I’m always happy to see something about Motorhome parking anywhere in the UK and I’ve posted a number of times on the subject so here’s something I spotted about Motorhome overnight parking in Ipswich.

It was a statement about Motorhome parking in Ipswich from the Borough Council in response to a question from a Motorhomer:

“ Ipswich Borough Council is currently running a six month experiment (March – August) to allow motorhomes to park overnight in Ipswich on our Old Cattlemarket car park. The experiment has been live for some time now, however, we do not yet appear to have had a single motorhome customer thus far (we have not advertised widely because our agreement to run the experiment was made in response to another request from an organisation representing motorhome interests who said they would advertise to their members).

As such, it is difficult to know the long term future of this offer. I have spoken with our Parking Services team and have agreed that we should continue with the experiment for a longer period of time in order to see how things go. I am perfectly happy for you to also advertise availability and would make the following observations/requirements:-

1. The cost is currently £6 allowing overnight parking from 1800hrs to 0800hrs the following morning. Offer only available Mon-Fri eves. Car park must be cleared by 0800hrs when normal P&D/season ticket parking takes place. Motorhomes still parked past this time limit may be subject to a PCN. Parking not allowed Sat/Sun nights as car park used for other purposes.

2. I would suggest that you print the following telephone number (01473 432426) adjacent to your published information so that any intending customer can speak with our Parking Services team to make sure the offer is still available prior to arrival.

Please be advised that the Council reserves the right to withdraw this experiment at any future point in time.”

This seems to me that another Borough Council is going out of it’s way to provide overnight Motorhome parking but because of some agreement it had with another body the offer is just not being advertised.  I’d hate this to cause them to withdraw the offer so if any of you plan to visit Suffolk then why not consider giving them a call to see if the offer is still available.  Incidentally if you are taking a ferry from Felixstowe or Harwich then Ipswich is a good stopover point.