In message , Bob Martin
writes

If you mean signs to the A3 Ripley services, the reason is likely to be
that you cannot easily get back to the M25 without a long deviation.

Surely other easy option for a "quick fix" at M25 J10 would be to route to
"local services" like Cobham, which has, amongst other things, a large
Sainsbury's, complete with Restaurant and Petrol Station, just off the A3?

It would certainly be reasonably near, but it is not 24-hour opening and
I suspect that the locals might well raise planning objections.

I don't know what the official policy is for signs to off-motorway
services, but all those I can recall have been very close-by on major
roads, rather than on local side roads, and tend to point to service
areas that offer the full range of motorway-style facilities.

In the case of Cobham, I suspect it is likely that work will begin on
the official M25 service area there within less than a year, so I doubt
that any quick-fix will be applied, however viable it might be.

(Wasn't it John Major who thought that the answer to all transport
problems was a Cones Hotline and many more Motorway Service Stations,
doubtless with his much-loved caffs selling delicious peas?)

--
Paul Terry