Hitchhiking from Brussels to London

About 11 h 21 min of hitchhiking — roughly 562 km in 6 ride(s), including about 5 h 41 min of waiting by the road. These figures come from rides hitchhikers logged on this map, not from an estimate.

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Step by step

Get from Brussels to a hitchhiking spot near Brussels — 1.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
Hitch 9.2 km (6 min) from Brussels to Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord. Expect around 15 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 39.5 km (24 min) from Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord to Noordelijke Dienstenzone Wetteren. Expect around 14 min of waiting here. 5 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 74.0 km (44 min) from Noordelijke Dienstenzone Wetteren to Dienstenzone Jabbeke. Expect around 10 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Walk 0.2 km (3 min) from a hitchhiking spot near Dienstenzone Jabbeke to Dienstenzone Jabbeke.
Hitch 239.9 km (2 h 24 min) from Dienstenzone Jabbeke to RoadChef Maidstone Services. Expect around 2 h 29 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 69.1 km (42 min) from RoadChef Maidstone Services to Snargate Street, Dover. Expect around 1 h 23 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Hitch 130.2 km (1 h 18 min) from Snargate Street, Dover to Texaco. Expect around 1 h 09 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
Get from Texaco to London — 12.2 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Found a ride to Gent in less than one minute during rush hour. I had a sign "Gent". This place is really a good one since it is so close to the centre, direct access. A lot of people who work 9-5 and go to Gent or Oostende take this road.”
― Anonymous, Thu 2012-03-29 · Brussels

“One of the first spots where you'll see directions to get out of Brussels and to go towards other cities. We were two persons (1m1f) and waited 15minutes with a sign for Gent. Had a direct ride. Get out of Brussels before or after rush hour. HH in rush hour doubles your time.This particular spot is not so good in terms of decision time for the driver. short eye contact, small parking, fast traffic”
― Anonymous, Mon 2011-12-05 · Brussels

“Sign. Cars go slowly. 2 easy spots to stop (bus stop and a pull in part). Lots of friendly people passed by and chatted. Sign”
― Anonymous, Wed 2024-08-14 · Brussels

“There’s a construction going on, so the spot is gone temporarily”
― geci, Sun 2026-03-08 · Brussels

“service station, heavy traffic but perfect spot for cars to stop at the entrance to the motorway. 1 minute waiting time to go to direction gent/brugge, i even had the choice between to cars”
― Anonymous · Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord

“indeed it is a good spot - if you're headed to england, you could start looking for cars with uk plates, but you'd be better off going to jabbeke near bruges.”
― Anonymous · Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord

“you can get to this service station by using the public transport and walking the last two kilometres by foot”
― Schworze, Thu 2011-10-20 · Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord

“Also found a lift to the ferry in Calais from this services”
― Anonymous, Fri 2014-04-04 · Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord

“Hitchhikers paradise, dutch speaking part of Belgium is amazing for hitchhiking and specially this petrol station. First car stoppedand got a direct ride to Ostende, if you are going towards Ghent-Ostende, no doubt this is place. You can come by public transport”
― Anonymous, Fri 2017-04-07 · Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord

“You can reach this petrol station by taking bus 820 until Zellik Brandweer, than walk few kilometers towards West. I just put out my CALAIS sign and a guy stopped next to me and took me directly to Calais. Have a good luck!”
― Anonymous, Sat 2012-08-25 · Dienstenzone Groot Bijgaarden-Noord

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Waiting times and distances are averages from community-logged rides. Travel time assumes 100 km/h in a car and 5 km/h walking. They are not guarantees.