Meadowhall Interchange located a short distance from Junction 34 of the M1 motorway, meaning it is more conveniently located for intercity coach services than Sheffield Interchange in the city centre. As a result, many coach services for Sheffield call at Meadowhall Interchange instead of the city centre. To link passengers with Sheffield city centre, there are many bus services between Sheffield Interchange and Meadowhall Interchange, including the express X1 and X78 every ten minutes. Intercity coach services, operated by Megabus and National Express, usually depart from stands A1 and A2, the two stands closest to the shopping centre. Coach service destinations include
Colonnades Leisure Park (Valley Park has IKEA and Purley Way Retail Park has Sainsbury's), although it centres itself as more of an entertainment complex than shopping area. The retail park is the southern most on the A23 Purley Way road and is close to Purley town centre. The site of Croydon Airport is opposite the site of the retail Park. Most of the outlets in the park are entertainment oriented, such as City Limits an indoor entertainment centre with a restaurant, sports bar, arcade and bowling facilities. Other tenants include Gipsy Moth family pub and restaurant, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Premier Inn, a Kidspace