Thanet Way services
A299 Thanet Way at Waterham
Signposted from the road.
ME13 9EL
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Two sites located between junctions, with no public connection between them..
A collection of facilities attracted to the Highstreet junction on Thanet Way.
Facilities
Catering: westbound only: Costa Coffee, Subway
and eastbound only: Starbucks
: closed
Forecourt: westbound only: Shell, Select, Deli by Shell, Costa Express, AdBlue Containers
and eastbound only: BP, Welcome, Cafe Gusto, Lavazza, Air1 AdBlue
Contact Details
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Lychgate Service Station
Thanet Way
Faversham
Kent
ME13 9EL
Trivia and History
As the main road to the coast, Thanet Way was an obvious place to build facilities. The westbound petrol station (known as Lychgate) was built in the 1930s, while the eastbound side was built in the 1970s - at the time the road was still single carriageway.
In the 1980s the two petrol stations gained restaurants: westbound a Little Chef, eastbound a Happy Eater. The Happy Eater became a Little Chef in 1996.
The westbound Little Chef closed in 2008 and was boarded up for ages, eventually becoming the Costa and Subway. The eastbound Little Chef closed in September 2012 and re-opened as Buffalo Café Diner, but this closed in 2016.
The eastbound forecourt was completely re-built in August 2013. The shop used to be branded Spar but was rebranded as Welcome in February 2019.
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