ferry crossing is 7am ish.
stop off in dover
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stop off in dover
anyone know the best place to park the van and sleep overnight before an early morning ferry crossing ?
ferry crossing is 7am ish.
ferry crossing is 7am ish.
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Tex Ritter
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Try and change your ferry for one that night when you get there, you can then stay in the huge Calais 'sans billets' parking area.
It's a little noisy, very safe, free and you'll get a head start the next morning.
You'll find lots of people doing the same.
Tex Ritter
It's a little noisy, very safe, free and you'll get a head start the next morning.
You'll find lots of people doing the same.
Tex Ritter
Last edited by Tex Ritter on 16 Aug 2008, 13:41, edited 1 time in total.
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Re:stop off in dover
robbon44,
This website..............
http://www.ukmotorhomes.net/ukaires.shtml
Lists...............
Dover
Marine Parade (map)
Motorhomes may park on Marine Parade for up to 12 hours. Free after 6pm. No services
Union Street Car Park (Dover Harbour Board) (map)
Motorhomes may park here at the following rates (2007):
Up to 4 hours £1.50
4 to 8 hours £2.50
8 to 24 hours £5.00
24 to 48 hours £8.00
48 to 72 hours £10.00
No services.
For both of these stops access is via The Esplanade off the A20 roundabout (see maps) NOT the eastern end of Marine Parade
Mike
This website..............
http://www.ukmotorhomes.net/ukaires.shtml
Lists...............
Dover
Marine Parade (map)
Motorhomes may park on Marine Parade for up to 12 hours. Free after 6pm. No services
Union Street Car Park (Dover Harbour Board) (map)
Motorhomes may park here at the following rates (2007):
Up to 4 hours £1.50
4 to 8 hours £2.50
8 to 24 hours £5.00
24 to 48 hours £8.00
48 to 72 hours £10.00
No services.
For both of these stops access is via The Esplanade off the A20 roundabout (see maps) NOT the eastern end of Marine Parade
Mike
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all useful...thanks...
we considered driving down on friday night and getting a late crossing...but we are just unsure about the travel time (stafford to dover on a friday evening) i normally do it in a car capable of breaking the sound barrier and normally work on the assumption that i have to allow for an hour around the m25, 25mins looking at the view off the QE bridge and then batting the daylights out along the m20 to dover...
my first guess was to double my travel time from an anticipated 3.75 hrs to nearly 7.5hrs... but i couldnt be sure so we started considering the late night arrival in dover and early ferry.
Anyone got a travel time estimate for a t25 topping 65mph from stafford to dover ?
we considered driving down on friday night and getting a late crossing...but we are just unsure about the travel time (stafford to dover on a friday evening) i normally do it in a car capable of breaking the sound barrier and normally work on the assumption that i have to allow for an hour around the m25, 25mins looking at the view off the QE bridge and then batting the daylights out along the m20 to dover...
my first guess was to double my travel time from an anticipated 3.75 hrs to nearly 7.5hrs... but i couldnt be sure so we started considering the late night arrival in dover and early ferry.
Anyone got a travel time estimate for a t25 topping 65mph from stafford to dover ?
