Eurotunnel camping prior

[Shaun]

Our first trip through the tunnel is coming up soon, we have a reasonably early train( 720am)
We have minimum 5hrs journey to Folkestone, so we would like to drive down the day before and stay over one night.
Can anyone recommend somewhere close to the tunnel and where the site exit gates open before 7am so we can leave early enough.
Thanks

 

[WelshGas]

Our first trip through the tunnel is coming up soon, we have a reasonably early train( 720am)
We have minimum 5hrs journey to Folkestone, so we would like to drive down the day before and stay over one night.
Can anyone recommend somewhere close to the tunnel and where the site exit gates open before 7am so we can leave early enough.
Thanks

Well before 7 am. They start loading 30 mins before Departure.
I gave up on campsites and use Holiday Inn Express, literally 5 mins from Eurotunnel and you get a picnic breakfast to take on the Shuttle. Was £69 for 2.

 

[CALI FATE]

We always park on marine parade by premier inn. Must be over 100 parking bays so never full.

 

[CALI FATE]

We always park on marine parade by premier inn. Must be over 100 parking bays so never full.

Sorry just noticed Tunnel not Dover - try the facebook group campervan overnight parking lots of great stuff

 

[sandalfarm]

We stopped at a site in Canterbury which was fine and only a short trip to the tunnel on our return we stopped in a formula hotel at the French end of the tunnel, it had a big fence around it so we didn't have to worry about stowaways

 

[GrannyJen]

The canterbury Aire, new dover road, £3.00 a night.

Blackhorse farm CC site is close.

 

[dynamicstall]

Sorry I can't,

Our first trip through the tunnel is coming up soon, we have a reasonably early train( 720am)
We have minimum 5hrs journey to Folkestone, so we would like to drive down the day before and stay over one night.
Can anyone recommend somewhere close to the tunnel and where the site exit gates open before 7am so we can leave early enough.
Thanks

Sorry no, try the free app for the Camping and Caravan Club or an app called Park4night. If you need a stop on your return journey the car park at the big shopping complex right next to the French end of the tunnel is used by many to sleep over. Also the car park on the sea front at Calais takes campers overnight for a few Euros.

 

[briwy]

We use the Drum Inn if going by the tunnel early in the morning.. Less than five minutes away from the tunnel but nice and quiet and the food is good for an evening meal.
http://thedruminn.com/camping

 

[Bramco]

There's also a CC CL just north of the tunnel. Stopped there last year. Was OK.

However we've decided to do it the other way round in future. Like you we're a few hours away from the tunnel but going across in the late afternoon or evening gets you ready to start early on the continent. Your 7:20 train will mean a very early start to get to the chunnel and then with the time difference and journey you aren't on the road in France until say 9:30.

On our way back last year I noticed a campsite in France not far from Calais with a microbrewery. So based on that our next trip will be a late afternoon tunnel and a fuzzy start the next day.