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Hi going to north devon in Sept need to stop over on the M5 thinking of staying at

Sedgemoor serives. Do they have a caravan stop over part

thanks

Or if you come off at junction 23 for Puriton just 5 mins from the motorway there is a campsite called, erm, Fairways I think it is!  If you need a proper stop over this one would be very handy.

Ali

Not that its ever happend to me i hear far to often of caravan thefts from sevice stations..

plus the fact of the noise form hgv's in and out most of the night i thinkyoull find a caravan site is a far better choice..

We have tried stopping off at services a few times now, and have never had a good night's rest.

We find the noise from HGVs a bit too much and can never relax with all the toing and froing.

We often do a stopover if we are on the way to Cornwall - mainly to avoid the busy times of day with traffic. 

As has been said, the noise levels on motorway services can be high - especially from refrigerated HGV units. 

Much better to find a campsite close to the motorway.  We have tried the services several times, but much prefer to use a campsite.  (Fairways is okay, just for an overnight stop but we have used the C&CC site at Weston super Mare  - only 10 mins from the M5)

Hi

at junction 17 patchway there is a very large 24 hr walmart/asda it has a massive carpark,I have been stopping here for the last 5 years+ along with a few other caravans and motor homes,Did notice this year (10 days ago) that in the very top corner of the car park there were some hgvs parked up curtains in cab closed. Its about 1/2 a mile off the motorway so its quite,

Tim

by staying in an asda carpark you are actually breaking the law unless you leave within a 2 hour limit.

however lots have been doing it for years with no problems at all, but if to many start doing it im sure they will start enforcing the law.