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30/5/2024 at 12:54am
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At Northampton south, official Caravan parking is in the smallish Coach park area (beyond the Costa drive through), but is dead end bays, drive or reverse in, drive or reverse out, NOT drive through!
Warnings of penalties for incorrect parking, but always generally found services parking to be a free for all with all sorts in the 'wrong' areas and little obvious enforcement beyond the automated ANPR fines for overstaying free period!
At Watford Gap, initially Caravans directed to Coach/HGV area, then 'nothing' to guide you! Coaches are in dead end bays outside Days Inn hotel, HGV area seems to be double length bays, so you 'may' have to reverse out if in behind a truck, or may be lucky and drive to end of bay and be able to drive away.
I too plan my stops to find best places suited to the caravan, but often find they are very poorly catered for in service areas, at best an afterthought, often not thought of at all!
Rather take it as a given that having to reverse the caravan to park in service areas is more likely than not! As a usually solo tower that used to be fraught, as no one to guide me, so fitted a reversing camera which makes the task so much easier. Never had a problem with the actual manoeuvering of a trailer, but that doesn't overcome having to reverse 'blind' in very congested areas!
Have to say, never been inclined to try and park the caravan (moderately long 4 berth in my case) in the dedicated 'car' areas, as often barely manoeuvering room with 'tail swing' potentially very tight, and often high kerbs/posts to deter commercial vehicles on quite narrow entry/exit points.
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