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However, it tends This place seems to go slightly quicker if you walk 2 minutes more around the roundabout ('''Staples Corner ''West'' ''')work really well. You'll see a railway bridge, go under it and there is a bus stop beside a car repair place (I get the bus stop itself is near Adrian Avenue to brent cross and is by the ''Western'' side of the railway bridge). It doesn't look like such then its about a great place, but it works quite well if you have a sign (worked for [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] - a 5-minute wait in the dark!). Certainly it is better than the entrance 10 min walk to the M1 used by traffic going eastbound on the 'North Circular', which has a big camera pointing right at where you would standthis spot.
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** '''Option 2''' - [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51.572780,+-0.230950&ie=UTF8&z=12&iwloc=addr&om=1 Staples Corner]
** '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket to zone 3.
** '''Last verified''': 18th August, 2014
[[File:Staples_corner_m1.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Hitching Spot at Staples Corner for M1]]
** This is a very good option :)
Another option is to take the tube to Brent Cross ''(Northern Line)''. From there you follow the 'North Circular Road' westwards for about 1km (along Tilling Road), and you get to the bottom of the M1 (don't get confused with the A1 which also passes nearby, although if this road is more convenient for your destination, you can also hitch from here). After passing the shopping centre, you should see the M1. It is possible to hitch at the first entrance you see, which is the traffic coming off the 'Westbound North Circular' (there is a bus stop just after the slip road joins the North Circular, and a small lay-by further on - both adjacent to the lane for M1). You can also hitch at the traffic lights (see spot on the map to the right) or on the hard shoulder on the on-ramp that slopes up right after those traffic lights.
However, it tends to go slightly quicker if you walk 2 minutes more around the roundabout ('''Staples Corner ''West'' '''). You'll see a railway bridge, go under it and there is a bus stop beside a car repair place (the bus stop itself is near Adrian Avenue and is by the ''Western'' side of the railway bridge). It doesn't look like such a great place, but it works quite well if you have a sign (worked for [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] - a 5-minute wait in the dark!). This is a very good place seems , however one user recommends right next to the car repair center ( on the right of it )there is entrance for the M1 Motorway which is slightly going upwards before meeting the highway. You may go up and make sure to work really stand atleast 100 meters away from the point where cars enter on this road from the redlight behind, since they need some time to spot you and there is plenty of space for them to stop ,if you have a sign that says M1. Worked quite wellon 18th Aug 2014. If you are too close to the entrance incline they will zoom past by you so ensure you walk up a bit and give them enough distance to see you and your sign. Important *** : If you are getting in a car here, ensure that the driver is driving atleast 50-60 miles and not getting off on some nearby town before 50-60 miles. I From this point on to until 50-60 miles on this highway there is no Petrol Station at all. So ensure you can get a ride with someone who knows a petrol station on this highway and can drop you to a Petrol Station. In case you are going to Edinburgh : Once you are on any of the bus petrol stations you will find a lot of people going in that direction, going to brent cross LEEDS and then further on. Somewhere ahead of Leeds M1 becomes A1 (M) highway however ensure that once you are on this highway going in direction of New Castle, and then its about Edinburgh, you do not get down at the last petrol station before New Castle. Get down at the 2nd last or 3rd or 4th last petrol station before New Castle but not the last one. The second last one has a 10 min walk huge Mac Donalds and the last one has Burger King and Costa, is a small petrol station and mostly has locals from the New Castle coming for petrol.A hitch hiking couple got stuck here and could not find a ride for 13 odd hours back beyond New Castle. So thumb rule do not get down on the last Petrol Station before the city, unless it is a Mac Donalds. Ensure who ever is taking you drops you only on Petrol Station and not on a country road. After New Castle, there is only one major or decent petrol station in a town called Alnwick ( pronounced as Annick). Try finding someone who is going to this spotEdinburgh directly from one of the good Mac Donalds stations before.
==== A1 Motorway / A1(M) Motorway ====
