After looking at mine I'm assuming as you work your way down the stick that the first red mark will be the full mark and the second red mark the minimum mark.
It looks nothing like the picture in the manual though.
I used to live in Shrewsbury (wish I still did) so closer still. Did you come to the same assumption as I did regarding the dipstick?. Has your car used much oil?.
I have to be honest and say its the first time I've looked at the oil level in the 4 months I've had it.
Yes I agree with you. I will check mine the next time I get it out, the reason I'm interested is that I know they use a bit but the guys in the US have had a lot of problems when the cars have been in for a service and have been over filled by the dealer and it doesn't have to be by much!!