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. Don't get dropped at any motorway junctions (M25/M4 / M4/M5 / etc) as traffic will be going too fast to stop and you will probably be picked up by the police.
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'. But if you are hitching on a motorway with multiple cities (ie: M1) it is an idea to use a sign with the city name (eg: Nottingham / Sheffield / etc).
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
Towns and Cities
- Birmingham
- Cambridge
- Dover - best possibility to get over to continental Europe
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- London
- Manchester
- Milton Keynes
- Oxford
- York
Liftshare.org is a UK based lift share website
