Magor Services

Yes, most motorway service stations are depressing places, but this one really is one of the worst– possibly the worst.
If you’re driving along the M4, busting for a toilet break, and the Magor Services is coming up, then consider for a moment that just wetting your pants might be preferable to stopping here. (Alternatively, try to hang on and head into Cardiff or Bristol, depending on your direction– much better.)
The whole thing is just totally miserable. There’s a Burger King and your usual non-​descript general store selling overpriced CDs and chocolate bars, but it’s all so lifeless and the staff really couldn’t care less. Yes, even compared to other service stations.
Although it was built in the 1990s it was taken over by First Motorway Services who let it just about scrape by without giving it any attention. There’s accommodation here as well, you’d have to pay me to try that for a night, and you’d have to make sure I didn’t take any razorblades with me just in case it all got too much.