Services
Junction 1 is home to Severn View services – formerly called Aust Services when originally opened for the M4 motorway – can also be accessed by the A403, from Avonmouth. There is a footpath to allow pedestrians to cross over the bridge leading from the service station.
When the motorway was diverted over the Second Severn Crossing it was anticipated that these services may close. However, although the original building – which had offered views of the River Severn – was sold due to falling business caused by the traffic going over the newer bridge, operations continued in a new, much smaller development on an adjacent site but nearer the motorway junction.
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