Wealdstone - Hitchhiking

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Recent reviews mentioning Wealdstone

51.68708, -0.22497

Gas station, lot of traffic on a Sunday. People going on M25. Got a ride to oxford
―Ana

From here you can find a cars going in all directions. That makes it easier and harder at the same time. But it's still a great spot. I just needed to go for a better gas station near Luton on my way north. You can charge your phone inside and there are free toilets inside. As around and you will find someone.
―martih

52.24893, 0.36348

A pretty good gas station, if you need a ride towards Cambridge or London. I got a ride in a moment. There is a lot of traffic.
―martih

52.61929, -1.20565

First person I asked at 6:30 in the morning agreed to take me to London.
―treetoadman

51.60546, -0.6933

A blind corner as cars are speeding up for the motorway. There is space to stop. Maybe try along London Road but there’s not many good spots to stop around the roundabout
―Breno

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

50.85391, 4.65821

Walked here from Leuven, asked around, two of them were going to Brussels and the third one happened to be a couple living near London, so I got a ride from here through Eurotunnel all the way to north of London. And they ended up being worried that I will get stuck hitchhiking out of the London bubble, so they bought be a crazy expensive train ticket to Manchester, so I got to my friend’s place by the evening! ☺️
―anettlee17

51.4919, -0.28366

Had hear good things about this spot but after 2 hours with a sign to Bristol I decided to call it a day
―ActingOutColours

52.20994, -0.94353

Stood at the entrance to the petrol station and got a lift heading into London. Also got offered a lift to Milton Keynes inside the services when seen walking around with sign. Not loads of traffic but decent spot
―ActingOutColours

51.87648, -0.37821

near the parking exit traffic light will be a good places find the car to goe hitchhike, but nowadays not everyone known it , hoping everything goes well, i find the paper board from the supermarket 1km away from airport
―Joe

51.55255, -0.45039

Bonega veturo kun Majstro Edd, li eĉ donis al mi 20 britajn pundojn. Dankon. Intensa tago, mi uzis parton de la kartona skatolo de la Rog Strix 15 "pligrandigita", kiun mi ĵus aĉetis uzita por 500 pundoj, kiun mi trovis la antaŭan tagon en Facebook. La plej multekosta ŝildo (Birmingham) de mia vivo kaj mi ankoraŭ ne eĉ uzis la komputilon. Mi ne havus tempon, mi devis iri al Afriko por volontuli ĉe la Monda Kongreso de Esperanto en Arusha, feliĉe la komunumo helpis min kun la bileto, mi kaptus la unuan aviadilon el Dublino post malpli ol 48 horoj. Ĝi valoris esti gajninta iom da mono en Londono dum pli ol monato.
―Jurobola

51.64381, -0.25492

Either this is an excellent spot, it I just had excellent luck. But I waited five minutes, and the second car already stopped, and I got a ride all the way to Leeds. I had a sign saying "A1 - North".
―mossenmoons

51.5725, -0.2273

―Anonymous

51.48776, -0.39449

superb hitching point (service area) for bristol, birmingham etc.
―Anonymous

51.57169, -0.23106

A bus stop/lay-by by the western side of railway bridge.

Direction - M1 North
―Anonymous

51.55255, -0.45039

The point is great for hitching towards Oxford/Birmingham (M40) or M25 - also, there is a hatched-marking section, where a car can stop to pick you up even when the traffic is heavy.
Always stand with a sign stating your destination, as a lot of traffic goes round M25.

Also, there is an OxfordTube bus stop nearby, so you can always take the bus if you are really stuck.
―Anonymous

51.57177, -0.23094

I have used this point spoted by Lnx. I got a lift here in 10 minutes, but I didnt find it very save. To arrive to this point, I took the underground to henton central, then I walked to the place (15 minutes). In the bus stop Tilling Road, 2 minutes far from the spot, the buses number 112, 142, 182, 232, 266, 611. You can catch a bus rather than the underground. This place is hard to find if you dont have a London city map with you.
―Anonymous

51.56097, -0.49825

Good place for hitch-hiking onto M40 - 1.5 miles away from Uxbridge station. Make sure the driver is going straight through on M40, and not on M25
―Anonymous

51.68706, -0.22638

The junction is very large. Depending on where you want to go, it may or may not be easy to get a lift from the service station. If you want the A1 North, it will be difficult. The traffic around the junction and on the exit roads is moving too fast to safely hitch. Maybe try these if there's a traffic jam
―Anonymous

51.49116, -0.2829

Just to add some more detail here - This spot is at the start of the M4, so I've used it for Bristol etc. The best way to get there is to get to Chiswick Park tube station, either by tube or bus. When you get off the tube, walk straight out of the exit, over the bridge towards Chiswick High Road. Then turn right, and walk along the high road about 15 minutes. When you get to the big roundabout, you'll see a petrol station at the opposite side of the of the roundabout. Just after that petrol station is a kind of slip road heading towards Junction 2 of the M4. There is a layby cars can stop in.
―Anonymous