The services is split into two sites, one on the northbound and one on southbound sides of the M1.

The two sites are connected by foot via a local road bridge over the motorway.

There are local access roads from both sites onto the same bridge albeit but are not signed for the majority of traffic, and, as of 26 September 2009, both access roads were fitted with automatic barriers.

Woolley Edge is an interchange point for coaches operated by Megabus.

[5] The Hallam Line, a railway between Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley, passes directly beneath the service area and motorway, but there is no railway station with access to the site.