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Birchanger Green services is a
motorway service station Motorway service areas (MSA) also known as services or service stations, are rest areas in the UK and Ireland where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop, use the toilet or stay in an on-site overnight hotel ...
on the
M11 motorway The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the A406 road, North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14 road (Great Britain), A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as a trunk road as early as 1915, various plans ...
at Birchanger near Stansted in
Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
, England. It is owned by Welcome Break.


History

It was sited on at Start Hill. It was to be called 'Stansted Green'. The local parish council wanted the site just to be called 'Birchanger'. The site should have opened in March 1993, as for 16 years there had been no services on the motorway. Forte stopped planning work in 1992, and resumed in November 1993. There would be 200 staff and room for 320 cars, and 75 trucks, with seating for 270. After 12 months of building, it opened at 7am 9 March 1995. Audrey Brown was the first customer, travelling from Peterborough to London. The official opening was on Friday 28 April 1995 by the local MP Alan Haselhurst. The Travelodge opened on 23 October 1995, costing £34.50 per night.


Construction

The architect was Roy Millard Associates of Bishop's Stortford. The consulting engineer Marks, Heeley and Brothwell of Bishop Stortford.


Customers

Birchanger Green services scored a 95% satisfaction rating according to a Motorway Services User Survey conducted by Transport Focus in 2019.


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