LPG Gas filling stations

TDA, think that's the one that the OP posted about?

I have in the past considered Safefill but decided against it due to the sparse availability in Cornwall.

I even had a look again this morning, as the Haldon Hill garage is on our usual route out of the SW, but the nearest in Cornwall is 34 miles away, but in an area that I would not travel through , and the nearest one in an area we do travel to/through regularly is 50 miles.

Interestingly I was chatting with a neighbour last week who was working on his VW MH.

He was fitting a dedicated filling point for his Gaslow cylinder after being refused a fill up in France last month.

Thanks Merve, will check it out.

Had to think on this one. Yes, that is Northbound, we used to go under road from Racecourse and swing left into Services. However, the garage on the other side, Southbound, based at Kennford before Racecourse also sold Autogas, as we were much miffed at being blocked out of only delivery hose one time by a petrol tanker. We have used Carland Cross services and the one in Hayle by Premier Inn as well to fill up. There is another on road out of Helston towards Falmouth that had a pump as well. I know Sandows Garage in Rose an Grouse (near Penzance) stopped selling it. There are loads of domestic lpg suppliers in Cornwall, I wonder if any of these are also able to help with MH tank fill ups?

The good thing about MyLPG is that it is confirmed by the customer. Marita who keeps the website up to daye(almost) is easy to send an email to and he replies pretty quickly but even here, don’t rely on the info entirely. I went to get some gas from a station in North Norfolk at Alby I had used numerous times and which had been ‘confirmed ‘ some 10 days earlier. When I arrived the gas rig had been removed as it had been taken over by BP. On enquiring when it was removed I was told at least 3 months earlier!! Was someone mischief making?? As I have said, always ring the garage or outlet concerned- it’ll save a wasted trip. I have written to BP suggesting that perhaps they look at this decision again as it is a big tourist area with thousands of holiday makers visiting every year and LPG is needed by caravanning families. Not even had a reply! Oh well, I’ll keep trying! 

There are loads of domestic lpg suppliers in Cornwall, I wonder if any of these are also able to help with MH tank fill ups?

I think this sentence illustrates my reluctance re Safefill.

There are lots of LPG cylinder outlets that I pass frequently but almost no LPG pump outlets that will allow cylinders to be filled and , based on my neighbours experience, that sems to be becoming the case in France as well.

If there was more certainty I would certainly be getting a Safefill cylinder.

I haven't noticed any difficulty filling our Gaslow in France, in fact there are LPG pumps at very many petrol outlets....better than in Spain, I'd say. 

from the interactive map it looks like over 1300 LPG stations in France.

obviously, I can't say that those would also allow filling Safefil.

I suspect the problem here Allanandjean is education. It isn’t the Safefill cylinders or the Gaslow cylinders or the Alugas cylinders that are the problem- it’s the concept that cylinders can’t be filled and indeed, before the new dawn of refillables, that was the case. However, due to work done by Safefill, and I make no apologies for saying that because it was Safefill that secured the rewritten Red Guide from PELG, and incidentally making UKLPG change their Sht 26 which stated quite clearly that refilling cylinders was a no no to Sht 37 which covers the filling of refillables!! I have often said that as a group, and there is over 1,000,000 of us so our influence is not insignificant, we should get out there with information that can be obtained from Safefill and educate these filling points. They are losing business and that lost business is increasing by the day as thousands of cylinders fly off the shelves to new owners. It’s always the chicken or the egg in these circumstances and the outlets who have seen the advantages of the refillables are now getting increased foot fall to get them refilled. Every time we are refused refill, we should be handing out leaflets and educating the owners of these fill points who are still living in the 1990s LPG has moved on, the rental cylinders, although still used by many thousands of caravanners, is not now the sole arbiter of how you refill your gas lockers. Take your cylinders- show them that they are safe to fill and that they have BEEN MADE to refill- give them a leaflet- that is the only way we will be able to bring some of these sites up to date. With a bit of work we should , as a group, make things better for ourselves. 

David, As you are a moderator can I ask you to make this thread a sticky please. There is obviously an interest in the very useful information that members have already posted and refillable gas systems seem to be gaining in popularity.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Be good to have the list separated from posts as well.....any list makers interested?

BB, are French outlets for LPG self-service or attended in your experience?