Chaddesden - Hitchhiking

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52.96131, -1.2663

it's a services. pretty classic. took us a while because we were 3 people. eventually found someone going down to the south coast:]
―Alifeee

53.32783, -1.47412

Seems good. We got picked up in 3 minutes by people going to Derby. Seems like a lot of traffic is heading onto the M1 from here.
―Alifeee

52.96131, -1.2663

Decent spot, mind the trucks piling up, got a lift heading down the M1
―ActingOutColours

53.77411, -1.46983

Vast majority of cars heading north but decent spot at the exit of the Texaco

Free toilet insid the texaco
―ActingOutColours

After we made a boards withh M1 - SOUTHH somebody finally stopped, but we separated with hme friend and she HH at theh roundabout whhile i waited hhere with th amazingly cute bunnies!!! :-D the funniest thing that we started in birmingham and wanted to reach Luton... (oh jeah our previous driver doesnt know whhere is London probably...)
―Hatizsakkal

52.79739, -1.37047

―Mr. Zill

52.82359, -1.3076

Waited for around an hour before getting a lift to Leeds on the M1 North. Slow cars, decent amount of traffic and space to stop.
―Anonymous

52.82205, -1.30799

Also note that if you walk through a field at the coach park end of the services you will reach a bus stop on the regular 24hr Skylink route linking Derby and Leicester with East Midlands airport, it is about £4 for a single ticket to either destination (2013)
―Willochrome

52.98915, -1.23424

―Aspinall

52.96131, -1.2663

―Anonymous

52.94438, -1.1921

―Moryc

52.92322, -1.51186

―Moryc

52.90438, -1.24358

―Moryc

52.82359, -1.3076

Got stuck here for almost 6 hours (from 6pm, heading South to Birmingham) and no luck so night at the services was "fun." Traveling North might be a completely different story though.
―Anonymous

52.79739, -1.37047

3 Hours and no luck.
―Anonymous

52.82205, -1.30799

[M1 SOUTH]

I spent much time surveying the area around the services and there are not that many safe places to stop; The best place to hitch from seemed to be holding a sign out by the entrance to the services building and striking up conversations with people passing in and out. After about half an hour I found a hitch to Northampton Services, well on the way to London.
―Anonymous

52.98915, -1.23424

hitching south on m1. god slip road, but bit difficult to get around the roundabout. but good hard shouler for cars to stop and picked up one time in 5 mins
―Anonymous

52.96131, -1.2663

I've hitched from here twice, both southbound across the M42 to M5. The first time we got stuck for several hours and had to start approaching people as night was drawing in. We made it eventually. The second time I got a quick pickup here BUT misheard the guy and got dropped halfway along M42. Bad move - got really stuck. In my experience M42 south is quite sticky so try to do it in one ride if at all possible. If you're just heading down the M1 though, you'll be fine from here.
―Anonymous

52.92322, -1.51186

Direction Burton-on-Trent / Lichfield / Birmingham. A lot of cars and trucks, mostly going fast but thanks to high traffic they often slow down. Very visible spot.
―Anonymous