Transport and Logistics Network
The motorway was shut down between junction 1 (Brent Cross) and 5 (Watford), leading to serious congestion.
A Hertfordshire Constabulary spokesperson urged motorists to steer clear of the area.
They said: “Police are dealing with a concern for welfare …
The Watford Observer has again linked up with its friends at Watford Museum to look back at structures, objects or businesses from the town’s past that have either disappeared or been relocated and this week we recall a parade of shops that overhung a …
Britain’s first motorway service station[1] opened in November 1959 to much fanfare – and hesitation. As car-fever was at its peak in the UK, and after much to-ing and fro-ing from planning to completion, names such as Watford, a local village not…
Watford Gap: M1 services that hosted Stones and Beatles faces demolitionUK’s oldest service station, which Jimi Hendrix mistook for a nightclub, to be replaced by EV-friendly developmentIt has been a place of dubious welcome for countless drivers and …
Britain’s oldest and most historic motorway service station faces demolition under plans to build a low-carbon replacement that can cope with electric vehicle drivers.Watford Gap Services on the M1, which was Britain’s first service station when i…