Hitchhiking from East Grinstead
Hitchhiking to East Grinstead
Recent reviews mentioning East Grinstead
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Me and a friend waited only 15mins at around 7:30am and got a lift going to London. We stood just before the petrol station. It worked well as people are slowing down because of the lights and can pull in to the petrol station easily if they want to pick you up. Staff also let us use the toilet there.―UkHitcher
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51.27147, 0.03948
Motorway Services direction Eastward, especially good for direction Brighton―Anonymous
51.27343, 0.0388
To get to Clacket Lane Service Station from London get a train to Bromley (you can use an Oyster card: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14836.aspx), then bus 246 (timetable here: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/246Sum.htm)Ask the driver to tell you when you get to Pilgrims Lane, then walk down Pilgrims Lane and Pilgrims Way to Clacket Lane Services. You can see where you're going on a map here: http://www.motorwayservices.info/clacket_lane_services_m25/googlemap Where it says "Clacket Wood" is the service station. There is also a street view of this area on google maps.
Clacket Lane is an excellent place to hitch to Brighton (Westbound) or Dover (Eastbound) and also fairly good for most other directions as it's a busy station. Best thing is to stand outside the main doors into the station and ask everyone that comes out if they are going your way ("excuse me, are you by any chance going to Bighton?")
To get from one side to the other walk down the country lane to the back of the station until you get to the bridge and cross to the other side (couple of km)
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51.27168, 0.03935
This is actually westbound ;-) - anyway, it's a good spot to get towards Brighton, Portsmouth, Gatwick, Heathrow, possibly Bristol, but NOT Birmingham or anywhere north of London.―Anonymous
51.27343, 0.0388
Going eastwards (e.g. Dover) make sure you get a lift at least as far as Maidstone services―Joschi
51.27343, 0.0388
Asked many people at the parking lot and gas station to get to Maidstone/Folkestone. Everybody kept following the M25. After 2 hours somebody came to me and said he drives to Dover.―Anonymous
51.27168, 0.03935
You can talk to the drivers in front of the restaurant. Got a ride in 1h to the M3 (southampton)―Fred57
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―AdrianB
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Do not try hitchhiking here as it's illegal to do so on the motorway. Cops came and told us we had to leave after half an hour. Go to the gas station.―Anonymous
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[[Pease Pottage]] Service Station, good for both directions, North and South, as it is on a flyover.―Anonymous
51.13294, -0.14539
Good spot for traffic going north or south bound. Got a truck to Dover in 10 mins!―Anonymous