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Midlands man spends 12 years driving 8,300 miles to visit every former Little Chef in UK
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United Kingdom. The first report grouped here was at 9 Nov 2026, 14:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Midlands man spends 12 years driving 8,300 miles to visit every former Little Chef in UK”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Oliver Hyam, 27, from Stoke-on-Trent, has clocked up more than 8,300 miles visiting around 370 former Little Chef sites across Britain, documenting what happened to the classic roadside diners after the chain closed for good in 2018
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- First reported by Birmingham Mail
Midlands man spends 12 years driving 8,300 miles to visit every former Little Chef in UK
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- Birmingham Mail