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Driving - Holyhead - Folkestone. Splitting the journey

  • 05-08-2014 4:19pm
    #1
    chabsey
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    Family holiday (2 adults + baby) and I want to get the ferry Dublin - Holyhead and then drive to the Eurotunnel. I want to split this journey so it's leisurely enough rather than racing to France, and am looking for suggested stopping points to stay in. Just one night to break up the journey, ideally somewhere nice.

    Presumably people on here have done this drive, any recommendations of places to stay to split the journey?


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  • #2
    Berberis
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    Did it a number of years ago with 3 children on board.
    We got the morning ferry to holyhead and stayed with relatives in London that night arriving in London around tea time. Short drive then to the tunnel the following morning. which in turn ment we would not be wrecked for our 2-3 hour drive ahead of us once we got off at Calais
    If we were not staying in London we probally would have driven past London and booked a cheap motel off the M25 or the M20 that way I would have avoided the M1 towards London and The M25 around it in busy traffic the following morning.
    Enjoy the trip and allow plenty of time. The tunnel itself is grand, a bit sureal and the journey is so quick.


  • #3
    chabsey
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    Thanks, I like the idea of staying in London, I don't like the idea of driving in London though! Think I'll stick with somewhere outside of the city, as I know at that stage I'll be tired.


  • #4
    jjbrien
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    Could stay near the M6 in Birmingham. Its a good half way point with decent hotels etc you can put your head down for the night and get some kip. Id recommend the Travelodge Birmingham Perry Barr as its just off the M6. Dont take the M6 toll if you plan to stay here. I used to live in Liverpool and take the ferry to and from Dublin the north wales cost is beautiful. Check out Conway castle on your way and do you must check out the city of Chester. Now that I think of it Chester would be a great place to stay the night too, very historic. But Birminham is about halfway between Holyhead and Folkestone. So its up to you. Birmingham is far cheaper for hotels than London you can get a far better hotel there for less money.


  • #5
    Marcusm
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    Personally I'd get well past Birmingham but it depends on what you are going to do after you arrive in Calais. Assuming that you have further driving to do, I'd get past London and stay in Kent. If you don't want to go that far, stay in Oxford in the city. You'll read about a difficult one-way system but it isn't really and it is one of the truly beautiful small cities.


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