Watford Gap

Engineers from Roman times onwards have found it to be the most practical route for connecting the Midlands with South East England.

The A5 road, the West Coast Main Line railway, the M1 motorway and a branch of the Grand Union Canal traverse in parallel a space about 400 metres (1,300 ft) wide.

Watford Gap is a low point through a range of hills providing an easy route between the South Eastern and Midland areas of England.

The historical geographic importance of the area led to many modern communication routes passing through this narrow gap: the coming of the railways brought the London and Birmingham Railway, now known as the West Coast Main Line; the most recent addition, in 1959, was the M1, Britain's first inter-urban motorway, bringing with it Watford Gap services, the first motorway service station.

Topographically the gap is a pass caused by a tectonic plate shift[citation needed], between east and west hill ranges.

[citation needed] The earlier Watford Gap Inn is in good repair and generally unaltered, with the stabling yards and main structures used as farm buildings.

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