Overnight Parking in Whitby?

pagandave · Sep 14, 2014

Hi I am looking at going to see a band play in whitby, at the resolution inn, and was wondering if there was anywhere I xan park my campervan overnight nearby. Can anyone help?

gjh · Sep 15, 2014

There is no overnighting in Scarborough BC car parks at all and overnighting on roads is restricted. See North Yorkshire and Scarborough entries Here.
C&CC and MCC groups hold meets in the area regularly so if you are in one or the other it's worth seeing if there is one convenient. There are plenty of caravan sites in the area but some shut at the end of October. Other than that it is a case of finding a layby on the moors.
Graham

TonyJones · Sep 15, 2014

Would the "Resolution" let you hide in a corner of their car park? For one night you don't need any facilities, you can arrive with full tank of fresh water and an empty waste tank, and go home with the opposite.
Who knows, you might make such a good impression that they sign up with Nightstops or Britstops!

gjh · Sep 16, 2014

No car park at The Resolution, Tony. It's as built up as a built up thing round there

Graham

maggyd. · Oct 4, 2014

It depends on how big your van is! you might get away with parking in the parking bays up on the West cliffe area or even the car parks just for one night.

gjh · Oct 4, 2014

maggyd. said:
It depends on how big your van is! you might get away with parking in the parking bays up on the West cliffe area or even the car parks just for one night.

I believe that whole area is included in the NYCC order which says that motorhomes are not permitted to park between the hours of 11pm and 7am each day. See Here.
Graham

iveco4x4 · Oct 22, 2014

Interesting, can that legally be enforced as I beleive there is no legal classification of what is a motorhome. If you read your V5 then it will say Motor Caravan

Mine doesn't even say that as the camper body can be removed so its just cargo, so legally it cannot be a motor caravan

Rich

gjh · Oct 23, 2014

iveco4x4 said:
Interesting, can that legally be enforced as I beleive there is no legal classification of what is a motorhome. If you read your V5 then it will say Motor Caravan

Mine doesn't even say that as the camper body can be removed so its just cargo, so legally it cannot be a motor caravan

Rich

It all depends on the wording in the legal order, which may or may not refer to definitions in national legislation. Local authorities are now tending to use specific wording designed to cover all the vehicles they are concerned about.

TonyJones · Oct 23, 2014

gjh said:
iveco4x4 said:

Interesting, can that legally be enforced as I beleive there is no legal classification of what is a motorhome. If you read your V5 then it will say Motor Caravan

Mine doesn't even say that as the camper body can be removed so its just cargo, so legally it cannot be a motor caravan

Rich

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It all depends on the wording in the legal order, which may or may not refer to definitions in national legislation. Local authorities are now tending to use specific wording designed to cover all the vehicles they are concerned about.

They sometimes try wording like "no sleeping in vehicles" as well. However, enforcing THAT must be even harder - even if the curtains are shut and you're in your PJs, you can still say "But I wasn't asleep," and no-one can prove otherwise! Plus, they're on dodgy road-safety ground, banning people from sleeping in a vehicle, when we see so many "Tiredness Kills" signs everywhere.
I've also seen "No overnight occupation of vehicles," which tightens it up a bit, but would still require someone to testify that they'd been in sight of the vehicle all night and you hadn't left it - otherwise "But I didn't occupy it overnight, just for some time at the beginning and end!"

gjh · Oct 24, 2014

That ties in with my point, Tony. The "no sleeping" type restrictions were, perhaps, based on a certain naivity of expecting that people would be honest about their activities. It is as a result of those not working that more thought is being put into orders these days.
Graham

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