United Kingdom

Hitchhiking in the United Kingdom easily possible, although the British are a little surprised to see people still doing it these days. Hitchhiking is illegal on the motorways, but is allowed at service stations and slip roads. When travelling a long distance on the motorways it is best to stick to the service stations as getting a lift on a slip road will take an exceptionally long time.

Useful tip: In city libraries you can use Internet PC's for free after a short free registration (some want to see a passport, some aren't that strict).

If you're hitchhiking long distances and considering making a sign, in general people use the motorway names rather than the city names. For example, from London to Cornwall have a sign saying 'M4'.

Service stations

• Wikipedia contains articles about service stations on the moterway in the UK!
• map of tab-msas service stations
• motowayservices.info has lots of info about UK service stations

To France

Hitchhiking from England to France is not too hard. Just hitchhike to Dover.

Countries

• England
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland
• Wales

Towns and Cities

• Birmingham
• Cambridge
• Dover - best possibility to get over to continental Europe
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Leeds
• London
• Manchester
• Milton Keynes
• Oxford
• York