Listing the easiest-to-use charging locations when you are towing. To help you have a relaxed journey with your EV and caravan or trailer.
Have to unhitch the van to charge. But able to park the van reasonably close to the chargers.
Ionity chargers, Apple green chargers and Tesla (Tesla only) are accessible north and south, the caravan will need dropping, there is dedicated caravan parking.
Details on Google Maps for when are busy or quiet times (Popular times).
Open to non-Teslas.
The Tesla superchargers at Larkhall Glasgow (behind the Radstone Hotel) are great to use if you are towing or solo as they are located in a massive car park so there is plenty of room.
You could probably charge without unhitching there.
Details on Google Maps for when are busy or quiet times (Popular times).
There is plenty of parking for caravans in the caravan area, and it is easy to navigate to chargers and back again.
Accessible from both North and Southbound.
GRIDSERVE Charging Station
In the An Aird Car & Coach Park. The chargers are next to the caravan and motorhome parking area.
ChargePlace Scotland
https://chargeplacescotland.org
01416480750
Tesla Public Supercharger
The caravan parking is nice and close to the chargers. Second best to a drive through location.
It is a popular location for EV caravaners.
Located in Chippenham Pit Stop.
Caravan parking is drive through and not far from the chargers.
Although the caravan parking bays are not very wide. If there are two 8 ft caravans side by side, there is very little clearance. Although when I was there, there was plenty of space.
There is also a very large lorry park if you feel you really want some space to park your caravan. But that is not so close to the chargers.
Details on Google Maps for when are busy or quiet times (Popular times).
Gridserve
Apple Green
Tesla
Very busy location, often queues for chargers and expensive.
Drive just past Sainsbury’s along Railway Road. Once you are past Sainsbury’s, into Yorkshire Event Centre, there are no parking restrictions apart from ‘no overnight parking’, so you are ok to park the caravan at the side of the road.
A bit further along there is more space if you want:
The car park is owned by ‘Fodders’, so if you plan to go in there for a bite to eat while charging, I’m sure you could park the caravan in there.
You can then go back to the chargers at Sainsbury’s.
Note. There is a 3-hour time limit in the Sainsbury’s car park.
Excellent farm shop/cafe ‘Fodder’ and ‘Fodder on the Hoof’ next to Sainsbury’s.
A few yards further down Railway Road is Harrogate Campsite. So if you’d like to make a longer stop of it, you could stay overnight or longer.
This site is great if you’d like to go to The Everything Electric Show – North. Yes, I’ll be there.
