flicka Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Has anyone used this website or app.? How useful or appropriate for the UK ? Thoughts & comments welcomed. I was introduced to it at the Lincoln show over the weekend but didnt have a strong enough connection to view / download & appears to be a French website but covers many countries. Parking spots can be viewed for free but subscription also appears to enable adding new locations, comments, photos, etc.. At only €9.99 annual subscription to looks worth a trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 The park4night website is here https://www.park4night.com/?langage=en There are currently 1608 entries for the UK and the product seems to have been active since (at least) 2013 https://www.motorhomefreedom.com/places-to-go/camp-sites/park4night-com-review/ http://forums.motorhomefacts.com/33-wild-camping-spots-mh-friendly-parking/116818-park4night.html Looks useful and, as access to the data is free, it’s possible for an individual to assess its potential value without first paying to subscribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Looking at the website link Derek has supplied, a mass of info for France, but only one campsite for Norfolk and Suffolk. Seems to work on my netbook but first attempt to use it on my windows phone not good, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancepar Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 We were told about it while in France this July and downloaded the free app' to my Motorola phone when we got free internet. Although we didn't use any of the listed sites when venturing into Italy, Switzerland and Germany because we were returning to the French Aires each day, it was reassuring to know that there were there plenty of alternative overnight stopping places shown on the Park4night maps. Download the free app' on your phone and if it's not useful, delete it. B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Looking at the review supplied by Derek, its worth trialing the free app & see how it goes. Then maybe if more subcribe more places will be added. It appears if you subscribe & enter a new location the GPS picks up the coordinates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLou Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I find SearchForSites https://www.searchforsites.co.uk is just as effective. It lets you update it for free and has good coverage all over Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Currently in Belgium and been using this a lot in Croatia Austria Slovenia Germany etc. I find it good. Reviews are honest and comments can be translated easily. Haven't used it in UK yet though. Searchforsites seems to be more UK based and is another app. Also camper contact but I didn't download it as it took up quite a bit of space. This year I have used the apps more than my travel books. I think this is the way it's going as they are updated constantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 The advantage of "park4night" appears to be that it also identifies places to stop other than "sites" only. Although I very rarely wild camp, these locations are often useful for a stopover for a break. I noticed there are numerous Pub carparks, so similar to some of the Motorcaravan Club Certified Locations & Britstops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 It's great for wild spots, don't know about prison camps (sites) we can't stand them, only used it in France, the free version is fully functional just needs to be online where as if you pay you can use it offline not much point with free roaming now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagem Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 We spent a couple of weeks in The Netherlands and Belgium during August, spending most nights in a different place. Park4Night app, Camperstop app and Campingcar Infos app were all used as they provide different options. The ability to get Google translations of user reviews with Park4Night is a huge advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wortho Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 We spent 4 months touring Europe this year and had many apps and guidebooks etc to help find camp spots and overnighters. Park4night ended up being our favourite as it had some out of the way places that did not show up anywhere else. Actually it was an Italian guy that put us onto it when we stumbled across a great free parking area in the Italian Alps, he had been on the road for 4 months and said he rarely had to pay to stay overnight. It seems to me to be made up mostly of places that users have stumbled across that may not be official campsites but local councils etc allow you to stay one or two nights unofficially. I have used similar apps in Australia and NZ known as wikicamp and these are mostly places submitted and updated by members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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