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== Maidstone Services == | == Maidstone Services == | ||
| − | '''Maidstone Services''' is a Motorway Services Area situated along the M20 in [[England]], just south of the town of Maidstone. | + | '''Maidstone Services''' is a Motorway Services Area situated along the M20 in [[England]], just south of the town of Maidstone. You can see what Maidstone Services looks like on Google Streetview. |
| − | It is the only Services along the M20 between [[Dover]] and the M25 Ring surrounding Greater [[London]]. It is located at Exit 8 (which is | + | [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&q=Maidstone+Services&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=Maidstone+Services&hnear=Maidstone+Services&cid=0,0,2266471664562615665&ei=swErTNLIKpH60wS_nozfAg&ved=0CCoQnwIwAw&ll=51.267017,0.614483&spn=0,0.015235&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.266932,0.614472&panoid=id3kCROZvLd_DnG1e1nWTA&cbp=12,320.87,,0,16.28/ Maidstone Services on Google Streetview] |
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| + | It is the only Services along the M20 between [[Dover]] and the M25 Ring surrounding Greater [[London]]. It is located at Exit 8 (which is huge roundabout) on the Northern side of the highway. Many European cars (and some truckers, but there is not a lot of space for trucker, which would rather stops at the 'trucker Services in Ashford') stops at this Services which offers Restaurants area and Gasoline. The negative side is that it welcomes traffic going both ways (towards as well as from [[London]]). You simply need to ask around or show a sign just in case. | ||
You can therefore catch a ride going into [[The Channel Tunnel]] which is 20 miles South or all the way to [[Dover]] crossing with the ferry. | You can therefore catch a ride going into [[The Channel Tunnel]] which is 20 miles South or all the way to [[Dover]] crossing with the ferry. | ||
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== Ashford Services == | == Ashford Services == | ||
Revision as of 10:48, 30 June 2010
Maidstone Services
Maidstone Services is a Motorway Services Area situated along the M20 in England, just south of the town of Maidstone. You can see what Maidstone Services looks like on Google Streetview.
Maidstone Services on Google Streetview
It is the only Services along the M20 between Dover and the M25 Ring surrounding Greater London. It is located at Exit 8 (which is huge roundabout) on the Northern side of the highway. Many European cars (and some truckers, but there is not a lot of space for trucker, which would rather stops at the 'trucker Services in Ashford') stops at this Services which offers Restaurants area and Gasoline. The negative side is that it welcomes traffic going both ways (towards as well as from London). You simply need to ask around or show a sign just in case.
You can therefore catch a ride going into The Channel Tunnel which is 20 miles South or all the way to Dover crossing with the ferry.
Ashford Services
Ashford services now has a new services for cars as well. However, somewhatofftheway had trouble hitching from both the truck and the car services to Dover on a rainy day in June 2009 and had much better luck on the roundabout junction itself, where there is just about place for cars heading onto the M20 to stop.
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