Name Changes

[Ian]

Having viewed Robertdavey6 photo taken on Northampton Services on the M1. Set me thinking how many Motorway Services have under gone a name change.

Rothersthorpe to Northampton

Anderton to Bolton (I think, not been to Gods Country for a while)

Can't remember the original name but the last one south bound on M1 changed to London Gateway.

Anybody know of any more?

Ian

[G6 UXU]

Evening Ian, there is the old Forton services on the M6 which is now called Lancaster services. Hope you are well Ian, all the best.

[G-CPTN]

Scratchwood services.
Looks like the southbound entrance is still very tight!
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.6357861...17&l=0&m=h&v=2

It is built on the site of the proposed junction 3 of the M1 with a spur to the A1. This link was never built and the never-opened roundabout junction was adapted to provide access to the service area - however traffic travels the "wrong way" around the roundabout, hence some sharp turns on the slip roads.

http://math.colorado.edu/~rmg/roads/m1.html#junction3

[Western SMT]

How one name was changed
http://archive.thisislancashire.co.u.../5/533148.html

Forton
http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/lancaster/

Former brands
http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/brands/former/

Never came to be
http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/unbuilt/paper/

[grandad]

Originally Posted by Ian

Having viewed Robertdavey6 photo taken on Northampton Services on the M1. Set me thinking how many Motorway Services have under gone a name change.

Rothersthorpe to Northampton

Anderton to Bolton (I think, not been to Gods Country for a while)

Can't remember the original name but the last one south bound on M1 changed to London Gateway.

Anybody know of any more?

Ian

London Gateway used to be Scratchwood. Cheers, Colin.K.

[Ian]

Thanks guys, Didn't Farthing Corner have a name change?

Ian

[G-CPTN]

http://www.msatrivia.co.uk/m2farthing.htm

[robertdavey6]

Farthing Corner is now Medway.
Hilton Park is, I think, Birmingham North

I presume the idea is to more "instinctively" locate them for the general motorists. Bloody confusing for the older drivers who still use the old names. I refer to Rothersthorpe and one driver (31ish) doesn't know where I mean.

[G-CPTN]

"Original name (Farthing Corner) is derived like most MSA from the nearest village, the name change to Medway, represents the M2's role as the Medway towns by-pass "

So we lose the names that suggest a rural location and replace them with faceless route locations . . .