[Talk-GB] Motorhome Stopovers or Aires

[Edward Bainton]

(The signs were in different laybys, obvs...)

On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, 17:25 Edward Bainton, <bainton.ete at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for this question.
>
> I saw lots in the Highlands and Islands this summer. Have  asked OSM
> Scotland on info at openstreetmapscotland.org
> <info at openstreetmapscotland.org> but no reply as yet.
>
> I saw signs in laybys both explicitly permitting and prohibiting overnight
> stays by campervans.
>
> (Related, there was one evidently de facto "wild " tent  campsite near
> Portree - though hardly wild in practice, just loo-less)
>
> On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, 17:18 Dudley Ibbett, <dudleyibbett at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Up until the last few years we've not really had many of these in the
>> UK.  With the increase in motorhome use in the UK people are now lobbying
>> to get more of these set up in the UK:  https://campra.org.uk/
>>
>> How are people tagging these in the UK?  It looks like they should come
>> under tourism=caravan_site according to the wiki entry for this but I
>> cannot see any sub tags within the wiki entry that would distinguish an
>> "Aire" from a more typical caravan site.  They could for example just be
>> some "signed" area within a car park.  It would seem a bit odd to tag these
>> as tourism=caravan_site but it would seem this is all that is available at
>> present.  Perhaps an additional tag of "caravan_site=motorhome_stopover"
>> could be added.
>>
>> It is also become more common for pubs to allow motorhomes to stop over
>> in their car parks.    Should these come under the tag
>> "tourism=caravan_site"?
>>
>> I tried looking at some "Aires" in France on OSM.  The ones I looked at
>> were car parks but none had any additional tags to suggest they allowed a
>> motorhome stopover.   It would suggest that "tourism=caravan_site" isn't an
>> accepted method to tag motorhome stopovers.  Perhaps it needs to come under
>> "amenity=parking".
>>
>> It is possible I have missed something given the number of Aires that
>> exist in Europe!!
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to tag this type of motorhome stopover in the UK
>> would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Dudley
>>
>>
>>
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