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So once in Dover, The best option is to talk to people who have parked their car at the travel center. Make sure you spend quite some time talking to them before you ask them for a ride as some drivers are a bit wary of illegal immigrants who wish to cross the Channel with them. There are quite a few cars parked there and it is quite easy to find a ride. I found a ride within 15 minutes. The other potential hitching spots before the port property would be the following:
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If you reached Dover without a ride over the Channel, your best option will simply be to try to hitch a trucker upstream (or possibly a car driver) upstream the arrival to the harbour. This can reveal a hardous experience as the road leading to the Port is narrowed, without shoulder and under a constant traffic. Added to this, it is prohibited to hitch on the Port property (everything beyond the ''Port of Dover Authority'' Sign), the police is quite cooperative and will simply kindly request that you don't continue on the property though you may talk to people at the Travel Centre without any problem. The following problem is that less and less car does stop at the Travel Centre as many booking are done electronically inside the Port Property where foot pedestrian can not access.
- It is possible to simply stand directly at the rail of the last Roundabout leading into the port, it is before the port property and you stand at the height of a truck driver whom can see you clearly and can pull aside just in front of the Port Police building after the Roundabout.
- It can also usually works out if you stand at one of the bus stops on the main seaside road with a sign that says France. If you're really stuck you can also try at the Western Docks, there is a truck park where drivers carrying certain types of goods or from outside the EU have to stop to complete some paperwork.
