‘Britain’s dullest man’ produces calendar for 2023 celebrating the country’s best CAR PARKS from a ‘haunted’ site to another costing 15p-an-hour and one boasting a cocktail bar (so is YOUR favourite on the list?)

• Self-confessed ‘dull’ man Kevin Beresford, 70, of Redditch, has released a car parks calendar for 2023
• Mr Beresford, ‘dull Kev’, spent months travelling the length of the country from Lands End to John O’ Groats
• He compiled his 12 favourites from the 603-mile-journey for the calendar he said ‘nobody else is selling’ 
• Mr Beresford, who says it is ‘sexy being dull’, believes the best one is Trinity Street Car Park in Birmingham
• Likening himself to art icons he said: ‘Like artists such as Andy Warhol and Van Gogh I focus on the mundane’

The ‘dullest man in Britain’ has produced a bizarre calendar for 2023 – celebrating the country’s best car parks, from a ‘haunted’ battle site, one costing just 15p-an-hour and another boasting a cocktail bar.

Kevin Beresford spent several months travelling the length of the entire country reviewing the parking offerings from Land’s End to John o’ Groats.

The 70-year-old then compiled his 12 favourites into a contender for the most boring calendar of 2023 – devoted entirely to the best car parks in Britain.

Mr Beresford, of Redditch, Worcestershire, who admits he could be ‘Britain’s dullest man’, decided to embark on the 603-mile-journey in search of the nation’s prime parking spot.

And he believes the best one is situated – in Birmingham.

JANUARY: The £20million Edinburgh Airport car park where Mr Beresford says you are ‘instantly rewarded with a light and spacious environment’ and can take in the ‘dynamic Scottish landscape’

FEBRUARY: Rupert Street multi-storey car park in Bristol which has a loop-the-loop design ‘parking experience’ and ‘rather disappointingly the roof level turned out to be for private parking’

MARCH: Britain’s most haunted car park is Culloden in the Highlands, on Culloden Moor, where hundreds of people were killed in 1746 during the Battle of Culloden

APRIL: Brewer Street car park in Soho, London, which was built in 1929 and attracts theatregoers, however one hour of parking will cost you not too shy of £12 

The Trinity Street car park in the city’s creative quarter Digbeth boasts a cocktail bar along one of it sides, has walls made from crushed cars and is adorned with street art.

Also among his top picks is the striking art deco Brewer Street car park in London’s Soho, which costs £47.80 to park for four hours.

Elsewhere, Britain’s most haunted car park in Culloden in the Highlands, where hundreds of people were killed in 1746 during the last major battle on British soil, is also featured.

The unique Rupert Street car park in Bristol is pictured in February where motorists are forced to park on a steep incline.

Others featured include Edinburgh Airport which showcases ‘helter skelter’ ramps and possibly the nation’s cheapest car park in Milton Keynes, which costs just 15p an hour.

Duncansby Head, in The Highlands, is the most northeasterly point on the British mainland, and is said to be the car park offering the best views.

When judging what makes a good car park, Mr Beresford takes into consideration factors including lighting, price and aesthetics of the spaces.

Mr Beresford, who is also president of the Car Park Association Society, said: ‘I think first and foremost if I had to design a car park myself it would have to be brightly lit.

SEPTEMBER: Q-Park Sovereign car park in Leeds, formerly called Criterion, which boasts a ‘swanky’ Italian restaurant on the ground floor, glitzy summer balls on its upper levels, potted plants and resin car carpet

OCTOBER: Duncansby Head Car Park , north of John O’Groats, which is the most north-easterly car park in mainland Britain, is accessed via a single-track road and boasts a lighthouse

NOVEMBER: Charity car park in West Bromwich with a one-way system where prices start at 60p and is easily situated within reach of shops and a fish market 

DECEMBER: The Custard Factor car park, aka Trinity Street car park, in Birmingham, with an entrance made up of crushed car engines, a cocktail bar and street art

‘That is so important and something that is often overlooked. A dark car park is scary especially at night.

‘Also a lot of the car parks were designed years ago for small cars.

‘Now you have big 4x4s, so a lot of the small parking spaces are not adequate really anymore.

‘It’s also got to be reasonably priced to entice people into an area

‘But for me as well, it’s the aesthetic of the car park and that is what drew me to the Trinity Street one in Birmingham, which is just amazing.

‘What other parking area has an entrance made up of crushed car engines – it’s incredible.

Kevin Beresford (pictured), who is also president of the Car Park Association Society, said: ‘I think first and foremost if I had to design a car park myself it would have to be brightly lit’

When judging what makes a good car park, Mr Beresford takes into consideration factors including lighting, price and aesthetics of the spaces

‘As you enter there is street art everywhere including a giant Spider-Man and it’s all very artistic.

‘And on your right when you go in to park your car, there is a cocktail bar.. If it rains, you can sit under a wigwam – this car park has everything.

‘This parking is also very cheap and it’s close to the city centre too. It is quite unique and out of the ordinary. ‘

Mr Beresford came up with his latest idea after flogging previous mundane calendars featuring roundabouts, benches and postboxes.

He says he prides himself on showcasing the parts of British society that more conventional calendars never do in order to stand out from the crowd.

When judging what makes a good car park, Mr Beresford takes into consideration factors including lighting, price and aesthetics of the spaces

The Trinity Street car park in Birmingham’s creative quarter Digbeth (pictured) boasts a cocktail bar along one of it sides, has walls made from crushed cars and is adorned with street art

He added: ‘I focus on slices of English life that nobody else does.

‘I suppose like artists such as Andy Warhol and Van Gogh I focus on the mundane.

‘I don’t create your normal conventional calendars; I make the ones nobody else is selling.

‘I think that is another reason people buy my calendars because they are unique.

‘I’ve been called the dullest man in Britain but, I am proud about this title. It’s sexy being dull.’

Mr Beresford’s 2023 car park calendar costs £12.50 and can be bought online here.

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