Motorhome parking on Morecambe prom

[Noots]

Just read this article on a local app where people say and some moan.

Hopefully I’ve managed to paste screenshots of the article

 

[Noots]

The writer of the article seems hellbent on slating motorhomers with an interesting mixture of replies. I can’t copy and post all replies but this woman has seen people emptying buckets of brown waste down the roadside gullies. Will keep an eye on an otherwise quite boring app as I sit in the heat of Mojacar, not parked on the roadside

 

[The Coops]

Do as St Annes, Blackpool and Fleetwood have done and provide dedicated motorhome parking areas, Morecambe was/is 20 years behind the other Lancashire coastal resorts. Can see it all changing if and when the Eden project is done, more regulations etc

 

[Outdoors Dad]

I worked in Morecambe about 18 years ago and it was a dump, I'm sure welcoming tourism would be high on the local authorities list.

 

[Cal54]

I live in Lancaster so regularly drive along the seafront in Morecambe. I have some sympathy with the locals as the number of Motorhomes parking along the prom has increased significantly over the last year. The problem could easily be resolved by the city council being proactive and providing one of the numerous carparks for overnight stays.
As I write this I’m on the P&R at Canterbury which is an excellent facility and one from which a lot of towns could learn from.

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[Imala615]

An update on the parking on the prom, note the councillor is after directing vans to the 72 supposed sites nearby.
Have the hoards ruined another town parking.

Morecambe resident blasts motorhome owners for using town as "personal car park"

A Morecambe resident has blasted camper van owners who she says use the town as a permanent personal car park.

tinyurl.com

 

[Swifter]

The writer of the article seems hellbent on slating motorhomers with an interesting mixture of replies. I can’t copy and post all replies but this woman has seen people emptying buckets of brown waste down the roadside gullies. Will keep an eye on an otherwise quite boring app as I sit in the heat of Mojacar, not parked on the roadside

Buckets of brown waste unlikely to come from a Motorhome . A van with a mattress chucked in the back , a surf board on top and a bucket for toilet is not a Motorhome.

 

[Lenny HB]

They really don't understand Motorhomes saying things like it will cost £100k to provide parking as they would need to supply toilets and showers.

 

[shawn&emma]

We’ve just had nearly three years living a couple of miles from Morcambe and it’s definitely more noticeable the amount of vans parked up, especially down the south end so to speak beyond Aldi. Quite a few used to park for longer periods on the battery carpark which from memory was only around £1.20 a day and free overnight but that is now chargeable and the few times we’ve parked there to go to events in the town it’s been well patrolled by the wardens.
Generally it seems to be tolerated along the Aldi end as not so many expensive properties looking out over them but down the north end nearer the golf course where the same vans park up there for long periods they are looked at by some larger expensive properties so I do understand their criticism.
Not sure where theses vans are disposing of waste as many don’t seem to move from the spot they’re on. But there are a couple of sets of public loos along the prom which I guess they can use with a bit of discretion.
We’ve overnighted right at the Happy mount park end which is only overlooked by a carpark.

Shawn

 

[Smudger55]

When in Rome....... .. thought i would park on Morecambe sea front.

On our way to Bay View, Bolton-Le-Sands.

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[Lenny HB]

Looks a bit crowded.

 

[Stealaway]

She also said that providing facilities for camper van owners to stay overnight in existing car parks would be costly, giving an estimated figure of more than £100,000 for provision of a toilet, shower block, fresh water supply and waste facility, plus additional annual costs.

They really don't have a clue.
The cost Installing an Elson point and a tap onto the side of a toilet block would cost almost nothing. That is all that would be needed and would attracted dozens of new tourist.

 

[Tombola]

When in Rome....... .. thought i would park on Morecambe sea front.

On our way to Bay View, Bolton-Le-Sands.

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Thats the white wall then
I have seen loads of vans though plenty times to be fair and if they are overstaying I can understand it.

I parked on one of the prom car parks only for 2 hours in an afternoon and paid for 3 tickets as I overhung . Got me head down as i was tired heading back from Scotland and awoke to see Blakey outing a ticket on me screen.whooaaaa i said..look 3 tickets and I'm only over hanging 2 really..don't care he said takemit up with the number on the ticket..tosser..
It got rescinded on appeal.

 

[Smudger55]

Thats the white wall then
I have seen loads of vans though plenty times to be fair and if they are overstaying I can understand it.

I parked on one of the prom car parks only for 2 hours in an afternoon and paid for 3 tickets as I overhung . Got me head down as i was tired heading back from Scotland and awoke to see Blakey outing a ticket on me screen.whooaaaa i said..look 3 tickets and I'm only over hanging 2 really..don't care he said takemit up with the number on the ticket..tosser..
It got rescinded on appeal.

Its across the road from school I used to go to and also my Saturday night out at what was the Broadway Hotel, a few New Years eves had in there, followed by a sickly hangover in my late teens.

 

[Imala615]

She also said that providing facilities for camper van owners to stay overnight in existing car parks would be costly, giving an estimated figure of more than £100,000 for provision of a toilet, shower block, fresh water supply and waste facility, plus additional annual costs.

They really don't have a clue.
The cost Installing an Elson point and a tap onto the side of a toilet block would cost almost nothing. That is all that would be needed and would attracted dozens of new tourist.

St annes did it , a toilet cubical as a sluice not sure about water or cost but a little bit more than next to nothing i would think but nowhere near the £100,000

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[Imala615]

When in Rome....... .. thought i would park on Morecambe sea front.

On our way to Bay View, Bolton-Le-Sands.

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get your table and chairs out while its quiet

 

[Imala615]

And yet another update . but it's the same story.

'Fancy’ campervan owners are 'exploiting seaside town and dumping waste'

Touring vehicles are sometimes left empty for long periods of time, taking-up valuable parking spaces, and selfish ‘wild camping’ is creating problems for residents, visitors and businesses

www.lancs.live

 

[mitzimad]

We’ve just had nearly three years living a couple of miles from Morcambe and it’s definitely more noticeable the amount of vans parked up, especially down the south end so to speak beyond Aldi. Quite a few used to park for longer periods on the battery carpark which from memory was only around £1.20 a day and free overnight but that is now chargeable and the few times we’ve parked there to go to events in the town it’s been well patrolled by the wardens.
Generally it seems to be tolerated along the Aldi end as not so many expensive properties looking out over them but down the north end nearer the golf course where the same vans park up there for long periods they are looked at by some larger expensive properties so I do understand their criticism.
Not sure where theses vans are disposing of waste as many don’t seem to move from the spot they’re on. But there are a couple of sets of public loos along the prom which I guess they can use with a bit of discretion.
We’ve overnighted right at the Happy mount park end which is only overlooked by a carpark.

Shawn

So people in expensive homes have the right to a view but the rough end of town dont?

 

[mitzimad]

I went to morcombe age 13 ive only just gotten over the experience

 

[UptheGas]

So people in expensive homes have the right to a view but the rough end of town dont?

Exactly!

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