Clampdown on coastal motorhome parking. (1 Viewer)

[Just smiffy]

Maybe not but we now have far more Motorhomes on the road than we did a few years ago the councils should be encouraging them not banning them from everywhere. All they are doing is driving tourists away to spend money in other countries.

On an average trip we spend 2 to 3 grand in other countries so far I've not seen anything that would encourage us to spend it in the UK so that is £4 to £6k a year the UK is losing by being anti Motorhome and I'm only one person.

For a start need to get rid of all the jobsworth that give you a ticket for parking over a white line get rid of height barriers allow Motorhomes to stop for free or a few quid a night.
I've stopped in Aires and Stellaplatz where cars have to pay more than Motorhomes they value the business Motorhomes bring.

Ditto, so that’s £10,000 from just two people…

 

[Coolcats]

But I don’t want to pay £30 a night to just park…

Cars pay that to park so why not MoHo’s ?

 

[Paul.]

Yet another discussion on this Forum that has divided opinion and will go round and round in circles with no definitive conclusion

 

[Lenny HB]

I think that there is no law, but campsites need a licence and part of the licensing process is to obtain a fire certificate and the fire service stipulates the 6m rule.

Cars park with hot engines and highly volitile fuel so why not a 6m rule for them in carparks.
Remember Luton Airport and the Boomtown Festival.

 

[Lenny HB]

Ditto, so that’s £10,000 from just two people…

You being silly boy.

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[KASPAR]

Cars park with hot engines and highly volitile fuel so why not a 6m rule for them in carparks.
Remember Luton Airport and the Boomtown Festival.

Wot has Campari and not liking Mondays got to do with the coastal motorhome parking? Thread drift or wot

 

[Joethejoiner]

Cars pay that to park so why not MoHo’s ?

They really don't

 

[Just smiffy]

Cars pay that to park so why not MoHo’s ?

you park your car in expensive carparks then…

 

[Broadway]

It seems to me many locations with large car parks in the UK are missing a trick when it comes to self contained Motorhome overnight parking.
National Trust, English Heritage, Port Marinas, Garden Centres, Marts, Supermarkets, Golf Clubs, the list goes on.
I often email places close to where I’d like to overnight asking if they would allow overnighting but 99% of the time receive a negative answer. So we end up using pubs, the few places that do encourage it and small 5 van type farm sites so we can empty and fill up.
Sadly, the UK has a long way to go to be able emulate the Aires on the continent.

 

[Coolcats]

They really don't

They really do and more depending on location and length of stay. I paid £25 recently for a few hours in London to park my car.

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[Coolcats]

you park your car in expensive carparks then…

yes it depends upon location and need but more often than not what I am paid to visit a location outweighs the parking fee.

 

[Ralphey]

What's the point of buying a Motorhome with full facilities if you are going to use campsites they are the last place I would want to stop.

Depends how much pasta you have to o spend as well let's be honest

 

[Coolcats]

It seems to me many locations with large car parks in the UK are missing a trick when it comes to self contained Motorhome overnight parking.
National Trust, English Heritage, Port Marinas, Garden Centres, Marts, Supermarkets, Golf Clubs, the list goes on.
I often email places close to where I’d like to overnight asking if they would allow overnighting but 99% of the time receive a negative answer. So we end up using pubs, the few places that do encourage it and small 5 van type farm sites so we can empty and fill up.
Sadly, the UK has a long way to go to be able emulate the Aires on the continent.

Maybe from the owners point of view they don’t need the hassle

 

[Joethejoiner]

They really do and more depending on location and length of stay. I paid £25 recently for a few hours in London to park my car.

And it's about £8 an hour in central Edinburgh. But , as I'm sure you are aware , the normal town centre carpark in most parts of the UK don't charge at all in the evening.
So , no , they really don't.

 

[Coolcats]

And it's about £8 an hour in central Edinburgh. But , as I'm sure you are aware , the normal town centre carpark in most parts of the UK don't charge at all in the evening.
So , no , they really don't.

oh yes they do it depends on the town or city my town charges 24/7
Some nearby towns don’t so it depends is the real answer

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[Just smiffy]

And it's about £8 an hour in central Edinburgh. But , as I'm sure you are aware , the normal town centre carpark in most parts of the UK don't charge at all in the evening.
So , no , they really don't.

Exactly, town councils are really missing out when a large carpark at night is probably only 10% full…

 

[Coolcats]

Exactly, town councils are really missing out when a large carpark at night is probably only 10% full…

it’s not councils who manage the car parks it’s the outsourced bandits who fine and take money from us

 

[SVMC15]

you can always park in a campsite we do

It would be a very expensive place to just park!

I tend to see several things during the day. I'll stop somewhere for lunch, usually topping up with groceries in the local shop. Once I've been to where I want to be in the afternoon I only need somewhere to stop and sleep overnight. Again quite often popping into the local shops/pub. I am quite happy to pay, most places in Italy were €20, France can be up to that too. What I don't want to do is pay £50 for a overnight stopover.

For those that like using their motorhomes as a caravan go for it, we are all different! Please though don't jump on the bandwagon and wish those who motorhome get made to do the same.

 

[Joethejoiner]

oh yes they do it depends on the town or city my town charges 24/7
Some nearby towns don’t so it depends is the real answer

Sorry, in general, they just don't .
The examples you are giving are just not typical

 

[chaser]

It would be a very expensive place to just park!

I tend to see several things during the day. I'll stop somewhere for lunch, usually topping up with groceries in the local shop. Once I've been to where I want to be in the afternoon I only need somewhere to stop and sleep overnight. Again quite often popping into the local shops/pub. I am quite happy to pay, most places in Italy were €20, France can be up to that too. What I don't want to do is pay £50 for a overnight stopover.

For those that like using their motorhomes as a caravan go for it, we are all different! Please though don't jump on the bandwagon and wish those who motorhome get made to do the same.

The thing is though in this country they charge a fortune for something that isn't worth looking at and yet in Europe they don't charge anything to be in better country side nicer towns and people plus you can almost guarantee good weather.
Just no compition, if you take in the miserable folk and weather here they should pay you.

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[Joethejoiner]

Exactly, town councils are really missing out when a large carpark at night is probably only 10% full…

I'd say closer to 1% .
Used to stop off in Whitby. Often off season . Huge carpark behind co-op virtually empty in the evening. There was a charge but not excessive. No longer allowed. Other places in Yorkshire get my dosh

 

[cyberyacht]

Our local car park down adjacent to Portchester Castle has "No overnight/camping" having introduced parking fees a year ago. During the consultation period with the local community, I wrote and suggested a 24 hour rate to allow for visiting motorhomes to stop over. Fell on deaf ears. The local pub and English heritage would doubtless have welcomed the increased footfall.

 

[nev robinson]

Read in the York Press this morning North Yorkshire Council are set to trial a restriction on overnight parking. These are Scarborough north bay, the A174 at Sandsend Whitby and Filey Road in Cayton Bay. This will be for 18 months, decision to be made this Frida

Strange thing is,not one house anywhere near Filey road (Cayton bay)) so why stop it.

 

[nev robinson]

How bizzare that people don't use their expensive investments to its full potential.

We purchased our motorhome to use,and iff that includes an odd stop overnight in Clayton bay ,we would.

 

[Lenny HB]

Wot has Campari and not liking Mondays got to do with the coastal motorhome parking? Thread drift or wot

Perhaps you haven't read the whole thread

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[Lenny HB]

Our local car park down adjacent to Portchester Castle has "No overnight/camping" having introduced parking fees a year ago. During the consultation period with the local community, I wrote and suggested a 24 hour rate to allow for visiting motorhomes to stop over. Fell on deaf ears. The local pub and English heritage would doubtless have welcomed the increased footfall.

Unfortunately UK councils absolutely hate Motorhomes so I'll spend my money elsewhere, their loss.

 

[Gizmouk]

Unfortunately UK councils absolutely hate Motorhomes so I'll spend my money elsewhere, their loss.

What you mean like our local council who are about to start legal action against a filthy pos motorhomer who emptied his toilet cassette onto the football pitch in the park opposite us?
Shame he didn't spot the cctv camera approx 10m away from him. Council and SEPA involved.
It's not a one off, not by a long way.
Keep your money, take it elsewhere.

 

[nev robinson]

What you mean like our local council who are about to start legal action against a filthy pos motorhomer who emptied his toilet cassette onto the football pitch in the park opposite us?
Shame he didn't spot the cctv camera approx 10m away from him. Council and SEPA involved.
It's not a one off, not by a long way.
Keep your money, take it elsewhere.

Well he needs to be braught to justice

 

[Barriesimpson]

It hasn't helped that the council have been supposedly refurbishing the toilet block with a good chunk of the carpark blocked off whilst they do so, trouble is they've been doing it for many months but it's still just a shell so haven't a clue why it's taking so long, none of the locals have a clue why either.

Well if that was here in the Canary Islands the reason would be they ran out of money. Why did they run out? well you need to pay all the under the table commissions first, then the lunches and dinners (often including drugs and whores) for the representatives of the council and/or Government, by which time you will find that the original quote for the work has just doubled. So you stop the work and abandon it for 4 - 6 years.

 

[Joethejoiner]

What you mean like our local council who are about to start legal action against a filthy pos motorhomer who emptied his toilet cassette onto the football pitch in the park opposite us?
Shame he didn't spot the cctv camera approx 10m away from him. Council and SEPA involved.
It's not a one off, not by a long way.
Keep your money, take it elsewhere.

Yea because that is how we all behave

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