Find OVERNIGHT PARKING in UK | Tips & Tricks Van Life UK
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- Hey Folks, welcome back to another episode with us. This week we wanted to show you how to find motorhome, campervan or car camping overnight parking spots. Van Life in the UK can be tricky at times, especially when trying to find free overnight park ups.
Park4night is one of our favourite go to apps for overnight camping. But it doesn't stop there, we give you our tried and tested tips on finding and staying in free spots overnight in the UK.
Did we mention Park4night is Free to park4night.com/.
If you want to know how to use the Park4night app and understand the different symbols etc? Here's our step-by-step guide for you.
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👋🏼 We hope you are enjoying our Van Life UK Travel Series where we show the best spots for van or wild camping, hiking and exploring, from the countryside to the coastline of our home island.
👫🐶 Our aim as (another) van life couple (and our dog) is to document each UK road trip we take, sharing tips and tricks for van life in the UK. In summary we want everyone to be able to access the magic which van life UK opens to us all. We also appreciate that travelling in a van with a dog isn't always the easiest, therefore everywhere we share is 100% dog friendly.
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📍Locations:
1. Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK |
Filmed September 2022
#vanlifeuk #park4night #stealthcamping
📖 CHAPTERS
00:00 Start
01:06 park4night app
02:40 Ask us questions
03:14 Let's take a walk - Devil's Dyke
03:36 Top Tips for overnight parking
04:22 How to use park4night
05:30 Overnight parking tip number 1
06:24 Overnight parking tip number 2
06:45 Overnight parking tip number 3
07:19 Overnight parking tip number 4
07:45 Overnight parking tip number 5
08:43 Overnight parking tip number 6
09:30 Round Up
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I've been van life for 30 plus years. First I've seen of you two lovely people. I try to take away other people's rubbish because we will get blamed for it. Ride safe ride free. X
It’s insane the amount of litter we see in places. Even spots where there are bins🙈. Thanks for commenting and have an awesome day😎🤙🏽
Subscribed ❤
Ah thank you so much. Means a lot to us 🤙
Agree with Tip 6 we call it Rule 1. We also use the phrase you used at the end of our videos.
Another fab video guys ❤
Thanks so much! 😊. Hoping to make an update to this video as there’s so much more to add now 🤙🏽
Thanks for sharing your knowledge ❤
We hope our videos are of help to others doing this life or wanting too. We’re thinking of doing an update to this video as we’ve learnt a whole bunch more information since we’ve been full time on the road. Thanks for dropping us a comment Steve 😎🤙🏽
Nice vid guys, thanks 👍
Hey Simon glad you enjoyed. Any questions we didn’t cover just let us know. Have a great Friday evening 🤙😎
Hi guys, thanks for responding, I didn't even realise this was made a year ago so I'm looking forward to finding the follow-up you've been suggesting in the comments, if it's not here yet, I'll just wait ;)
We haven't quite finished getting our van ready and will just be doing short trips away from home, two, three, four nights? Don't mind stopping at the odd campsite for the conveniences but interested more to be wild!
The challenges I see are only really toilet, shower, back up power and 'laws', oh and offensive or threatening people, but that doesn't seem to be an issue listening to genuine people's (like yourselves) accounts. We've got an MPV - 5mtrs long by 2mtrs high, so can accommodate a PortaPotti chem loo, which we've got ...but didn't even realise you can't just empty them anywhere till you said, lol, plus we've never used it for number two's, so that's still a bit of a question.
Main thing I suppose is, learning a bit more about the technicalities and 'legalities' of parking/sleeping on roads etc. We've not yet got park4night so will check that out soon. That just leaves the showering/washing, how do you guys go about keeping clean? I'll check out your other videos first though!
Thanks again 😄🚍
@SimonPlatt Hey Simon, you’re very welcome. Think we made this video in 2022. We’ve learnt a lot more since then.
We really want this channel to be entertaining 😂 and helpful 🤓.
Sounds like you’re on the right track.
Our campervan has a shower and everything we need to stay clean on the road.
There’s a few apps, websites and memberships to look at for sure. Britstops is a good membership to check out. Less wild camping with it but it’s helped us out no end.
Anything else we can help with just let us know. If you have a cat and want to try it in the van, check out this weeks video 😎🤙
Great video, full of advice for those of us who are looking to get a van in the future and don't want to go to expensive campsites.
Cheers for the comment 🙏. There’s so many awesome places to be found 😎
Thanks guys. Great vlog. We’ve had both positive and negative experiences on park 4 night. Surprisingly for us Glastonbury has been the most negative and hostile experience we’ve had twice! And yes pee bottle all the way. Thanks again 🤓
Cheers Gary, appreciate the comment. Yes, totally agree there are some places which are not such a great experience to stay. But then others are an absolute dream. It’s really helped us to discover some great spots. Also it’s taught us how to find places by ourselves. All about learning. Another win for the Pee bottle 🥳. Have a great day dude 🤙🏽😎
I’m thinking of getting a VW caddy SWB and going for weekends, I’m guessing it should be easy to stealth camp in cities and out and about? Solo camper here 🎉
We think a caddy is awesome for stealth camping. We’ve seen a few people with awesome setups and stealth camp in the countryside and in cities 😎🤙
Agree on Park4Night. We are in Scotland and found a lot of the "spots" are in passing places LOL. PS New Sub just having a look around older videos.
Some of the places on park4night are mental 🤣. If I see one more lay-by or passing place 🙈.
Thanks for the sub 🤙🏽😎
Thanks for app recommendation! I will definitely going to download and check it out 👍😊 and yes, I agree about pee bottles 😆 it's really the most convenient way... 🤭😊
You’re very welcome Indre. It’s a great app to find park ups. With the addition Google Maps you can really look into places before arriving. Haha, yes the pee bottle is a game changer. Once you have one it all makes sense 😉
Great tips, pretty much the two things I do :) Another app I use as well is Ring go - not sure if this a uk wide app? But for me shows the council car parks, which I’ve found nearly all allow overnight parking for free :)
I always check the signs on Google street view to make sure :)
Funnily I car camped where you filmed this, not at DD, but parked down in Fulking and walked up, was a fulking great location 😝🥳
Cheers mate, that’s a great tip!. We’ll be sure to check it out. Sounds like it could come in very useful 😎🤙🏽
excellent video guys - new sub here - hoping to be a motorhome owner as part of my early retirement plan in the next 2-3 years....thanks for the tips! 😊
Thanks for subscribing 🤙🏽. You won’t regret it! Where are you thinking of heading? Glad the video was useful 😎
To be far great video guys we’ll done
Thanks 🙏 greatly appreciated 🤙🏽😎
For those that do have a chemical cassette toilet, carry a spare cassette, that way you can going for 3-4 days between emptying. Not a bad idea, every 3rd or 4th night to book into a cheap site with facilities, charge your batteries, fill with water, empty loos and bin your rubbish.
Thanks for the comment, Paul🔥. Great piece of advice, it would definitely extend the number of days you can Wild Park. Since living in our van we found there are a lot of campsites and places that will allow you to empty your chemical waste for a small fee. This means you don't have to pay for a night and can head straight back off 😎.
We're thinking of doing an update video on this as we've learned so much more being on the road full-time this summer. Is there anything else you'd add? 🤙🏼. Have an awesome day!
Hi Guys, hope it was of some use. I guess the only other thing I can add is try not to skimp on the vans energy systems. Best/biggest batteries you can fit in, same for the inverter if you decide you need one. Solar of course and a 12V fridge so less reliant on gas. A diesel heater is worth considering. I know it isnt all about saving site fees unless you are like us, pensioners on a budget but money spent on the van will quickly be paid back. Oh, and if you use one of those aluminium drinks bottles to pee in, scratch a P on the bottom so you dont make any silly mistakes 😂@@TristandKez
Totally agree on all points. A lot of those we’ve had to consider now being full time. Power being one! No fancy batteries for us yet. But have a solar charger unit that charges pretty quick.
Love the other suggestions. Think we’ll start drawing up a new vlog with all the updated information we’ve gained 😎
Absolutely agree on the pee bottle 🤣. This story reminds me of some friends, at Glastonbury and not knowing what was exactly in a bottle of water 😳. Water, vodka or…. 🙈
@@TristandKez 🤣🤣
Pee in a pot poo in the cassette- lasts much longer if not full of pee!
Hi Guys …. Just what I was after, such positivity, as in these dreary days of Autumn I was thinking of doing this come the new year for my photography trips. One of the most reassuring vlogs with no drama, which is so very refreshing for someone who is just thinking of doing this, albeit in my Volvo V70. Also, I notice campsites don’t like car camping. Do you have any words of wisdom on that front by any chance? Thanks and BR
Gary, thank you so much for the kind words. Glad we’re coming across the right way and this video is becoming so useful for people. I think we’re going to have to do an update for 2024 with all the new information we’ve gained and learned since being full-time on the road.
Not sure where you are based. But in the UK, Scotland is the most overnight parking-friendly. Might be worth calling ahead to some campsites, as this time of year, places may be more flexible as it’s out of season.
If you let us know where you’re thinking of heading we can go through our list of places to stay and campsites and see how we can help you.
The one thing we love about this time of year and being on the road is there are so many fewer people around. Gives us more nature and places to explore without the crowds.
Also, we share more info on Instagram (@tristandkez) if that’s more your thing 😎🤙🏼. We also have a few car camping channels we can share with you. @zafiracamper and @wanderingwhere. Both are great channels. Hopefully, they will have some inside knowledge, hacks and tips on car camping for you.
Have an awesome Monday and week ahead!
Thanks for this video! Super helpful. I am intending to start living in a van full-time and am wondering if there are times you would want to stay in a spot for a long period (1or 2 weeks maybe) without having to move the van everyday. What would be the best way of going about this? Would it be a paid campsite? And also what if you wanted to be in a city specifically for a long period. Thanks!
Hey Patrick, glad you found the video useful. For long term stays a campsite would be best. We never stay in a park up more than one night on the hole. There are lots of different options when it comes to campsites and pricing. Have you checked out picthup.com? Great to find campsites. Park4night app is great for overnight stays, amenities and campsites etc. Also Britstops is great for pub and other overnight stays.
For city living, we’re not so sure. We stick to the countryside and coastlines. We did a video on staying in Brighton you can check out. Those apps and websites we mentioned may help with city living too.
Lastly depending on where you travel and live, Scotland is the easiest and most accepting place to van life in UK. Hope this helps you with your new full time van living 🤙🏽😎
@@TristandKez Awesome, thanks so much! super helpful :)
Any other questions just let us know 🤙🏽😎
what if i work a normal job in the city where do i park my van ? either a permanent place or do i need to jump from a place to another and what do i do in term of the address? i really want to start van life and i live in uk ? i would really appriciate if you can responf it would be a great help. thank you for the video it was also helpful !
Hey 👋, it really depends. What city are you in. Some will have more access to overnight parking than others.
I’d look at park4night app and search for sites website/app. These will help you to find overnight spots. You can also look at Britstops membership as there maybe a few of these in your area.
Moving on or staying more permanent is more of a personal choice. You may find moving on each day fine. Or you may want to be places more long term. Both the apps and sites mentioned above have campsites listed. There’s also pitchup website and a few others to check when looking for campsites in your area.
We travel the UK and used to move on each day. We’ve now slowed things down and spend more time in one location and explore from there. Then move on.
Glad you found the video helpful. Any other questions just let us know. Check out our website tristandkez.com/ as we have other helpful van life tips and more on there.
Have a great Sunday 😎🤙
Hi guys, planning on exploring Dartmoor very soon ❤ what are your suggestions of fine spots for sleeping overnight? 😊 tanx in advance 😊
I wish we did. We haven’t really explored Dartmoor. From the looks of most of the car parks, it’s no overnight camping. Not sure how policed it is with rangers etc.
We did stay in ‘Widecombe Kiosk Car park’ for £5. Lovely little spot for the night. With accessible walks. Sorry we couldn’t be of anymore help. The West Country can be a little tricky for us 😬
I've got a motorhome just under 7m, so not too big & want to start trips to various places using park4night.
That’s awesome Duncan. Hope you find some great park ups. Where you heading to?
@@TristandKez I live in Devon so thinking a couple of weekends over winter in Cornwall to try it while it's not too busy, Lands End area & probably Tintagel. I've had a MH a year now but only stayed at sites or race event parking.
@duncanwallace5400 sounds like a great plan. As a backup Tintagel has a few car parks you can pay and stay in overnight. There’s also Treen Car Park down lands end way which is £10 overnight.
@@TristandKez Thank you for that, I knew about the carparks at Tintagel but not Treen.
@duncanwallace5400 no problem at all. If we can help anymore just let us know. Have an awesome trip 😎🤙🏽