Tuesday 20 October 2020
Electric Vehicle Charging
We have added a list of electric vehicle charging points and updated the relevant junction pages.
This is an expanding area so if you come across any that we have missed please post a message.
Thursday 25 October 2012
Junction 30 / 31
This is a complex double junction. Clockwise leave at J30, anti-clockwise at 31 (watch for signage before entering Dartford Crossing to ensure that you are in the correct lane).
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Thurrock Services has all the usual facilities of a motorway service station including a hotel. Electric vehicle charging is available. Opposite the exit is the Lakeside shopping centre. Traffic for this can be heavy, before Bluewater was built queues at Christmas and for the January sales backed up onto the motorway.
Travelling clockwise this junction marks the end of the motorway. There is no path for pedestrians or cyclists over the QE2 bridge. Cyclists must use the dedicated cycle track to the Crossing Control point from where a patrol vehicle will ferry them across.
The toll plaza for the Dartford Crossing has been removed and the charge must now be paid on-line
or through a Payzone outlet.
I have found that if travelling anti-clockwise at busy times leaving the services can be a pretty slow process as you need to cross the traffic stream leaving the motorway for London.
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Thurrock Services has all the usual facilities of a motorway service station including a hotel. Electric vehicle charging is available. Opposite the exit is the Lakeside shopping centre. Traffic for this can be heavy, before Bluewater was built queues at Christmas and for the January sales backed up onto the motorway.
Travelling clockwise this junction marks the end of the motorway. There is no path for pedestrians or cyclists over the QE2 bridge. Cyclists must use the dedicated cycle track to the Crossing Control point from where a patrol vehicle will ferry them across.
The toll plaza for the Dartford Crossing has been removed and the charge must now be paid on-line
or through a Payzone outlet.
I have found that if travelling anti-clockwise at busy times leaving the services can be a pretty slow process as you need to cross the traffic stream leaving the motorway for London.
Junction 29
Intersection with the A127 Southend Arterial Road. There is a small industrial site off the roundabout which, according to the signs, contains a cafe. Presumably the normal roadside tea and burger stall catering for lorry drivers.
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Junction 28
For all services take the A1028 towards Brentwood.
Tucked in a stub of the original road cut off by the roundabout is a filling station and a noodle bar in a former Little Chef. The noodle bar is owned by a small local chain and is open for lunch and evening meals Tuesdays to Saturdays and all day from noon until 21:45 on Sundays (times verified 5 Jan 2024). The filling station has toilets, a free cashpoint, a Deli2Go and a Costa Express although there is no seating or standing area for the last two.
There is also a coffee stall in the car park..
Carry on for a few more yards and the Nags Head public house is on the right. This is now a popular restaurant. Almost opposite is a Holiday Inn and just across the traffic lights by the pub a small convenience store.
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Tucked in a stub of the original road cut off by the roundabout is a filling station and a noodle bar in a former Little Chef. The noodle bar is owned by a small local chain and is open for lunch and evening meals Tuesdays to Saturdays and all day from noon until 21:45 on Sundays (times verified 5 Jan 2024). The filling station has toilets, a free cashpoint, a Deli2Go and a Costa Express although there is no seating or standing area for the last two.
There is also a coffee stall in the car park..
Carry on for a few more yards and the Nags Head public house is on the right. This is now a popular restaurant. Almost opposite is a Holiday Inn and just across the traffic lights by the pub a small convenience store.
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Tuesday 16 October 2012
Junction 27
Intersection is only with the M11, you will not be able to leave until Harlow (northbound) or Woodford (southbound).
Junction 26
There are roundabouts on each side of the motorway. On the clockwise side is a Mariott hotel. Between the two is a truck stop.
On the anti-clockwise side take the A121 towards Epping. This takes you to the edge of Epping Forest. The Woodbine public house on the left offers food while the former Volunteer opposite is now an Italian restaurant.
On the very edge of the forest there is a parking an picnic area which is a good place to let children run off some steam.
(Updated January 2024)
Junction 25
There is a selection of local services here. To the north (towards Hertford) on the A10 is a Travelodge with an associated restaurant. When I checked the website only breakfast and dinner was offered although the sign in the window when I drove past included lunch. All other local services are towards London. Take care to be in lane 1 when leaving the roundabout as you will be turning left into Bullsmoor Lane a few seconds later.
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On the left is a parade of local shops including a convenience store, a cafe and a fish and chip shop. There are garages on both sides of the road and on the right are a McDonalds and a Burger King drive through. Both garages offer Costa Coffee and the Shell garage has an electric vehicle charging point and a small Budgeons store.
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On the left is a parade of local shops including a convenience store, a cafe and a fish and chip shop. There are garages on both sides of the road and on the right are a McDonalds and a Burger King drive through. Both garages offer Costa Coffee and the Shell garage has an electric vehicle charging point and a small Budgeons store.
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