Motorhome friendly town parking Forums

suly

I've put together the bits of info so far gleaned from the Salisbury thread. I was trying to sort out the parking for visiting town/village centres from the wild/overnight camping parking. Unfortunately the formatting for the table is lost on copying to the site, and there is undoubtably more information available on this site and others through a search but haven't had a chance yet to hunt through. I thought it would be helpful to have one place for this as well.

There is also a danger that things change, sometimes for the better but often for the worse. I don't mind trying to keep the list up to date if others pass on information. I'm sorting by county so it would be helpful if that was included in your report ( I'm an American and my knowledge of UK geography is a bit weak, especially as boundaries and names keep changing). Also, any advice as to formatting this to make it easier to read/print would be gratefully received.

Town County Park & Ride/parking name Comments and date checked

Chester Ches Little Rodee car park by River Dee crossing
Conwy Conwy car park below castle approach from Llanwerst
Newquay Corn Mount Wise long stay CP 1999 to update
Exeter Devon Haven Rd CP 1998 - need to update
Poole Dorset NCP town centre between Dolphin Centre and pool - 2000
Poole Dorset Quay side spaces up to 20' long
Gretna Dum&Gal in centre also Gretna outlet village
Dover Eastern Docks Kent Staff/permit holders CP can be pre-booked ??
Canterbury Kent New Dover Rd P&R toilet empty and water, entry closes 10pm to 6am
Canterbury Kent St Radigund's CP up to 5.5 metres
Canterbury Kent Kingsmead Coach park free toilet drop and water point
Liverpool Lpool Albert Dock CP 1998 - need to update
Whitby N Yorks no height barriers except AUGUST
Pickering N Yorks Ryedale Car Parks no height barriers
Oxford Oxon Redbridge staff will lift barrier in and out, bus to town centre
Abingdon Oxon Rye Farm CP on A415 south, bus into Oxford
Stratford-upon-Avon Warks P & R on A439
Swindon Wilts Outlet village North CP will double check next week
Wrexham Wrexhm centre car park next to Water World complex
York York Rawcliff Bar north side staff lift barriers
York York Grimston Bar north side staff lift barriers
York York Monks Cross north side staff lift barriers
Knaresborough Yorks York Place on A59 from York

elbino

Poole Quay is the only place I've had a ticket due to very misleading info on the signs

hymmi

Hi suly,

This is an excellant idea and one i suggested to nuke a few weeks ago,to have it's own section.......it really would help when arriving in a strange town/city if you had a car-park or parking spot to head for.

geraldandannie · Moderator

This is a great idea, Suly. Thanks!

Gerald

ScotJimland

Hi ,
good idea.. for interest, there is a site already up and running with this idea ..

suly

Elbino

If you give me an idea of what the problem was, and when you encountered it, I can amend the list accordingly.

ScotJimland

I've seen the site, but there are huge gaps in it except for the Sainsburys links, which aren't always appropriate for town visits. I thought with the number of members here we could pool our knowledge. But maybe it would be best to send to other site. As I've said already I don't think my list is as yet very workable for general display.

What do you all suggest? I'm the newbie here and don't even have a motorhome yet! I just want reassurance that our life with a campervan as our only vehicle won't be too restrictive, so I'm trying to track down some information.

Su

PS Have emailed Durham again as have still had no response.