| London Gateway Services | |
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 The main building | |
  London Gateway Services Location in Greater London, England  London Gateway Services Location in Barnet, London  London Gateway Services Location on the UK motorway network | |
| Information | |
| County | Greater London |
| Road | M1 |
| Coordinates: | 51°37′52″N 0°15′50″W / 51.631°N 0.264°W |
| Operator | Welcome Break |
| Previous name(s) | Scratchwood Services |
| Date opened | 1969 |
| Website | Welcome Break |
London Gateway services is the southernmost motorway service station on the M1 motorway – between Junctions 2 and 4 – north of London, England.[1] It is between Arkley and Edgware on the west side of the road, has a hotel, and, unusually, has an early give way on its northern approach.
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Episode 2 London Gateway: Living the high life
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Episode 7 London Gateway: Engineering a bright future
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Common User Facility
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GLOUCESTER GATEWAY SERVICES | Adventure with pretty
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90012/90013 4L81 Coatbridge - London Gateway freightliner, 15th September 2022
Transcription
Hi My name's Nicki, I'm a Terminal Operative here at London Gateway. Welcome to my office in the sky. I love my job as a Quay Crane Operator, it's a job that involves moving containers from ships to the shore, or from the shore to the ships and it's a challenge everyday. It involves a lot of hand-eye coordination and precision but it's a job I've always wanted to do and London Gateway has given me the opportunity. So basically to pick up a container you trolley backwards, hoist down using the levers and collect the container. You know that you have collected it by the lights on the spreader. You obviously need to get into four small pockets on top of the container with the four small pins that are on top of the spreader. You pick up the container, then take it to the lashing platform and then you can safely load it onto the ship. I used to be a beautician but now I'm a Quay Crane Operator. It takes a lot of hand-eye coordination and precision driving. So it's not a job just for men, it's a job for women as well. Everybody that I work with is fantastic and all the guys are really welcoming of any of the girls that have come here. We have massive social events every month like go-karting and going to the dogs. There are lots of things we do to try and involve everybody and get to know everybody in the whole DP World.
History
It opened in 1969, run by Forte, and was opened as Scratchwood Services. Its main approaches are those built for an abortive junction 3 of the M1 for a spur (as at junction 2) to link to the A1.
On 6 September 1997, many people parked at the service station to witness the passing of the funeral hearse of Diana, Princess of Wales[1] on its way along with the M1 from central London to her burial place in Althorp, Northamptonshire.
A reserved section of the current service area is a major long-distance coach service interchange.
Planning permission for a Tesla Supercharger, consisting of 32 stalls to be built at the site, [2] was granted on 18 May 2018,[3] but the stalls are yet to open.
The guns in both forward turrets on the museum ship HMS Belfast, moored between Tower Bridge and London Bridge some 11.7 miles away in the centre of London, are elevated and trained on the London Gateway Motorway Services Area to illustrate the range of the ship's armament.[4]
Layout
It has a separate, first, northbound approach, targeted at its hotel part, the roads of which are linked to the rest of the complex.
The entry and exit spur for the motorway's southbound carriageway cross (to and from) the services at a high point on the west side. The service station has an unusual give way for the entry spur mentioned (vehicles coming from the north must give way).
To the far south is a linked, controlled access, emergency vehicle road to/from Ellesmere Avenue.[5]
References
- ^ a b "London Gateway - motorway services". Motorway Services Online. 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Tesla Equipment Schedule" (PDF).
- ^ "Barnet Council planning permission" (PDF).
- ^ "Why Do The Guns Of HMS Belfast Point At A Motorway Service Station?". Londonist. 16 February 2015.
- ^ Marshall, Geoff (22 December 2017). "Geoff and Jay Go Up The A1 (Part 2)". YouTube (Video). Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
External links
- Official Site - London Gateway
- Motorway Services Online - London Gateway
- Motorway Services Trivia Website - Scratchwood services (now London Gateway)
This page was last edited on 22 January 2024, at 23:03