London/Tips for hitchhikers

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• Hitchbase has some information about hitchhiking out of London

Hitchhiking out of London is pretty tricky, but not impossible - the big problem is getting onto a motorway is a bit of a challenge, once you're on the motorway, stick to the petrol stations, hitching entrance ramp to entrance ramp is quite difficult, especially in the big cities.

[edit] How to get onto the M4 Motorway

• Where to: The West, The South West, Bristol, Devon, Cornwall
• Cost of public transport: One ticket to Zone 3 - approximately 3 GBP from Zone 1.
• Last verified: March 2006

• Directions:

Get the Underground to the station Chiswick Park - from there you can find the entrance to the motorways M4 - its about 5 miles to the actual entrance to the M4, but you can walk along the main road for a mile and theres an Esso petrol station that is on the corner next to a bridge with the main london traffic running above you, and you can stand in a layby nearby with a sign saying M4 west, and someone will pick you up.

Heading for Cornwall, its much easier hitching the M4 and changing to the M5 than trying to hitch the M3.

[edit] How to get onto the M20 Motorway

• Where to: Dover, The Channel Tunnel, France
• Cost of public transport: One ticket to Zone 1 (approximately 2 GBP from Zone 1), one train ticket (approximately 3 GBP)
• Last verified: March 2006

• Directions

Get the Underground to London Bridge Station and get the commuter train to a station called Mottingham - this is very close to the entrance to the M20 to Dover, head for Great Sidcup road and around 800 yards farther down the road is a set of traffic lights (theres some car showrooms just to the left), and you can hold a sign saying Dover here and try to get the cars stopped at the lights to let you jump in.