Hitchhiking from East Ham
Hitchhiking to East Ham
Recent reviews mentioning East Ham
51.43901, 0.05095
Fastest pickup ever . 1.5 mins straight to Maidstone services, now onto France!!―Anonymous
52.16245, 0.1062
Utterly miserable spot but has worked for us on 2 occasions with a sign for london―ActingOutColours
51.0213, 1.54041
(on the Dover -> Calais ferry) we paid £30 and joined the ferry as foot passengers. there were lots of people driving off the ferry. we were 3 people and did not find a lift for all of us, but split into 2 and 1, and both groups found lifts to London. we asked almost everyone on the ferry and found 2-3 offers.―Alifeee
51.49186, 0.27054
we were heading to Dover. it took a while to get a lift, but we were 3 people. our friends arrived to hitch after us and took a lift before us (cheeky). eventually found a lift to Maidstone after trying several spots (food court, fuel station, roundabout). Lots of French/German/Belgian/etc cars around.―Alifeee
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
52.17531, 0.1471
Nice place (but not that much cars),good place for parking,and I’m lucky get a ride after 20mins,maybe normally could be longer but worth to try I’m there is the Sunday morning 10.30―Anonymous
50.57195, 2.38081
traffic is not crazy, but this is still my pick of choice to get to england from france. i've had varying luck ranging from rides in 2h to, this time, getting there at 18:30 and only getting a lift at 10:00, with only 4h spent sleeping. i strongly recommend asking around, maybe with a sign.not huge amounts of traffic but very solid proportion of UK cars (seasonally dependent). i've found that many english cars can be downright mean and are often full, but don't get discouraged! there are also some nice ones worth waiting for.
easy enough to give up and go to calais if you're in a rush.
indoor bits close at 22:00 but i believe the one opposite stays open.
someone called the cops and staff lady vouched for me so they apologised and left me alone
―atlas
51.87169, 0.19588
Had been waiting outside petrol station for a couple hours before we realised that 90% of the traffic was entering not leaving the services. Switched spots and got offered a few lifts until eventually we got one into london within half an hour―ActingOutColours
51.40485, 0.39537
Quickly found a ride into southwest London from here―daganzebuaatramper
51.57765, 0.0425
Have done thid spot a couple times and with a 'Cambridge' sign we(Male & Female) seem to get lifts faster than it took to make the sign―ActingOutColours
54.45259, -2.60588
I've stopped here twice while hitchhiking south from Scotland to London. First time got a ride to Birmingham, and the second time to London. Both pretty quickly. Plus the services are comfortable, with free toilets, charging sockets etc. I would definitely stop here again when looking for a longer-distance ride.―mossenmoons
50.96654, 1.863
I arrived in the evening at 23:00.Because foot passengers are not allowed on the ferry during the night, I asked drivers in the parking lot if they can take me with them onto the ferry.
The good things is that you pay per car and not per passengers in the car, so I didnt have to pay for the ferry at all.
―morhitch
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