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You can stay on the docks at Calais.  Many other motorhomes do - and it's easy!  Otherwise, there's an aire near Aire sur La Lys (south of St Omer), where we've stayed in the past.

I looked at the Calais municipal (Docks?) as a stopover. It has a poor website. It seems to be closed March and April? I am stopping at les Epinettes campsite close to Calais off the A16 arriving there about 9.45pm late March. I am booked in. Not sure about later arrivals?

Fred.

There are Aires de Service de Camping Car, which are areas where motorhomes can park up for the night, but there are also autoroute aires, which are service areas where motorhomes, cars and caravans can stop overnight.

The Aire I mentioned is St Hilaire Cottes, just south of Aire sur la Lys, on the A26 autoroute, between junction 4 and junction 5.

Perhaps it's worth suggesting that a map of France might be a good idea so that you've an idea of which route you're going to use, and where any of the suggested places actually are. 

There are lots of possible choices - but viamichelin gives you the choice of the A1 via St Omer (or by-passing it actually), or the A16 via Abbeville and Amiens.  The A1 route is a few minutes shorter, but the tolls are 1 euro less on the A16.   I'd personally prefer the A1 as it takes you to the 'right' side (east of Paris) in a very straightforward way, where the A16 involves a more complicated route around from the North West of Paris.