It looks suprisingly unchaved.
The car park was a bit of a pikey playground for a while until it was surrounded with concrete, and a cashier in the petrol station (now closed) told me that it was becoming a popular dogging site - delightful.
The MSA with the tower is Forton on the M6. The tower was closed because too many people were visiting it for the views - a visit to an MSA should be ancilliary to the main purpose of a journey - the MSA shouldn't attract additional traffic onto the network. The M&S food shops in Moto MSA's might have a bit of a problem with this - wonder what the Highways Agency view on them is.