Motorhome & campervan overnight stops
Which councils actually let you sleep in your motorhome or campervan in a car park, where, for how long and for how much. Taken from the council's own pages, with links.
Where overnight stays are allowed
- Allowed
- Pilot / trial
- Dashed ring = approximate location
Not on the map: Forestry and Land Scotland (sites across Scotland).
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Overnight stops
Cornwall: where you can sleep in a motorhome in council car parks
Eleven Cornwall Council car parks allow overnight stays (11pm–8am) for self-contained motorhomes with an on-board WC, on a dedicated overnight ticket bought for each night.
- Overnight allowed
- Not clear: 3
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Forestry and Land Scotland 'Stay the Night': overnight in forest car parks
Forestry and Land Scotland lets self-contained motorhomes and campervans stay one night (6pm–10am) in selected forest car parks, from £10 a night paid via RingGo, first come first served, with no return within 48 hours.
- Allowed – forest car parks
- Not clear: 2
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Fylde (Lytham St Annes): designated overnight motorhome bays
Fylde Council has designated motorhome bays at five car parks around St Annes where you can stay overnight for up to 48 hours, first come first served, with a vehicle length limit at each site and a paid sluice nearby.
- Overnight allowed
- Not clear: 2
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Highland Campervan and Motorhome Scheme: 12 overnight car parks
Highland Council runs a £40, 7-day membership that covers overnight parking (10pm–8am) for self-contained vehicles at 12 designated car parks, first come first served, with no return to the same car park within 72 hours.
- Allowed with membership
- Not clear: 2
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Moray: the Burghead overnight motorhome pilot (until 30 November 2026)
Moray Council is piloting overnight stays for up to two self-contained campervans or motorhomes at Station Road car park, Burghead, from 1 April to 30 November 2026: £7 a night, one night maximum, 6pm–10am.
- Pilot until 30 Nov 2026
- Not clear: 2
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Northumberland: bookable overnight motorhome bays at Amble, Bamburgh and Beadnell
Northumberland lets self-contained motorhomes stay one night (6pm–8am) in numbered bays at three coastal car parks, with a £15 permit that must be bought online.
- Allowed – book a bay
- Not clear: 2
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Scottish Borders: free motorhome stays at The Haugh, Hawick
Scottish Borders Council has dedicated motorhome spaces at The Haugh car park in Hawick, where sleeping, camping and cooking are allowed for up to 48 hours, free of charge, with toilets and a fresh water tap.
- Allowed – free, one site
- Not clear: 2
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South Hams: five car parks for overnight motorhome stays
South Hams allows self-contained motorhomes to stay overnight (6pm–9am) at five car parks for £15 a night, up to two consecutive nights, with no return within 48 hours.
- Overnight allowed
- Not clear: 2
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Thanet: designated motorhome and caravan spaces in five seaside car parks
Thanet District Council has five designated motorhome and caravan spaces at each of five car parks in Westgate, Birchington, Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate, where you may sleep overnight. A 24-hour ticket costs £13; there are no water or waste facilities.
- Allowed in designated spaces
- Not clear: 3
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Torridge (North Devon): overnight motorhome parking in five car parks
Torridge allows motorhome and campervan overnight parking (6pm–8am) at five car parks in Bideford, Westward Ho!, Holsworthy, Great Torrington and Appledore: £12 or £15 per bay per night, maximum two nights.
- Overnight allowed
- Not clear: 3