Beaconsfield services

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Beaconsfield Services
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County Buckinghamshire
Road M40
Coordinates 51°36′03″N 0°38′05″W / 51.600873°N 0.634682°W / 51.600873; -0.634682Coordinates: 51°36′03″N 0°38′05″W / 51.600873°N 0.634682°W / 51.600873; -0.634682
Operator Extra MSA
Date opened 17 March 2009[1]
Website Extra MSA
Beaconsfield services (Buckinghamshire)

Beaconsfield services is a motorway service station on the M40 motorway near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, England. It is operated by Extra, and opened on 17 March 2009. It is the fourth and most recent of the service areas to be built on the 89-mile motorway which links Birmingham to London. As of March 2009, it is the largest motorway service area in the United Kingdom. The petrol station, with 36 pumps is also the largest filling station in the country.[2][3] Petrol stations are provided by Shell and a hotel is operated by Etap. It exists near the site of a proposed service area which was first planned during the 1970s when the original M40 (then only running to Oxford from London) was first opened.

Controversy

Local residents fear that the new service station could bring traffic problems to the area, due to the design of the service station, which is located directly off a junction, rather than the traditional method of locating services between junctions.[4] Traffic leaving the service area to return to the motorway must cross the A355.[5]

Policing

Beaconsfield services is one of few sites to have a dedicated police community support officer on site for crime prevention. Swayfield (who own Extra) contribute half of the cost of the officer, backed up by security guards in the evenings.[6]

Facilities

The following facilities are available at Beaconsfield services:[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Polly Manser. "Beaconsfield braces itself for MSA opening". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  2. ↑ "Beaconsfield". 
  3. ↑ "Beaconsfield services". 
  4. ↑ "New MSA could bring Handy Cross-style traffic chaos in Beaconsfield". Bucksfreepress.co.uk. 2006-11-12. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  5. ↑ "Traffic Leaving Must Cross The Busy A355". Thisisbucks.co.uk. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  6. ↑ "Tackling Motorway Crime Threat". Thisisbucks.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 

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