Rownhams services

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Rownhams Services
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The eastbound services
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Rownhams Services
Location within Hampshire
Information
County Hampshire
Road M27
Coordinates: 50°57′30″N1°26′56″W / 50.9583°N 1.4489°W / 50.9583; -1.4489
Operator Roadchef
Date opened1977
Website www.roadchef.com/locations/rownhams-south

Rownhams services is a motorway service station on the M27 motorway, close to the junction for the M271 motorway which leads into Southampton. It is owned by Roadchef.

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History

The nearby village did not realise how close that the M27 motorway would go to the local housing, and desperately tried to move the motorway north. The village was hugely disappointed when the motorway was not moved away from the village. [1]

Structure

In 2012, the westbound side was refurbished, and a McDonald's restaurant was added. Eastbound traffic can access this by walking through a subway under the motorway.

References

  1. Times Tuesday April 27 1971, page 5