Hitchhiking from Bristol
Hitchhiking to Bristol
Recent reviews mentioning Bristol
50.97076, 1.84314
One on the ferry, ask everyone for a lift. A lot of people had full cars but with a little luck you will get a ride. When i went to England i managed to get a ride all to way to Bristol. On the way back from England i didnt get a ride, and getting stuck in Calais is HORRIBLE. So ask everyone.rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min 💬, ride: 391 km ←
―stepanfoj, Wed 20 Aug 2025, 12:00
51.35642, -2.90518
Caught a ride to service station near Bristol. Cars are going quite fast, however they can pull over at the cafe if they can read your sign well enough.rating: 3/5, wait: 45 min 🪧, ride: 24 km ↗
―Rinkonini, August 2025
51.47677, -2.70872
Horrible spot if you want to head north. Almost all people are packed or heading south. We waited for over 4 hrs before somebody finally got us to north bristol. I suggest catching rides heading to london to get to a more northern spot off the M5.rating: 1/5, wait: 260 min, ride: 15 km ↗
―Rinkonini, August 2025
50.9755, -3.15463
We were ambitious trying to get to Wells. Got a ride after 30 min. Lots of people heading to bristol, even londonrating: 5/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 54 km ↗
―Rinkonini, August 2025
51.30568, -0.40867
First we tried for 2.5 hours to get to southampton. Nobody heading that direction. Lots of people heading to brighton or bristol.rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 186 km ←
―Rinkonini, August 2025
50.1707, -5.44557
Waited literally 5 seconds, great spot, lots of space to stop, got a hitch all the way to Bristol from hererating: 5/5, wait: 0 min, ride: 301 km ↗
―jonasptacek, July 2025
51.02549, -3.81447
not the best spot, the road widens out a fair bit and theres enough space for cars to pull over, good interaction with drivers, got a to bristolrating: 4/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 130 km ↗
―Fryd0g, August 2024
51.50991, -2.1567
Got dropped off about an hours walk from here so walked over and got a ride within 5 minutes towards bristolrating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 48 km ←
―Arty, August 2024
51.4919, -0.28366
Hitched here end of March 2017 11am. Waited before bus stop. Waited 20 min with sign saying "M4 Bristol"Many cars which have to wait at traffic lights and can pull over in the lay-by.
―LaZubi, April 2017
51.65667, -2.42904
If you can't exit Bristol .....go 15 miles North on bus to Stone and get into Michaelwood through the back―Colinc, April 2017
51.47842, -2.71103
Junction 19 is BAD for going M5 North and M5 South . It is good for getting the 3 miles into Bristol on A 369.Junction 20 Avonmouth is VERY BAD .
―Colinc, April 2017
50.95461, -1.53546
Heading to Bristol from here. Been waiting less than five min at 10am on a bus stop corner (A36). Pick up by a car straight to Bristol.―Anonymous, July 2015
50.91905, -3.35941
Really great place for Taunton and Bristol. Always get lift in less than 5minutes! :)―Sonyque, May 2015
51.49657, -3.14287
Wait 20 min to get lift to Bristol. Just at the entrance of Petrol station.―Anonymous, June 2014
53.41009, -2.91873
I waited somewhere on this road to go South to Bristol and it works well. There is a lot of trafic and it's the best place to go to Manchester or South !―Anonymous, June 2014
51.31159, -2.825
this is the A38 traffic light junction at Sidcot , 19 miles south of Bristol―Colinc, June 2014
51.52544, -2.61492
J 16 and 17 are just about ok , and better than central Bristol , though AVOID 18 , Avonmouth at all costs―Colinc, June 2014
51.45945, -2.58912
Central Bristol Silvey Northbound Can be very bad spot to hitch . Sign is essential . In heavy traffic cars cannot stop safely at all.―Colinc, June 2014
51.50991, -2.1567
got a lift promptly to Bristol at 03-00 in the morning after walking 1 mile along the motorway to get to the servies―Colinc, June 2014
51.49492, -0.45384
This place is said to be the best hitchhiking spot to go to the West on the M4. Though, it is quite stressful. It is illegal, and every 15 minutes a police car passes by... Most of the cars ignore you... We only got a lift to Slough although we wanted to go to Bristol.It doesn't seem to be a better hitchhiking place in the surroundings.
―Anonymous, December 2013