Colinc | Hitchhiking Map

Fri 2025-10-10 13:00 · 50 min wait · 323 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

43.9385, 4.5978

You must take a bus from Avignon to Remoulins and ask the bus driver to direct you to the Gare de Péage de Remoulins at Intersection 23 on A9 . This is a VERY good place to hitch South on A9

Tue 2025-06-10 19:30 · 20 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

50.9194, -3.3560

at times , extremely busy with speeding traffic and narrow sliproad down omto M5 North

Fri 2025-06-06 17:30 · 35 min wait ⭐⭐⭐

51.3568, -2.8930

cars driving very fast off from the roundabout into M5 South , , , don't have time to see your sign or stop

Sat 2017-04-08 06:23 · 10 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.6567, -2.4290

If you can't exit Bristol .....go 15 miles North on bus to Stone and get into Michaelwood through the back

Sat 2017-04-08 06:08 ⭐⭐

51.4784, -2.7110

Junction 19 is BAD for going M5 North and M5 South . It is good for getting the 3 miles into Bristol on A 369. Junction 20 Avonmouth is VERY BAD .

Sat 2017-04-08 06:02 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.2775, -2.9181

THere is no footbridge connecting Noth and South. In quiet times you can run accross

Sat 2017-04-08 06:00 · 60 min wait ⭐⭐⭐

51.0170, -3.0571

, dense and very fast traffic is reluctant to pull up and there is no hard shoulder.

Sat 2017-04-08 05:58 ⭐⭐⭐

51.0000, -3.0410

this is the MOTORWAY service station 5 miles from Taunton

Thu 2017-04-06 14:12 ⭐⭐

51.0172, -3.0629

Junction 25 is horrible : very cramped and difficult for cars to stop. dense traffic from 7 am to 7 pm . best avoided

Wed 2014-06-04 22:56 · 20 min wait ⭐⭐⭐

51.3116, -2.8250

this is the A38 traffic light junction at Sidcot , 19 miles south of Bristol

Wed 2014-06-04 22:50 ⭐⭐⭐

51.5254, -2.6149

J 16 and 17 are just about ok , and better than central Bristol , though AVOID 18 , Avonmouth at all costs

Wed 2014-06-04 22:43 · 240 min wait ⭐⭐

51.4595, -2.5891

Central Bristol Silvey Northbound Can be very bad spot to hitch . Sign is essential . In heavy traffic cars cannot stop safely at all.

Wed 2014-06-04 22:17 · 15 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.5260, -1.7260

Westbound is quite good . eastbound to London has limited space to stop

Tue 2014-06-03 21:02 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.5099, -2.1567

got a lift promptly to Bristol at 03-00 in the morning after walking 1 mile along the motorway to get to the servies

Tue 2014-06-03 20:48 ⭐⭐⭐

50.9758, -3.1557

dead after 7pm

Tue 2013-11-05 04:02 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

53.4076, -2.2656

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Tue 2013-11-05 03:57 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

53.4076, -2.2656

Prefer this spot to the petrol station and bus stop on Princess Rd where the cars are doing 50 or 60 mph and would have an accident if they stopped

Tue 2013-11-05 03:52 ⭐⭐⭐

53.4201, -2.2597

waited 3 hours and then walked 2 km south west to the next slip road which was quiet and much better , after a kind driver told me to give up at that point at the fuel station

Tue 2013-11-05 03:48 ⭐⭐⭐

51.5029, -0.6175

All the Slough junctions are bad , tight corners , nowhere to stop . Avoid Slough M4 junctions 5, 6 , 7 and 8

Tue 2013-11-05 03:43 ⭐⭐⭐

53.3007, -2.4025

3 bad experiences so far in 2013 going south ....no cars . expect to wait 90 minutes and then be offered a lift to Hilton Park Services , Wolverhampton , which is also a 90 minute wait. Avoid Kuntsford and Hilton Pk . The rest of M6 is ok

Tue 2013-11-05 03:38 ⭐⭐

52.5922, -2.0187

another 2 hour wait here at peak time . No cars . It is one of those service stations built in 1960 and no-one likes it

Tue 2013-11-05 03:35 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

52.4293, -2.0180

Frankley Southbound can be quite bad , often up to 2 hours , and there is often only 30 cars an hour ... No car driver would stop here as it is a sh*** hole

Tue 2013-11-05 03:32 ⭐⭐⭐

50.9371, -2.6376

Yeovil is not a nice town

Tue 2013-11-05 03:31 ⭐⭐

50.7118, -3.4632

avoid Exeter Services

Tue 2013-11-05 03:25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.2775, -2.9181

quiet in evenings

Tue 2013-11-05 03:21 ⭐⭐⭐

50.9758, -3.1557

Best to have a sign indicating EITHER Plymouth (A38) or Bude / Okehampton (A30) and do NOT accept a lift to Exeter services unless you want Exeter

Tue 2013-11-05 03:16 · 5 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.5027, -2.3484

might take 30 - 60 minutes

Tue 2013-11-05 03:14 · 5 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.5027, -2.3484

good, safe, hard shoulder with long visibility for cars to stop on .... not much traffic but easy for them to stop

Tue 2013-11-05 03:11 · 30 min wait ⭐⭐⭐

51.4986, -1.5908

Good spot for long distance lifts to Bristol or Wales or London if you are going East

Tue 2013-11-05 03:08 · 10 min wait ⭐⭐

51.5119, -2.5168

worth a go but don't try more than 15-20 minutes as the police / Highways will come and send you away

Tue 2013-11-05 02:55 · 120 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.5158, -2.1208

I was left at chippenham junction 17 , so I ran along the motorway for 3k and got into the services at 2 am . waited 30 min and a lift straight into my suburb in Bristol ! With a woman !!!!!!!! ( Deutsche naturlich )

Tue 2013-11-05 02:51 · 5 min wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐

51.5114, -2.1572

reliable but . little traffic

Tue 2013-11-05 02:50 · 45 min wait ⭐⭐⭐

51.4482, -1.3110

Membury services is 15 miles further west and better

Mon 2013-07-08 03:59 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

53.6310, -2.6892

Charnock Richard services is one of those fairly good northern services that can move you fast long dIistances .... MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONES FURHER SOUTH

Mon 2013-07-08 03:46 ⭐⭐

52.5922, -2.0187

wrogly mapped Hilton Park ....but it's still really bad

Mon 2013-07-08 03:44 · 270 min wait ⭐

52.6438, -2.0563

much worse than keele , sandbach and stafford services so USE THEM !

Mon 2013-07-08 03:24 ⭐⭐

52.4924, -2.0183

very very quiet in evening ..... but there are fewother options

Mon 2013-07-08 03:15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

50.9758, -3.1557

If you are going far north , get out at Sedgemoor services and NOT at Bristol junctions - Jn 22 /21/19/18/16 . Or get out at Michaelwood services before Gloucester

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