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== Hitchhiking around London in ==

London has a motorway ring-road, the [[M25 (GB)|M25]]. YouSo if your lift isn'll have t going directly into London, it will probably be going on this ring road. There are a few places close to use it if the M25 where you go from anywhere north of can get out and onto the Bristol-Oxford-London line to Dover respTransport network. the continentOf course, or the other way round. It's recommended it all depends upon what part of London you need to find a lift past London as go, and if it's somewhat hard worth trying to go find somebody going off the M25 hitch into your direction London from any of the service stations last services on your motorway before the M25 - there are only three, one in the South, one in the East and one in the North-East.

[[South Mimms]] services If you are coming from the west and your driver is in Potters Bar in heading south on the north of LondonM25, ask to let off at the first junction on the M25 : Heathrow Terminal 5. Get off at the roundabout at the end of the motorway spur and right off walk to the [[M1 (GB)|M1]]terminal building. For some reason, although it's a big services, you can get stuck for hours The Piccadilly Line Underground starts here. One optionIf they are heading north, as ever, is see the description for getting to ask people where they're headedUxbridge Underground station below..but there <br/ >If you are so many directions possible that it could take a long time coming from the southeast on the M20, ask to even find someone headed your way. Standing be dropped off at the exit of A20/M20/M25 roundabout. From here you can take the services is unlikely B2173 road 2km to workSwanley train station. Alternatively, for whatever reason. Several reports of hours of waiting here mean that you probably need if they are heading further north, get dropped off at the M25/A12 junction and walk ≈3km west to try something elseHarold Wood station. <br/ >If you're going coming from the north and your driver is heading towards the westM4/M3 direction, you can stand at try to persuade them to do a slight detour off the ridiculous entrance M25 to junction 1 of the west slip road onto the M25M40 (roundabout with A40). Although insaneFrom there, you should be able it's a ≈2km walk to Uxbridge Underground station. Otherwise, get a fast ride out. Have a big sign and someone should be able to off at least take you further down the last services (Toddington) before the M25 to and look for a better junction, or directly to where you're lift going..be it to inside the west or down to Sussexring road. Any information on going east?<br/ >

Also, on See the transiting around the M25, it may be possible, section below if hitting you just want to bypass London is unavoidable but it needs to be passed, to head around the ring on the junctions. The only problem is that a few of the junctions are really bad in the south..try not to get stuck in this trap and if stuck make a sign with M25 and east or west.