Entrance to a motorway service area

Motorway signs

Entrance to a motorway service area

A blue rectangle with the services symbol and operator information indicates the slip road to the services. Slow down well before the slip — services slip roads are often shorter than you'd expect and the mainline traffic is often doing 70+ mph behind you.

Shape
Rectangular
Background
Blue
Border
White
Text type
Other
Primary symbol
Arrow
Secondary symbol
Other
Diagram reference
2921.0

Where you'll see this sign

At every motorway services on every UK motorway, including the M6, M1, M25, M5 and M62.

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