham]] - ''Hill View Road''
+* [[Strensham]] - Hill View Road
-* [[Gloucester]] - ''Winnycroft Lane'' (northbound only)
+* [[Gloucester]] - Winnycroft Lane ''(northbound only)''
-* [[Michaelwood]] - ''Mule Street'' (northbound), ''unnamed'' (southbound)
+* [[Michaelwood]] - Mule Street ''(northbound)'', ''Wick Lane (southbound)''
-* [[Moreton Valence]] - ''Standish Lane'' (not built)
+* [[Moreton Valence]] - Standish Lane ''(not built)''
-* [[Sedgemoor]] - ''Strowland Lane'' (northbound), ''Mendip Road'' (southbound)
+* [[Sedgemoor]] - Strowland Lane ''(northbound)'', Mendip Road ''(southbound)''
-* [[Taunton Deane]] - ''unnamed''
+* [[Taunton Deane]] - Lowton Road ''(northbound)'', ''unnamed road (southbound)''
 [[M6]]:
-* [[Harborough Magna]] - ''Montilo Lane'' (not built)
+* [[Harborough Magna]] - Montilo Lane ''(not built)''
-* [[Corley]] - ''Highfield Lane'' (northwestbound), ''Smorral Lane'' (southeastbound)
+* [[Corley]] - Highfield Lane ''(north-westbound)'', Smorral Lane ''(south-eastbound)''
-* [[Hilton Park]] - ''Hilton Lane''
+* [[Hilton Park]] - Hilton Lane
-* [[Doxey]] - ''Seighford Road'' (northbound), ''Aston Bank'' (southbound)
+* [[Doxey]] - Seighford Road ''(northbound)'', Aston Bank ''(southbound)''
-* [[Stafford North]] - ''Eccleshall Road''
+* [[Stafford (North)|Stafford]] - Eccleshall Road ''(northbound)'', Eccleshall Road ''(southbound, alternative plan)''
-*Stafford South ''(alternative plan)'' - ''Eccleshall Road''
+* [[Keele]] - Three Mile Lane
-* [[Keele]] - ''Three Mile Lane''
+* [[Sandbach]] - ''A533'' The Hill
-* [[Sandbach]] - ''A533 The Hill''
+* [[Knutsford]] - ''A5033'' Northwich Road
-* [[Knutsford]] - ''A5033 Northwich Road''
+* [[Newton-le-Willows]] - Rob Lane ''(northbound)'', Newton Lane ''(southbound)''
-* [[Haydock Park]] - ''Rob Lane''
+* [[Charnock Richard]] - Mill Lane
-* [[Charnock Richard]] - ''Mill Lane''
+* [[Lancaster]] - ''unnamed road (northbound)'', Greaves Hill Lane ''(southbound)''
-* [[Lancaster]] - ''unnamed'' (northbound only)
+* [[Burton-in-Kendal]] - Tarn Lane
-* [[Burton-in-Kendal]] - ''Tarn Lane''
+* [[Killington Lake]] - Fairthorns Road
-* [[Killington Lake]] - ''Fairthorns Road''
+* [[Tebay]] - ''unnamed road''
-* [[Tebay]] - ''unnamed''
+* [[Southwaite]] - ''unnamed road''
-* [[Southwaite]] - ''unnamed'' (northbound only)
 [[M6 Toll]]:
-* [[Norton Canes]] - ''Betty's Lane''
+* [[Norton Canes]] - Betty's Lane
 [[M8]]:
-* [[Heart of Scotland]] - ''Miller Street'' (westbound), ''B718 Westcraigs Road'' (eastbound)
+* [[Heart of Scotland|Heart of Scotland (Harthill)]] - Miller Street ''(westbound)'', ''B718'' Westcraigs Road ''(eastbound) (both pedestrians only)''
 M12:
-* [[Havering-atte-Bower]] - ''B175 North Road'' (not built)
+* [[Havering-atte-Bower]] - ''B175'' North Road ''(not built)''
 [[M18]]:
-* [[Hatfield]] - ''Mill Hill Road'' (northbound), ''New Mill Field Road'' (southbound) (not built)
+* [[Hatfield]] - Mill Hill Road ''(northbound)'', New Mill Field Road ''(southbound) (not built)''
 [[M25]]:
-* [[Clacket Lane]] - ''Clacket Lane''
+* [[Clacket Lane]] - Clacket Lane
-* [[Iver]] - ''Thorney Lane South''/''A4007 Slough Road'' (different plans, neither built)
+* [[Iver]] - Thorney Lane South/''A4007'' Slough Road ''(different plans, neither built)''
 [[M27]]:
-* [[Rownhams]] - ''Rownhams Lane''
+* [[Rownhams]] - Rownhams Lane
-* [[Meon Valley]] - ''Whiteley Lane'' (not built)
+* [[Meon Valley]] - Whiteley Lane ''(not built)''
 [[M40]]:
-* [[Warwick]] - ''Fosse Way''
+* [[Warwick]] - Fosse Way ''(northbound)'', Windmill Hill Lane ''(southbound)''
 [[M48]]:
-* [[Severn View]] - ''Sandy Lane'' (no through route)
+* [[Severn View]] - Sandy Lane ''(no through route)''
 [[M42]]:
-* [[Catherine-de-Barnes]] (M42) - ''B4102 Solihull Road'' (not built)
+* [[Catherine-de-Barnes]] (M42) - ''B4102'' Solihull Road ''(not built)''
-* [[Tamworth]] - ''Green Lane''
+* [[Tamworth]] - Green Lane
 [[M61]]:
-* [[Bolton West]] - ''Anderton Lane'' (now closed)
+* [[Rivington]] - Anderton Lane ''(now closed)''
 [[M62]]:
-* [[Birch]] - ''Whittle Lane''
+* [[Birch]] - Whittle Lane
-* [[Hartshead Moor]] - ''Highmoor Lane''
+* [[Hartshead Moor]] - Highmoor Lane
-* [[Ferrybridge]] - ''Cattlelaith Lane''
+* [[Ferrybridge]] - Cattlelaith Lane ''(no through route)''
-* [[Hensall]] - ''Moor Lee Lane'' (not built)
+* [[Hensall]] - Moor Lee Lane ''(not built)''
+[[M74|M74/A74(M)]]:
+* [[Bothwell]] - Fallside Road
+* [[Hamilton]] - Burgoyne Drive
+* [[Cairn Lodge]] - ''B7078''
 [[A1(M)]]:
-* [[Sprotbrough]] - ''Melton Road''
+* [[Sprotbrough]] - Melton Road ''(not built)''
+Only A-road service areas that are built like a traditional [[Dual-site services|twin site]] are shown here:
 [[A14]]:
-* [[Newmarket]] - ''Heath Road'' (eastbound)
+* [[Newmarket]] - Heath Road ''(eastbound)''
 [[A34]]:
-* [[Sutton Scotney]] - ''Barton Road'' (northbound), ''By Pass Road'' (southbound)
+* [[Sutton Scotney]] - Barton Road ''(northbound)'', By Pass Road ''(southbound)''
-[[M74|M74/A74(M)]]:
+[[A40]]:
-* [[Bothwell]] - ''Fallside Road''
+* [[Monmouth]] - Groesenon Road ''(north-westbound)'', ''unnamed road (south-eastbound)''
-* [[Hamilton]] - ''Burgoyne Drive''
-* [[Happendon]] - ''B7078''
 Ireland:
+* [[Lusk|M1 Lusk]] - ''unnamed road''
 * [[Castlebellingham|M1 Castlebellingham]] - ''L1182''
-* [[Lusk|M1 Lusk]] - ''unnamed road''
 * [[Enfield|M4 Enfield]] - ''L1003''
 * [[Gorey|M11 Gorey]] - ''L1003''
+* [[Kilcullen|M9 Kilcullen]] - ''L6091''
 [[Category:How Things Work]]