[citation needed] It is between Arkley and Edgware on the west side of the road, has a hotel, and, unusually, has an early give way on its northern approach.

On 6 September 1997, many people parked at the service station to witness the passing of the funeral hearse of Diana, Princess of Wales[citation needed] on its way along with the M1 from central London to her burial place in Althorp, Northamptonshire.

[3] It has a separate, first, northbound approach, targeted at its hotel part, the roads of which are linked to the rest of the complex.

The entry and exit spur for the motorway's southbound carriageway cross (to and from) the services at a high point on the west side.

To the far south is a linked, controlled access, emergency vehicle road to/from Ellesmere Avenue.