County: Kent Road M20 motorway | Date opened: 2007 | |
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Stranded passengers regroup at stop 24 services
Stop 24 services is a motorway service station on the M20 motorway near Folkestone in Kent. They are the second to be built on the motorway and were opened in 2007.
Contents
- Stranded passengers regroup at stop 24 services
- History
- Facilities
- Restaurants
- Petrol station
- Other Facilities
- References
The services are found off Junction 11 at Westenhanger. They contain a petrol station, parking for both cars and lorries, and a number of shops including W H Smith a foreign exchange facility called Xchange. Now open is the lorry park with 82 parking spaces and customs clearance facilities provided by ChannelPorts Ltd
History
Junctions 10 to 13 of the M20 motorway were opened in 1981. Prior to the construction of the services, the proposed site was subjected to an archaeological investigation. This was because the area was close to known archaeological sites. Shards of pottery dating from the 1st–4th centuries were discovered and there may have been a Roman settlement between the current site of the services and line of the nearby Roman road from Lympne to Canterbury.
Facilities
Stop 24 has no on site hotel so therefore, the next service station with services is Roadchef Maidstone.
Restaurants
Petrol station
The Petrol station at stop 24 is a shell station.