Hitchhiking from London
Hitchhiking to London
Recent reviews mentioning London
51.17255, -1.85588
Direction east to London. Depends on time propably, but for us car went slow luckilly due to congestion, got picked up in about 10m by a guy, but lots of tourist cars that were already full. Got all the way to Windsor.rating: 5/5, wait: 12 min, ride: 117 km β
βjonasptacek, July 2025
51.59418, -0.6292
June 2025 - M40 west. After giving up on a spot in London I went here. About 30 mins walk from the train station, you have to smash down some brambles and it is a slipway so technically not legal, but it took no time at all and I actually got all the way to my destination in the Cotswoldsrating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 124 km β
βAnonymous, June 2025
51.87169, 0.19588
Had been waiting outside petrol station for a couple hours before we realised that 90% of the traffic was entering not leaving the services. Switched spots and got offered a few lifts until eventually we got one into london within half an hourrating: 3/5, wait: 300 min πͺ§, ride: 37 km β
βActingOutColours, Mon 02 Jun 2025, 20:02
50.85391, 4.65821
Walked here from Leuven, asked around, two of them were going to Brussels and the third one happened to be a couple living near London, so I got a ride from here through Eurotunnel all the way to north of London. And they ended up being worried that I will get stuck hitchhiking out of the London bubble, so they bought be a crazy expensive train ticket to Manchester, so I got to my friendβs place by the evening! βΊοΈrating: 5/5, wait: 7 min π¬, ride: 453 km β
βanettlee17, Mon 12 May 2025, 10:40
50.84189, -0.15138
Me and a friend waited only 15mins at around 7:30am and got a lift going to London. We stood just before the petrol station. It worked well as people are slowing down because of the lights and can pull in to the petrol station easily if they want to pick you up. Staff also let us use the toilet there.rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min π, ride: 59 km β
βUkHitcher, Thu 22 Aug 2024, 07:30
52.20994, -0.94353
Stood at the entrance to the petrol station and got a lift heading into London. Also got offered a lift to Milton Keynes inside the services when seen walking around with sign. Not loads of traffic but decent spotrating: 4/5, wait: 25 min πͺ§, ride: 115 km β
βActingOutColours, Wed 12 Mar 2025, 14:01
51.15967, -0.15231
Two people stopped in less than 10 minutes, the first guy wasn't going in to London. No hassle with police, but maybe that's because it was so quick!rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 44 km β
βAnonymous, March 2025
51.40485, 0.39537
Quickly found a ride into southwest London from hererating: 5/5, wait: 5 min π¬, ride: 46 km β
βdaganzebuaatramper, Wed 12 Feb 2025, 14:44
51.14499, 1.33021
After 15 min I found a ride to a gas station close to London.rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min π¬, ride: 89 km β
βdaganzebuaatramper, Wed 12 Feb 2025, 10:32
51.12552, 1.3197
Great gateway-spot. I waited 15 min and a woman took me to the gas station up the hill in her Jaguar. From there I quickly found a ride to London (could've gone to Luton if I wanted)rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min πͺ§, ride: 3 km β
βdaganzebuaatramper, Wed 12 Feb 2025, 10:28
51.48776, -0.39449
Medium petrol station, decent spot to get out of London. I got a lorry to Swindon early morning.rating: 4/5, wait: 45 min πͺ§, ride: 52 km β
βpixelatedcrab, November 2024
51.43887, 0.0514
A relatively good starting spot since it's easy to reach with the overground from London proper. However not too many cars stop at the gas station and they are not stopping for a thumb. I did find a ride that was able to take me at least a bit further on the highway in the direction of Dover for higher chances to find someone to take me further.This was around 10 am in mid August.
rating: 2/5, wait: 20 min π¬, ride: 9 km β
βthebeekeeper, October 2024
51.07165, 3.92128
Busy gas station with lots of traffic from the UK. Found someone to take me on the ferry and straight to London from here. This was in mid August around 4 pm.rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min π¬, ride: 384 km β
βthebeekeeper, October 2024
51.48952, -0.537
We spent a long time in the gas station speaking with people, but everyone was going to London, so when it stopped raining we crossed the road and got a car to Luton.The M&S crew is lovely and can help you
rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min πͺ§, ride: 56 km β
βAnonymous, April 2024
51.5725, -0.2273
Staples corner: good spot for going north up the M1. Used this as a starting point for a London - Lake District trip. Short wait with sign 'North' + thumb, standing just before the mechanics that drivers can pull into before getting on the motorway.rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min πͺ§
βsundrugs, April 2024
52.5316, -0.32259
Very busy, asked around in the Service Station for a while and then stood at the exit with a sign. Got a ride just South of London after less than an hourrating: 5/5, wait: 40 min π¬+πͺ§, ride: 178 km β
βsaundy, March 2024
51.29742, 0.51218
Felt like the cars drive quite fast but it worked for me in direction london in leds than 10 min.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 55 km β
βFluffy, October 2023
50.79256, 1.68639
Seemed like an awesome spot to get a ride across the channel. First car with a UK licence plate i asked agreed to take me with them on the euro train and half way to london. They have to add you on their ticket, but they can do that on their phone on the app where they have their ticket.rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min
βFluffy, October 2023
51.17825, -1.77991
Got a lift back to London after equinox standing on services exitrating: 4/5, wait: 20 min
βpip, September 2023
51.43887, 0.0514
I live in London and have used this spot a few times, in fact it's where I started my first-ever hitchhiking trip. Never had to wait more than 20 mins with an "M20" sign (I've always been here around 9-11am). This is the ideal spot to start hitchhiking towards Dover/Europe in my opinion!rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 54 km β
βi_have_jelly_babies, August 2023