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== Ashford Services ==Asking might be better than holding a sign because you'll be able to explain your situation and gain the driver's trust (since you'll need them to be willing to a. add you to their ticket free of charge b. not to say that you're hitchhiking, though this seems to be more important when entering the UK rather than leaving it).
>> Ashford services now has a new services for cars as well=== Arriving by Train ===[[File:Hollingbourne. However, somewhatofftheway had trouble hitching from both the truck and the car services png|200px|thumb|right|A map to Dover on a rainy day in June 2009 and had much better luck on the roundabout junction itself, where there is just about place for cars heading onto the M20 to stop. Allegedly, Ashford Services are owned by Polish landlords, so you might possibly receive a warm welcome there if you're Polish or from somewhere around that regionservice station.]]
>> We were hitchhiking for charity (Munich!!) and were therefore in a huge rush to get to Dover before nightfall. The only problem was that Ashford seemed very tedious to get out of! We found == Ashford Services very difficult and we could not be bothered with the sheer hassle. Everyone seemed to be heading north and the staff at the petrol station seemed very bitter towards us. We even tried to walk part of the Motorway (lay-by) in desperation and got a massive bollocking off the police! ==
Luckily we found As of 2012 this is not a sneaky and cunning way good place to get hitchhike for various reasons - better stick to Dover which I highly recommend (we owe everything to Google Maps for this!)Maidstone. Exit Ashford Services and turn right on the roundaboutIf anything changes, walk down the road for one minute and then turn left down '''Ashford Road'''. Continue to walk along Ashford Road for about ten minutes until you reach '''Sandling Road''' which will take you all the way down to a reasonable remote train station! This train station contains a pay-on-the-train system where you pay a little bit of your fare (we paid 20p) and the machine gives you your ticket and expects you to pay the rest when the conductor sees you - which he did not!! 1p fare from Ashford to Dover anyonelet us know!?
At the ''A possible sneaky and cunning way to get to Dover'' - Exit Ashford Services and turn right on the guard kicked us off. That was in June 2011roundabout, walk down the road for one minute and then turn left down '''Ashford Road'''. Maybe he will soon not work there anymore, maybe he will continue Continue to make life harder walk along Ashford Road for hitchhikers. I about ten minutes until you reach '''Sandling Road''' which will in future avoid this gas take you all the way down to a reasonable remote train station! This train station contains a pay-on-the-train system where you pay a little bit of your fare (we paid 20p) and the machine gives you your ticket and stick with Maidstone. expects you to pay the rest when the conductor sees you - which he did not!! 1p fare from Ashford to Dover anyone!?
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When [[User:Frida|Frida]] and a friend were at Maidstone, it seemed more people going towards the Channel than going towards London were stopping there to get some food in the restaurant. If you are looking for a lift across the water, go in front of the restaurant and don't be shy to ask people for a lift.
Hitchhiking out of London can take a long time, so if you'd rather sleep in and waste some money you can get the train to Hollingbourne. I, [[User:Mooseling|Mooseling]], just tried this and found it very easy. From London, the train goes past Maidstone Services just about a minute before reaching Hollingbourne station, so you basically want to go into the farm fields and follow the tracks back to the service station. Get out of the train, walk back along the platform and down next to the tracks. Just ignore the sign that prohibits this, but make sure nobody's watching. After about twenty meters there are gates in the fences next to the tracks, go through the one on the left and into the fields. Stay in the fields and keep following the tracks back away from the station. You'll need to cross a little stream and a couple fences, and after three fields you'll enter a little woodland. This surrounds the service station, just walk straight through it and you'll be there. I did it in the spring and it was very nice. I was tempted to stop and fly a kite.
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