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This is a calm space in London's Ealing Broadway station. It provides people with a place to pause and reset
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Source: Transport for London
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2026
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It's basically a covered, maybe sound dampening bench. How big should it be?
As a tall person, this looks to be too small vertically.
On the other hand, most people only want to use that space alone.
It has a seat.
You go in, sit down and rest a little.
I've seen them at big conferences and big offices (although, most are private pods for work, some offices do have little private/quiet booths for sitting in).
And a lot of tall people are also quite tall after sitting down, e.g. I recently drove a car and put the seat basically to the lowest setting to get enough head clearance.
The space between that bench and the roof still looks tiny.
Yeh, probably sucks for a lot of disabled people as well.
As a tall person myself, I have used similar and haven't had an issue. But there are taller people than me, so maybe I am not tall enough.
Bus stop benches are also horrible. As are most seats in fast food restaurants. Airplane seats are also too small.
Some seats aren't meant for a long time of sitting, or have other priorities I guess.
There is also only 1. Not great if you need a break at the same time someone else does.