[1][2][3] At the junction there was also a pub, the Middlesex Arms, and an Esso Motor hotel, near which developed a notorious truck stop and the Beacon Cafe.

On Monday 30 July 1984, the four sites on the M25 were unveiled, including one at Iver, still to be built.

[4] The design announced at the end of March 1986, developed with BP Oil and Welcome Break.

When constructed in December 1986,[citation needed] it was the first service area directly accessible from the M25.

[7] An unusual heist of 2,900 dresses all of the same design occurred in the lorry park at the service area on the morning of 13 August 2013.