CIG_BIG_CIG wrote:

What I meant by this question was if I was at the roundabout I can
only go towards London on the A3 there is no direct access to the
southbound A3 you have to go to Esher first. Has it never been
possible to get directly from Hook to the A3 southbound?

Yes, before the Esher By-pass was built you could go onto the southbound
A3 from the Hook Roundabout