Where to stay overnight near Portsmouth for ferry early morning?

[colyboy]

Where can we stay near/on the ferry port at Portsmouth. For early morning ferry?

colyboy

 

[busby]

Where can we stay near/on the ferry port at Portsmouth. For early morning ferry?

colyboy

You can park on the dock after about 10.00 pm or Port Solent ..Bars and restaurants at Port Solent,,about 10 min drive away.
Have parked on the dock as early as 8.0 pm but it depends on the jobsworthy on duty..BUSBY.

 

[scotzsue]

Yes we parked on the dock too, and well before 8pm, had a good run from home.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

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[billym]

Port Solent ask you to park in the first car park ( it is obvious which one it is when you get there) and there are signs asking you to ring the security office to tell them.

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[Gaston aires]

We parked right on the dock in a special row. Ready for the big off in the morning. Don’t get there before 10 pm.
Phil

 

[Razamataz]

Where can we stay near/on the ferry port at Portsmouth. For early morning ferry?

colyboy

We stayed Dibles caravan park
Really good

 

[Busman]

Stopped at Port Solent a couple of times you pass a big Tesco store and fuel station about 1ml before if you need to stock up. Also they ask you to phone when you get there, we phoned when we where about 1hr away

no problems and a good night's sleep.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Stopped at Port Solent a couple of times you pass a big Tesco store and fuel station about 1ml before if you need to stock up. Also they ask you to phone when you get there, we phoned when we where about 1hr away View attachment 356590no problems and a good night's sleep.

That’s good to know, I thought you could just turn up.

 

[colyboy]

Many thanks everyone who replied.

colyboy

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[pelican]

Anyone using the facility please phone as we dont want them stopping this facility .
Not even a parking charge!

 

[63720]

+1 for Port Solent but phone the number and book in.

 

[cliffanger]

We’re sailing on Tuesday, so very grateful to colyboy for starting the thread and for the helpful replies.

Looking at the weather forecast and it ain’t looking good .....

 

[Richard n Ann]

There is a good wetherspoons at port solent ??
Didn't know you had to let them know, we just turned up, plenty of spaces in the evening.

 

[Badknee]

There is a good wetherspoons at port solent ??
Didn't know you had to let them know, we just turned up, plenty of spaces in the evening.

I don’t remember being asked to ring when we last stayed there? ?

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[cornish boy]

About two years ago, motorhomes just rocking up was becoming a real issue at Port Solent.

The marina even found some motorhomers unplugging the shore power leads to boats on the hard standing and plugging their motorhomes into the shore supplies overnight. There was a number of discussions between the marina and the other tenants about putting in an outright ban on overnight parking.

Thankfully a ban hasn't happened but please, please, please, ring the number and book yourselves in. If it gets abused, it will disappear.

 

[Richard n Ann]

We didn't go as far as the marina. We parked in one with commercial vans in on the right before the marina.

 

[cornish boy]

they were seriously talking of banning overnighting in all car parks at Port Solent, including The Boardwalk and the one in front of David Lloyd

 

[pelican]

I don’t remember being asked to ring when we last stayed there? ?

Please ask in future

 

[pelican]

There is a good wetherspoons at port solent ??
Didn't know you had to let them know, we just turned up, plenty of spaces in the evening.

Please ask in future

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[Spriddler]

There is a good wetherspoons ..........

I've only had the misfortune to try two and they were absolutely dreadful. Never again.

 

[wiljoy]

The Churchillian restaurant is about a mile out and overlooks the port.
Secure car park and good food with water available to top up your supply.
We've stayed there 4 times now.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I've only had the misfortune to try two and they were absolutely dreadful. Never again.

A lot of people don't like them ? makes me wonder.... What do you normally eat?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Please ask in future

I certainly would but we won't be going that way again (it wasn't the Wetherspoons ?) we just didn't like the long crossing.

 

[GMLS]

A little further away and just outside Southdowns might be a back up plan

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[Spriddler]

A lot of people don't like them ? makes me wonder.... What do you normally eat?

As said I've only tried two so maybe I haven't given them a fair sampling.
The first was The Three Tuns Wetherspoons hotel in the market square at Thirsk. I booked online into the hotel for two nights whilst doing a 'James Herriot' tour of the Yorks Dales as it was the place where farmers would settle their bills with Herriot. I didn't realise it was a Spoons until I checked in.
The evening eating area wasn't separate from the busy bar. The tables were uncleared, grubby and the dog-eared menu restricted more or less to choices involving chips. Whilst eating I was jostled by the drinkers and a group of half a dozen blokes in their 40's kept up a rowdy racket with foul language and disgusting 'jokes'.
As a last resort I ordered a gammon which was like shoe leather smeared with a runny egg. The chips were like suet pudding and the peas rock hard. I left it and since there wasn't anywhere else open I bought fish and chips from across the road which I ate in my car. I didn't stay the second night and put my Review on the Booking dot com website.

My second visit was to The Six Gold Martlets local to me in Burgess Hill for lunch with an elderly and terminally ill lady friend whom I had taken shopping and she wanted to eat there. It was similarly awful with bored and disinterested child staff, glacially slow service (I was desperate to eat and leave) and seemed to be patronised largely by blokes attracted by the cheap booze.

Cheap yes, but not an experience I intend to repeat.

 

[63720]

There is a good wetherspoons at port solent ??
Didn't know you had to let them know, we just turned up, plenty of spaces in the evening.

If you're using 'spoons download their app, you can order and pay at the table, it saves queuing at the bar.

 

[Jake Royd]

You can also stay at the Thatched House.
CC88175.

 

[Lenny HB]

The evening eating area wasn't separate from the busy bar. The tables were uncleared, grubby and the dog-eared menu restricted more or less to choices involving chips. Whilst eating I was jostled by the drinkers and a group of half a dozen blokes in their 40's kept up a rowdy racket with foul language and disgusting 'jokes'.

You didn't obey Rule One, if you are over 25 don't go into a spoons in the Evening. Great for lunchtime but evening out of bounds full of young kids getting tanked up on cheap booze before heading to the clubs.

 

[Sundowners]

When you get to the port, park along the fence line on the left and ask security about parking for the night. They have always let us stay even arriving before 10 PM. When that lane is full we have parked up on the right hand side. There are also toilets available just past the kiosks. Can be noisy during the night if parked on the left.

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