If wanting to travel to different cities where would I park the van if I want to live for indefinite

fred990

Have a Google of van dwelling/boon docking uk.
Stay out of residential areas or keep an extremely low profile. Never ever leave rubbish. I know of two Tesco's stores where the manager will turn a blind eye to overnight parking at the end of the car park, having shopped first of course. Likewise some pub owners, usual rules obviously.
It's not that easy to do in the UK. Loads do in Bristol. An industrial estate on the south coast are pretty relaxed about it, handy for the summer if out for a few days.
Permanently? You'd probably need lots of gym/sports centre memberships.....

Begsey

Around Edinburgh, in various side roads, there's people sleeping in vans. They aren't there all the time, but the same ones appear regularly.
On the traveller front, seen something recently (experienced first hand by a friend that works in a supermarket) about a foodbank challenge. Random link below.


https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/travellers-leave-early-christmas-present-for-foodbank/

sheslookinhot

AdrianC wrote: »

Just the usual dig at "travellers".

Yes no doubt, a hint of racism about it.

Mercdriver

gardner1 wrote: »

I think inner city caravan parks are reserved for our Irish friends;)

horlicks.

There are caravan parks in fairly central areas of cities like Bristol and Swansea.

Try halting the racist language, and try not being an ar5se

Herzlos

Jackmydad wrote: »

Friend of mine has a van for his work, his wife has a small car for her work, and he used to run a 4WD for towing their caravan. He uses his van now for towing. It's a decent clean van and caravan, and he told me that as long as you don't look like a traveller a lot of sites are fine with it.
I've met one or two people who do travel like the OP suggests. They travel on their own and don't leave a mess. The one woman we were talking to told me that she has friends all over the place who will let her park for a day or two. Similar with some people who were travelling with a large motorhome.

Sorry, I meant if he turned up to a caravan park with just a regular panel van and no caravan on the back.

edde

A flat if you don't bother with heating will be less environmentally impacting.

If you don't want to drive round regularly (less than 2 days in the same place) I'd just get the flat.

If you want to help the environment get a small petrol or diesel car they wont pollute as much as any stealth van/camper van. Or if you wont move far an electric car? Range wont matter to much as it sound like it wont be used much.


Its a lovely idea I feel the reality after living in a tiny space would get too much.

What about a canal boats there's load of canals in many Uk cities?

Arklight

Lindselina wrote: »

Check out the app park4night. There are also loads of vanlife groups on facebook that share info about doing this. But it's definitely doable and certainly in Bristol where I live there are hundreds of people living in vans.

This thread is 6 months old and the OP has long been towed away or kidnapped by doggers. Are you really that desperate to plug your website?