When is cobham services opening

Rothwell Truck Stop — A Sarn Park — M4. Sedgemoor North — M5. South Mimms — M Telford — M Warwick — M Woodall — M1. Baldock Extra — A1M. Beaconsfield Extra — M Leeds Skelton Lake Extra — M1. Ballymena Applegreen — Northern Ireland A Cromwell Applegreen — A1. Darrington Applegreen — A1. Fosseway Applegreen — A Hillsborough Applegreen — Northern Ireland A1.

Spalding Applegreen — A Spaldwick Applegreen — A Whitley Applegreen — A Wyboston Applegreen — A1. Its strategic location between Heathrow and Gatwick Airports bridges a km gap between M25 service areas.

Ramboll was lead engineer for the landmark project from planning to completion and worked closely with client, Highways Agency, Environment Agency, local authorities and contractor. Our services included geotechnical, civil and environmental engineering. The 20ha development includes a two-storey main building, a hotel, a petrol filling station and associated parking for cars, coaches and heavy goods vehicles. It is built on an environmentally sensitive greenfield site bordered by a river floodplain to the south, a railway line to the east and the M25 to the north.

Computer optimisation of earthworks and levels was crucial for limiting bulk excavation and reducing the carbon footprint of vehicle movements. Ramboll reduced the volume of earthworks from ,m3 to ,m3, generating significant cost and programme savings. We developed a surface water drainage strategy in collaboration with the Environment Agency. Two large attenuation ponds with m3 storage accommodate rainfall from extreme storm events and provide public amenity. The SUDS network outfalls at limited flow rate into a nearby watercourse, mitigating flood risks in the locality and downstream.

The amenity building signposted as a food court is similar to most Extra services in that it has the main units spread out around a central atrium, with toilets at the back. The hotel is then connected at the side. A number of temporary-style units are placed in the middle, amongst the seating. The El Mexicana kiosk temporarily closed here in October , reopening on 1 November with their sister brand Don Churro website added. At night, the coach park officially doubles-up as an overflow lorry park this tends to happen at most services against their will, but Cobham is currently the only one to embrace this with official signage.

In June , work began to build a second HGV parking area with an additional 75 parking spaces, bringing the total to There had been reports of some HGVs parking on the slip roads. One estimate suggested as many as spaces are regularly required.

As a result of the HGV parking issues and the chaotic nature of the busy car park, long lengths of the roads around Cobham services are marked with double red lines - something rarely seen outside of major city centres.