A SHOPPING centre has got rid of its bizarre new PC car park spaces after customers were left confused about which to use.

The 24 spaces were intended to "promote diversity" by replacing traditional "mother, father and child" signs with alternative designs.

5 This sign at Westfield Shepherd's Bush car park showing to elderly women with children has been scrapped after customers were left baffled at where they could park

They included spaces for gay couples with children, older parents with kids, split families and a trans couple with a child at Westfield in west London.

While some of the signage appeared obvious, others left people baffled and questioning whether they were allowed to park there.

One of the more obscure icons included "grandparent, guardian and child", while "pregnant mother with female partner and baby" also proved tough to decipher.

Rob Jones is one shopper who was left stumped by the temporary signage and said the spaces seemed "a bit forced".

5 One of the signs at Westfield shopping centre in west London shows a gay male couple with a newborn baby as part of the 'modern families' campaign

5 The 24 new spaces at Westfield were installed in August as part of a campaign by Volvo to promote its new family car

The 28-year-old told MailOnline: "My family and I drove into Car Park A when they were put up and we didn't have a clue which ones we could park in.

"We had a queue of vehicles behind us as my wife and I tried to work out if we could leave the car in them."

But a spokesperson said the feedback from Westfield customers so far showed the idea had "proven popular" with them.

The spaces were created by Volvo, with the help of advertising company Grey London, to mark the launch of their new family estate car.

5 This design shows a 'split family' of two couples with one child, to mark exclusivity of non-traditional families of 'mother, father and child'

Joseph Ernst, creative director at Grey London, told the Drum: "According to the Office of National Statistics, 65% of UK families are non-traditional.

"But the family iconography we see every day still doesn’t reflect this.

“To launch Volvo’s ultimate family car, the new V60, we wanted to represent families of all kinds.

"The Volvo Family Icons are a celebration of the broad spectrum of diverse families living in the UK today.”

5 This design is aimed at being inclusive of single parent families, which is one of the more obvious signs to decipher

The parking spaces were installed in Car Park A at Westfield Shepherd's Bush, on Level 1 near Waitrose and Marks & Spencer in August.

A Westfield spokesperson said: "This was from a temporary brand campaign by Volvo earlier this year in the summer not a permanent fixture."

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Westfield recently underwent a £600million expansion project to add a new Primark and John Lewis store.

Shopping centre bosses also gave Adidas, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Curry's PC World and Boots a refurbishment.

In October the shopping centre was crowned the best in the UK.

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