Motorway Service Station Parking

Thanks for the warning about the width of the parking bays. Perhaps you might wish to contact Welcome Break about that.  But if the sign says caravans it seems reasonable for motor caravans to park there.

I am not sure which bays you mean for motorhome aka motor caravans. It seems you might be suggesting parking over two longitudinal bays. If so this is usually frowned on in motorway services and obviously relies on there being two such bays.  Often in motorway service car parks in the car parking area the road ways are often to tight for turning for all but small vans.  I do think it sensible if motorhomes are going to park in the longer bays to park behind one another where appropriate rather than start in a new bay - after all we can usually manoeuvre slightly more easily than caravans. But the general presumption is that motorhomes park in the caravan indicated bays.  The real issue comes where these are also in the lorry park!

I think Hja makes a valid point. Normal car parking bays are fine when the service station is not very busy but in my experience that is not very often. A motorhome will fill a car parking bay and if vehicles park either side it would be almost impossible to get out of that parking bay without hitting something. Personally I was never too bothered about parking in with the waggons but this is not always allowed. There is usually enough room for caravans and motorhomes in the designated areas providing other vehicle types are not taking up space. 

David

Here's Gloucester services caravan and motorhome parking, one of the best I think with wider bays.. 

Most motorhomes could reverse into the shorter bays, the drive in/out bays are presumably there for those towing or Vehicles longer than the other bays.

I towed in and out of there on Thursday all full with several of the drive in/out bays half filled with shorter motorhomes.