John Rowland wrote:
"Neil Williams" wrote...

Most do not allow access by normal drivers from
outside the motorway, but one presumes that
access must be available for staff in case any
live locally and wish to walk or cycle to work.
In most cases, such access seems to be available,
but is marked with a no-entry sign.

In the case of Clacket Lane clockwise services, anyone is allowed to access
via the local road (which not surprisigly is called Clacket Lane) so long as
they are booked into the hotel in the service station.

How does they manage that? The map shows the access road crossing
Clacket Lane on the level. Is the map wrong?

I don't know if
similar rules apply for the hotel at Scratchwood or any other services.

I've seen something similar somewhere on the M1 (Newport Pagnell, IIRC)
where the hotel was beyond the barrier, and they had to book in at the
service station in order to get through... except that the barrier
didn't actually work, so anyone could get through.