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Motorhome stopovers (Aires) in the UK
Frustrating as it is, we know that with just a few exceptions, the UK has a tiny fraction of the excellent motorhome stopover facilities called Aires, Stelplatz, Sostas, Camper Stops etc that can be found all over Europe.
These facilities allow motorhome (only) parking for short periods, maybe one night up to a few nights. They often have water and waste facilities and sometimes electricity. Some are free whilst others charge a small amount for parking and/or the use of the services. The provision of these facilities is meant to encourage users to spend a little money in the local community. They are not campsites so should not be considered for long stays - they are merely safe places to park, eat and sleep in your motorhome.
From time to time motorhome enthusiasts or individuals try to lobby the relevant UK authorities to provide something similar, sadly with little or no result. Club Motorhome applauds those who make such efforts and wishes anyone well who considers going down this route in the future and although we are very happy to list any locations that do become available we are not optimistic enough to channel our own efforts in that direction.
There are alternatives!
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We have recently added loads of Aires and Stopovers and now include Germany AND Italy.
The vast majority of the Aires and Stopovers listed so far on Club Motorhome have been personally visited and reviewed and are displayed with GPS co-ordinates, photographs, Google Maps and Google Street View where available.
We certainly don't claim to list 'all the aires' in our databases but being an online resource, submitted to and updated by members, they are as up-to-date as possible - so don't suffer from the out of date information that a book has prior to its reprinting.
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We make no apology for featuring the other countries in Europe at least as much as we do the UK, simply because those countries are generally much more motorhome friendly!
Over many years we have built up a substantial listing of Aires and other stopovers entailing literally hundreds of nights motorhoming and many thousands of kilometres seeking them out. During these years we have spent a lot more time travelling and researching stopovers (Aires) and it always delights us just how perfect France is for motorhomes. We would really like to encourage other motorhomers to visit and experience this for themselves especially as the weather can be (and has been) so dire in the UK.
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Our motorhome stopover listings just got even better!
Following the success and popularity of our UK Pub Stopover listings we have been campaigning hard to add more locations.
We now include other interesting motorhome friendly stopover locations to increase the appeal to those who don't just want to stopover at pubs. These include vineyards, breweries, farm shops, craft centres and more.
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