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10/7/2010 at 10:48pm
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Travelling to Great yarmouth soon. Can anyone suggest any suitable services we can park on overnight with our caravan. Peferrably on the A47 between Norwich and Great yarmouth or somewhere nearby.

Many Thanks for your help.



10/7/2010 at 10:53pm
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look here

http://www.motorwayservices.info/



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10/7/2010 at 10:56pm
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Thanks for the response - Very quick i'm impressed!!!

No Motorways near Great Yarmouth, but thanks anyway.



10/7/2010 at 11:27pm
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look for a cc site most would take you in

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11/7/2010 at 1:01am
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i have had a look at the motorway services website and probably being a bit thick but can you just stop overnight providing you pay the parking fee?  We are new to motorhoming and we are travelling down to Cornwall from Oxfordshire, but wanted to leave home during the evening, drive for couple of hours or so, stop overnight and then carry on next morning, and obviously a service station on M5 would be convenient rather than having to find a site with a late arrivals area, which probably will be off the beaten track!

 



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11/7/2010 at 8:05am
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Quote: Originally posted by patty40 on 11/7/2010

i have had a look at the motorway services website and probably being a bit thick but can you just stop overnight providing you pay the parking fee?  We are new to motorhoming and we are travelling down to Cornwall from Oxfordshire, but wanted to leave home during the evening, drive for couple of hours or so, stop overnight and then carry on next morning, and obviously a service station on M5 would be convenient rather than having to find a site with a late arrivals area, which probably will be off the beaten track!

You can park overnight but it cost a lot more than  a small CL site.

as much as £25 for overnight stay on motorway

 




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11/7/2010 at 8:32am
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try searching on this site for a site near Leicester or Cambridge which are both on route. Would be much nicer than staying at some manky services? Or you could just drive right through isnt it about a 4 - 4/2 hour ish drive???


11/7/2010 at 9:52am
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thanks for the advice.

 

Hope that leegilbert you have a satnav!!  oxfordshire to cornwall, via leicester or cambridge!!  thanks anyway i will do a bit more searching on this site, as we do not want to be far from the motorway.



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11/7/2010 at 10:27am
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 good morning patty[:D]

 if your travelling from oxfordshire,why don'y you head down to the old road,a303/a30.

 before u get down too far there is a picnic area with toilets etc.just off the a30 nr honiton,has large parking area,toilets open 24hrs,peaceful,cafe opens at 7am for breakkies.

 loads of peeps park up o/night,we use it on the way down from watford,no-one will bother u and its free!!!



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11/7/2010 at 10:30am
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"Travelling to Great yarmouth soon. Can anyone suggest any suitable services we can park on overnight with our caravan. Peferrably on the A47 between Norwich and Great yarmouth or somewhere nearby."

the op states he/she is travelling to Great Yarmouth... the op's location is stated as Newcastle under Lyme. Therefore the op will be travelling through or near to Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire!!!!


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11/7/2010 at 11:05am
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Thanks for all your replies.

We try to travel overnight and get as close to our destination as possible, usually arriving at a service /overnight stop at 11.30am - 12.00am leaving just a small journey in the morning.(Guessing this is way too late for a CL site).

Just hoped someone local'ish to Great Yarmouth would know of a truck stop or services in the area we could use as our destination caravan park does not have a late arrivals area.

Cheers


11/7/2010 at 2:24pm
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non too friendly on sleeping and eating see

http://www.motorhomeparking.co.uk/nfk.htm



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11/7/2010 at 8:01pm
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patty40, we stop over at sedgmoore on the m5 between j21 j22...it has a seperate gravelled area for motorhomes and caravans away from the buildings and car/lorry parks, its great...£17.50 but that includes breakfast.


11/7/2010 at 9:39pm
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Thank you Swiftsure and Chriska1111, am spoilt for choice now, sometimes we do M$/M4 and sometimes A303/A30, depending on the time we travel.  So thank you both for the helpful information.

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23/8/2010 at 12:47am
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Chriska1111

 

Just to thank you for your advise about the Sedgemoor Services overnight stop, it was great, we paid £18 and that included £10 food voucher. We arrived about midnight and being mid week it was not very busy, so had a decent nights sleep.  Thanks again for the suggestion.



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23/8/2010 at 12:10pm
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Hi,

Is the 'lay by' on the a30 nr honiton easy to find?....is it actually on the a30 east or west bound?

Thinking of using it...If we can find it.

Thanks




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