There are some guns in London which are aimed at Scratchwood services anybody know where they are?
£1trillion for the winner
They’re on that navy ship on the Thames, can’t remember what it’s called.
Now about that money 
arronls:
They’re on that navy ship on the Thames, can’t remember what it’s called.Now about that money
It comes in installments of 1p every 100 years
arronls:
They’re on that navy ship on the Thames, can’t remember what it’s called.Now about that money
HMS Belfast by any chance?
Target Scratchwood! Why HMS Belfast has its guns trained on M1 services
FOR the weary traveller nearing London, pulling off the M1 into Scratchwood Services hardly counts as an adventure.
But knowing you are in the sights of some very big naval guns could change all that.
It has been revealed that the guns of the old warship HMS Belfast, berthed 12 miles away at Tower Bridge, are trained on the services, now known as London Gateway.
The Second World War cruiser has not fired a shot in anger since the Korean War and is now mainly a tourist attraction.
But few realise its guns are still in working order and could be quickly recommissioned if an ‘enemy’ invaded.
The MoD’s in house magazine Focus said: ‘If the enemy was to land at Scratchwood, 12 miles from central London, and if no other artillery was available, they might be pounded by the six-inch guns of HMS Belfast.’
Invading troops could certainly be sure of food and fuel supplies, not to mention toilet facilities designed to cater for coachloads of football fans.
They would also have easy access to the M1, running from London to Leeds.
But how long an army, marching on its stomach, could survive on motorway service food and coffee is not addressed by the magazine.
An MoD source said: 'All this may sound utterly ridiculous, but we have worked out that given the angle of elevation of the guns, several salvos from HMS Belfast would obliterate Scratchwood and any enemy close by.
However, we don’t expect an invasion by enemy paratroops at the moment.’
Asked why Scratchwood needed defending, he said: 'There are lots of contingency plans for all sorts of things, and this is just one of a number of worst-case scenarios.
‘This service station has a layout that means it could be easily defended, so it could be somewhere that an invading force could turn into its first base.’ Scratchwood Services, between junction 2 and 4, opened in 1969. Many complained that Northern visitors to the capital deserved a more fitting welcome, and it has featured in a book called Boring Postcards.
It became something of a national joke in the 1980s, a place visited in dramas by the sad and desperate. An episode of EastEnders was filmed there.
Since then, it has brightened up, improved its food and been rebranded London Gateway.
An MoD spokesman confirmed last night that Belfast’s guns were trained on the service station, but said the ship was now in the ownership of the Imperial War Museum.
He added: 'The Ministry of Defence currently has no plans to shell Scratchwood Services.
‘In fact, given the ship’s illustrious war record, Scratchwood can consider itself one of the best-defended service stations in the country.’ A spokesman for Welcome Break services said the news was ‘very reassuring’.
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An MoD source said: 'All this may sound utterly ridiculous, but we have worked out that given the angle of elevation of the guns, several salvos from HMS Belfast would obliterate Scratchwood
Probably the best idea the MOD’s had for years! 
gnasty gnome:
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An MoD source said: 'All this may sound utterly ridiculous, but we have worked out that given the angle of elevation of the guns, several salvos from HMS Belfast would obliterate ScratchwoodProbably the best idea the MOD’s had for years!
Wonder if they wanna list. 
wish they would open fire then as it aint the best services lol