Hitchhiking from Bedford
Hitchhiking to Bedford
Recent reviews mentioning Bedford
52.05602, -0.72832
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52.05602, -0.72832
I didn't get a lift here, but the passing Buddhist monks who live at the temple just through the trees told me they like to pick people up here when they can! Maybe even try your luck in the car park?―Anonymous
52.05437, -0.72994
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51.94825, -0.50127
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52.05437, -0.72994
In theory these bus stops near the M1 make fantastic spots, long straight roads with heavy traffic slowing for roundabouts... But I had no luck in over two hours.―Anonymous
51.94825, -0.50127
Very big service station, lots of cars, all heading for London. Also a bridge over the road, so you can switch lanes here (as I did, I arrived from the South with a lift which took me around London and took a lift back into the Northern part of London)―Anonymous
52.20743, -0.28918
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52.20743, -0.28918
Direction Cambridge, got ride in 5 mins. There's a bus stop, so a carr which has stopped doesn't block the road―Anonymous
52.0567, -0.7004
Great spot as the trafic light let you time to eye contact the drivers. Perfect to go North/Birmingham. Car can stop along the road.―Anonymous
52.02857, -0.21519
Motorway service station, not possible to walk to/from.Not too trafficed on a Sunday morning in January 2023. Extremely nice staff at the café gave me a coffee for free and said I could just go inside if I needed to warm up.
Unfortunately Netflix launched a documentary about a hitchhiker and axmurderer right before I went on a hitchhiking trip, so a lot of people in England said they were to scared to pick me up.
Two middle-aged women wasn't going my direction but bought me a sandwich.
Eventually some guys from Romania going to Leeds picked me up and dropped me off at the station outside Newark-On-Trent.
Unfortunately neither of us was completely familiar with the left driving and I was headed towards Lincoln, so I ended up in an inconvenient spot and ended up finding a car into Newark-On-Trent from there, but that was mainly my fault.
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51.92153, -0.21458
Bus stop - sign probably necessary. Possibility for the cars to stop without problems. I got a ride out to the first service station heading north fairly quick in January 2023. The motorway ahead goes both way so probably possible to get south as well.―V
51.89361, -0.47058
Waited 1h30, trying all types of techniques. Oue driver told us that they are not allowed to stop on this type of motorway entry―Anonymous
52.08295, -0.74713
Tried at the petrol station but didn't seem to be as much traffic so we moved to the main services and got a lfit to Romford very quickly―Anonymous