Butler - Kempley Service Station, Kempley Green, Gloucestershire GL18 2BW 1995 5
Hands up who has heard of Kempley Green! I'd not be surprised if no-one has as it is in the middle of nowhere in Gloucestershire. The only thing of note it is anywhere near is the M50 motorway but it doesn't even have access to that! There isn't even a B road anywhere nearby and the nearest A road is about three miles away. So I think this garage could have safely been described as remote, at least when it existed. It's all gone of course, replaced with one modern house with a double garage.
Back in the day it was a small village garage with little chance for more than one car to fill up at a time, not that I suspect locals would have been queuing up here for petrol. Other things of note, the pumps in the last Butler livery but the pole sign not yet updated, the sign for the Butler Fuels Collection and the cars, a Mondeo to the left and a Rover to the right either side of a Renault Traffic van and a chocolate brown Morris Marina by the looks of it. The car right at the back looks interesting but I can't work out what it is.
Here's the Streetview for what its worth.
Butler - Kempley Service Station, Kempley Green, Gloucestershire GL18 2BW 1995 5
Hands up who has heard of Kempley Green! I'd not be surprised if no-one has as it is in the middle of nowhere in Gloucestershire. The only thing of note it is anywhere near is the M50 motorway but it doesn't even have access to that! There isn't even a B road anywhere nearby and the nearest A road is about three miles away. So I think this garage could have safely been described as remote, at least when it existed. It's all gone of course, replaced with one modern house with a double garage.
Back in the day it was a small village garage with little chance for more than one car to fill up at a time, not that I suspect locals would have been queuing up here for petrol. Other things of note, the pumps in the last Butler livery but the pole sign not yet updated, the sign for the Butler Fuels Collection and the cars, a Mondeo to the left and a Rover to the right either side of a Renault Traffic van and a chocolate brown Morris Marina by the looks of it. The car right at the back looks interesting but I can't work out what it is.
Here's the Streetview for what its worth.