Is this the UK’s saddest service station picnic area? (Stafford Services)

by Towels-Travels

23 comments
  1. abandoned sub reddit would be better suited, but is it abandoned or just shit?

  2. If I remember rightly, the rest of the service station is pretty picturesque. Doesn’t it sit by a river?

  3. You missed the giant fountain, still in use play area, atrium and more.
    Shitford is shit, but not that shit.
    Also, it’s technically in Norton green/stone.
    Happy friday

  4. Better tell Jon at Auto Shenanigans and get him to do a new series on crap picnic areas.

  5. I am getting really annoyed these days with seeing people\companies spending a load of money on something that looks nice to start with but then they do nothing to maintain it. It’s such a waste of time and money, and eventually becomes an eyesore just like this.

  6. That traffic cone is the chefs kiss of sadness.

  7. On the contrary – I see an area getting reclaimed by nature, and nothing about that makes me sad. Think of all the beetles delighted to set up home in those broken down old picnic tables!

  8. Stafford services is easily the nicest one along the M6 though

  9. That’s not a picnic area, that’s a survival challenge.

  10. It might be, bit the quality of the photos makes the place quite attractive.

    Kudos to the photographer!

  11. Bring the benches into dry and vanish them… give it a chance. Also remove those slippy leaves before they get smelly if its not too late.. probably havent bothered because not many peeps wanna sit down in the autum/Winter

  12. Looks like the start of a level on Powerwash Simulator, before you get to blast it clean.

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