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==Parking Prices== | ==Parking Prices== | ||
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available. | Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available. | ||
Customer parking within the bp filling station is limited to 45 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced. | Customer parking within the bp filling station is limited to 45 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced. | ||
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==Trivia and History== | ==Trivia and History== | ||
[[File:McDonalds Swanley 2019.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=McDonald's.|The McDonald's restaurant.]] | [[File:McDonalds Swanley 2019.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=McDonald's.|The McDonald's restaurant.]] | ||
In the 1980s there were several efforts to build a service station on the A20 into London. In 1986, BP proposed one on the westbound side near Sidcup. In 1988 [[Total| | In the 1980s there were several efforts to build a service station on the A20 into London. In 1986, BP proposed one on the westbound side near Sidcup. In 1988 [[Total|Fina]] proposed an eastbound petrol station and restaurant somewhere near Swanley, which was rejected. Although [[Kelly's Kitchen]] weren't named in the plan, the date and applicant suggests they had been planning another branch here. | ||
The chosen site was a 1930s farm building called Waddon. In 1983, the farm became a scrap yard. The site was purchased by BP in 1988, and turned into '''Swanley North services''', with access from the new A20 bypass. It opened in around 1992 and the McDonald's joined it a few years later. | The chosen site was a 1930s farm building called Waddon. In 1983, the farm became a scrap yard. The site was purchased by BP in 1988, and turned into '''Swanley North services''', with access from the new A20 bypass. It opened in around 1992 and the McDonald's joined it a few years later. | ||
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Another developer tried to build a westbound service area in 1995, slightly east of here, by the railway bridge. | Another developer tried to build a westbound service area in 1995, slightly east of here, by the railway bridge. | ||
The petrol station was formerly branded as [[BP | The petrol station was formerly branded as [[BP Connect]]/[[Wild Bean Café]]. | ||
==Alternatives== | ==Alternatives== | ||
{{Succession start}} | {{Succession start}} | ||
{{Succession|1|A20| ''start of road'' | | {{Succession|1|A20| ''start of road'' | | ||
[[ | [[Maidstone]] (M20, 25 miles){{newline}}[[Thurrock]] (M25 north, 11 miles){{newline}}[[Clacket Lane]] (M25 south, 15 miles){{newline}}[[Tunbridge Wells]] (A21 south, 27 miles){{newline}}[[Tollgate]] (A2 east, 12 miles) }} | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
[[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]][[Category:M20]][[Category:A20]] | [[Category:A-roads (no motorway)]][[Category:M20]][[Category:A20]] | ||
Revision as of 06:33, 21 February 2021
A20 eastbound between London and the M25
Signposted from the road.
DA14 5JA
map and directions
Single site located between junctions on one side of the road..
A small service area on the eastbound side of the Swanley Bypass.
Facilities
Catering: McDonald's Drive Thru Forecourt: BP, SPAR, Subway, Costa Express, West Cornwall Pasty Co., LPG (FloGas), AdBlue4You, Free Cash Machine
Parking Prices
Short stay customer parking is available for cars. No HGV parking is available.
Customer parking within the bp filling station is limited to 45 minutes maximum stay and is strictly enforced.
This information is provided to us by third parties. You should always check with staff on site.
Contact Details
🏢 Address:
Swanley By Pass
Sidcup
Bexley
DA14 5JA
Trivia and History
In the 1980s there were several efforts to build a service station on the A20 into London. In 1986, BP proposed one on the westbound side near Sidcup. In 1988 Fina proposed an eastbound petrol station and restaurant somewhere near Swanley, which was rejected. Although Kelly's Kitchen weren't named in the plan, the date and applicant suggests they had been planning another branch here.
The chosen site was a 1930s farm building called Waddon. In 1983, the farm became a scrap yard. The site was purchased by BP in 1988, and turned into Swanley North services, with access from the new A20 bypass. It opened in around 1992 and the McDonald's joined it a few years later.
Another developer tried to build a westbound service area in 1995, slightly east of here, by the railway bridge.
The petrol station was formerly branded as BP Connect/Wild Bean Café.
Alternatives
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| start of road | Services on the A20 | Maidstone (M20, 25 miles) Thurrock (M25 north, 11 miles) Clacket Lane (M25 south, 15 miles) Tunbridge Wells (A21 south, 27 miles) Tollgate (A2 east, 12 miles) |