Talk:Popham Services/@comment-80.189.168.196-20200319165016

Popham Services Westbound should now be avoided since the restaurant has been taken over by Starbucks. Many motorists wishing to take more a break from driving  (isn't that a primary function of Services?) than just to purchase fuel will be led into the car park. There are some signs that on first sight appear to indicate that the random places where the temporary looking cardboard signs are affixed are reserved for Starbucks customers only, with unwelcoming CCTV warnings. I took care not to park in one of those bays.

After returning from making my purchases in M&S (I did not require any fuel)  I noticed that one of these signs had in fact been pinned to the entrance but had been blown the wrong way around so as to not be visible to unsuspecting drivers entering into what they would assume to be a public car parking area. In other words the WHOLE of the car park appears to be reserved for Starbucks customers, with only a few spaces on the BP forecourt allocated to M&S. It would have had to be a very busy Starbucks indeed to merit such a large car park. As busy in fact as the number of customers entering M&S Food which clearly is what the car park was originally intended for.

Not sure who operates the CCTV cameras or if any "fines" are imposed but my advice is to avoid unless you just fancy getting a coffee.