I have been looking at Google street view of Southend Airport and was quite shocked how bad the grass areas are maintained. The walk from the long term car park involves walking past an area of tall weeds and nettles while the grass area in front of the terminal looks just awful and very neglected.
Maybe it is a lack of pride but when I travel to places like Spain their airport approach roads are like green oasis of manicured lawns while Southend could do with some weed and feed and some watering.