motorway service areas

[FrintonMike]

Has anyone done a survey of caravan friendly service areas ?

I always seem to find the least friendly, especially on the M4 & M5. Either a nightmare to get into or find or in amoungst lorries

 

[Sproket]

Have you had a look on
http://www.shirker.co.uk/services/

 

[FrintonMike]

Thank you Sproket. I have taken a hard copy of the services on the M4,M5 &M6 to keep in the car
One omission on the A12 is the Boreham Interchange at Chelmsford. Although it does not have dedicated caravan parking here is a large area used by lorries, coaches and caravans.
The usual McDonalds is there as well as a garage and hotel

 

[Rita1]

We never use M'Way services usually plan ahead and pull off M'Way all together

http://www.5minutesaway.co.uk/

 

[chrisbee1]

Whilst the above site may be a handy tool it's not comprehensive enough. As an example at junc 7 of the M20 it suggests you drive past a Tesco petrol station (just off the main road) and continue another couple of miles to an Esso station (with a Tesco Express) where diesel is currently priced at 2p a litre more.

 

[Martin24]

Have you had a look on
http://www.shirker.co.uk/services/

Without looking on the inside of the road atlas (all packed ready for the off tomorrow 5am) I must say one of the services listed from the M5 is not as straight forward as described when trying to get my outfit, may well be okay for a two berth behind a smallish car but not for a family sized outfit. If the thread is still running when we get back I'll update. We always keep a list in the car that says which ones were easy and which were not!!

 

[Shirker]

Always welcomes and feedback from other outfits - had a few viewer updates (even photos) and recommendations this year so comments are always welcome.

 

[Patpar]

This would be great - especially if you could include dog friendly areas on services too.

Pat