Councils Across Britain Are BANNING Motorhomes Overnight — Here's Where

Park up on your favourite seafront for the night and you could wake to a ticket. Councils across Britain are banning motorhomes and campervans overnight. In this video, Ciaran Doyle takes you round twelve of them: Weston Shore in Southampton, the Exmouth seafront, the height barrier at Knab Rock in Mumbles, Beach Road East in Bangor, the new red routes under Mam Tor, Pembrokeshire's council car parks, East Lothian's coastal car parks, Durness and Golspie on the North Coast 500, the Eryri car park ban and its U-turn, and Scarborough and Whitby, where the ban is now permanent. The last two stops are a whole city and a whole county, and the county may be the template for everyone else. You'll also learn the four tools councils use, how to measure your van before a barrier does it for you, and where you can still stop: council aires, Club CLs and CSs, and pub stopovers. Check the council's website before you travel. This is general information, not legal advice. Sources: North Yorkshire Council (March 2026); Cornwall Council Off Street Parking Order 2026 consultation (letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk); Brighton and Hove PSPO consultation (yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk); Derbyshire County Council (April 2026); Cyngor Gwynedd Arosfan; Pembrokeshire County Council; East Lothian Council; Northern Times (March 2025); Nation.Cymru (September 2026); BBC; Southampton City Council; Caravan and Motorhome Club; Camping and Caravanning Club. This channel is made with the help of AI tools. Have you ever had the knock on the window? Tell us where. #motorhome #campervan #vanlifeuk