Motorhome Parking Battles At Melton Mowbray

We take the motorhome into Melton Mowbray, home of the famous pork pie and royal capital of food. But, is it motorhome friendly?
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00:00 Introduction
00:57 Driving Into Melton Mowbray
05:53 Burton Street Car Park Melton Mowbray
07:54 A Walk Around Melton Mowbray
11:39 Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Shop
14:31 Driving To Melton Mowbray Country Park
16:48 Lost In Melton Mowbray?
17:25 Height Barrier 1 At Melton Mowbray Country Park
20:01 We Can't Take Our Motorhome In Here!
21:43 Height Barrier 2 At Melton Mowbray Country Park
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[@MakeDoAndMend1]

We have just had a parking fine for £100. We parked in a car park and couldn't get meter to accept our card. So left and parked elsewhere. We were there only 8 minutes and got a fine. Its wasn't in Melton. But from now on we will video the meters as we try and use them from now on. 😪

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

That's not good, I've had that when the app didn't work, gone somewhere else, but no fine. If I were you, I'd appeal that.

[@Dean256]

Nice little trip round my old hometown. Just some info the blue bridge you crossed is Burton Bridge and it’s over the railway line also if you want to go back and park on the country park without a height barrier use the car park just off redwood avenue on Willow Drive. Melton Country Park is stunning and great for dogs. Great video.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks for the information.

[@christinegibbins6105]

Now that was interesting, perhaps height bars should listed as a POI for satnags !! The town looks very interesting. Thank you both. Take care.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks that would be good!

[@paulabooeylewin4673]

Thanks to your vlog we are going to kettleby lakes on 18th Feb 👍 looks lovely x

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, enjoy.

[@snowyowl539]

What a shame about the height barriers. They will have to start including them on motor home satnavs x

[@Bridget410]

St. Marys Parsh Church is the largest parish church in Leicestershire. Its lovely inside.

[@adamdavis2198]

Great to see you guys near our home town, looking for the Melton country park is a pain, the main park in Melton was where you guys parked the first time, it’s got the old canal there and a cafe and other interesting things I can’t remember it’s been so long. Thanks for your videos

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Such a shame it has height barriers.

[@jimf4748]

And that is why we love our Auto-sleepers Symbol. It's so easy to park and we find it big enough for two and it negates the need to tow a car - but we don't all like the same size, it would be a dull place if we did.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, always the dilemma, I love our space inside, but can be a pain to park. Mind, you'd still have problems with the height barriers.

[@andrew-karens-adventures]

What an adventure, we could not believe how much new housing was being built there, my mark is still on the grass verge in the carpark, slipped on the wet grass pulled a muscle in my leg bruising has just about gone now, 👍

[@jackiesmithsmetaldetecting]

Hi Bob.Jenny Poppy & Tara , we took a drive to Southport this afternoon parked down by the sea where it is free for 3 hours( by the pier without having to get in the height barrier) oh my goodness the wind got up really strong could hardly walk on the pier the van was wobbling like mad, had to drive back into town to go home that way ( not the coast road) it was really bad on a plus side the sea was in 😂 i watched the video where your giving tickets for the show, i would only be able to go the weekend so did not enter, it would have been good to meet Poppy and Dougals 😊

[@colinnewmarch1106]

I think we will give Melton a miss, height barriers, the bane of motorhomers, on a recent trip to Hythe in Kent, all car parks had height barriers, wrote to local council, got usual response

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, it's time some councils woke up.

[@gallivantinggalantes]

Hi both, the first car park was a bit tight Bob, but you managed to squeeze in. Nice walk around the town, glad you found the Pork pie shop and were able to have a bite to eat. What a to do with the height barriers, weird how the entrances were amongst housing estates. Such a shame. Melton Mowbray isn’t too far from us but we have never visited. X

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

The height barriers went up in the last six months.

[@gallivantinggalantes]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo what a shame x

[@henryvagincourt4502]

Interesting, I went to boarding school not far from there, it doesn't seemed to have changed.

[@elaineh7811]

that was fun Bob and Jenny 😱

[@BrothersGrim2012]

I went to Melton Mowbray some 10 years back a very nice place and yes I did visit the pork pie shop, another great video Bob I’m really enjoying watching your adventures, I’ll check out your back catalogue for van specs as I was wondering what the engine size & BHP is as your motorhome pulls away and keeps up with traffic very nicely, it’s no slouch is it and much quicker than I thought it would be

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

The engine is a 2.2HDi with 150bhp.

[@BrothersGrim2012]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo good size engine and output and the 150 bhp certainly seems to be more than enough, the wife and I are planning to get a motorhome when we retire so we can go on similar adventures as yours and Jenny’s so I’m watching well in advance and making notes on the different layouts and creature comforts etc and the pros and cons of the different styles, I’d guess the best advice would be to hire one first and also go to a few shows etc and your videos are a great help for information

[@steve130361]

Hi Bob and Jenny. We enjoyed this vlog as it highlights something we all have to deal with from time to time. After a recent trip from Knaresborough to Chapel Lane for the NEC show we stopped at Woodall Services on M1. The parking was dreadful with no real dedicated caravan/motorhome parking. What arrangements had been made were full of lorries. I wondered if you had ever done or ever considered doing a compilation vlog of service station experiences. This would be really useful for planning trips to know which service stations might be best avoided or at least where problems might be anticipated . Just a thought. Your vlogs are always so informative. Thank you, Keep up the good work. Steve F.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

I do often film visits to service stations as part of our arriving at videos, saying which ones have good parking. But we never use the shops or toilets there. Thanks, something I could think about.

[@steve130361]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo your visits to the service stations are very useful and I did just mean the parking side of things rather than the shops etc. What I was wondering was whether it was possible to draw these together in an easy to access compilation so we could find them easily before a trip.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

@@steve130361 maybe easy to access but it would take me a fair bit of time to put together, searching through hundreds of Arriving At videos!

[@steve130361]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo haha! Yes! Point taken! Maybe something for the future. Just thought it would be a useful resource but I do realise you have a life to live too. Keep going with what you do, it is very much appreciated by many people.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

@@steve130361 just been looking at recent videos. I think I stopped filming services because I got feedback the driving bits were too long. I'll think on it though.

[@carolluker3479]

gee that sat nav sure took you the long way round

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

We followed Trev for the first height barrier and ours for the second time.

[@althomas7952]

Canterbury Council has got the right idea, perfect Aire for Motorhomes on the Dover Road P&R with water, grey & black emptying. £8 for overnight, free bus into the city, quiet & safe. Ideal for visiting the City or using the Eurotunnel/ Ferry.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, that sounds good.

[@carolluker3479]

i moved from london to melto mowbray and i love it here been here 20 years now

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

We'd like to come back, but next time in the car!

[@carolluker3479]

its beautiful here clean people are great no mess on the sreets , no crime

[@carolluker3479]

streets

[@CaravanVlogger]

I've never really understood the logic of height barriers. I guess it's to stop fly tipping or something. You should be able to park in tourist attraction places. Melton Mowbray looked nice and I'm a fan of pork pies 👍

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

More likely to stop wild camping and the mess a minority have created.

[@JulieBrooks66]

Lol 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@vansforthememories]

What a nightmare, how disappointing, thank goodness you were able to turn around in the housing estate 👍 Nice chap who came to see you were ok. Did they have any interesting takes on a veggie melton Mowbray pork pie? x

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

I couldn't ses any veggie options in the shop.

[@terrymoreland3814]

Bloody Height barriers! maybe you should invest in a good battery powered grinder Bob! 😉🤣

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes great idea.

[@adamdavis2198]

Stamford is a far more beautiful town to visit, but not far from Melton is Belvoir castle with lots of Walks and a massive motor home friendly car park, there they have a little shopping complex called the engine yard, also the surrounding villages have some lovely pubs and cafes.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, we liked Stamford when we went, we must get to Belvoir Castle.

[@Daveindurham]

I wanted Melton Mowbray to be a lovely place, however it was a great disappointment. The river walk and the small park in the town centre were the best bits.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Afraid I was a little underwhelmed too.

[@rolffekete1057]

Bob and jenny great video again love the tour of housing estate me my wife laughing here love your vids so much bob jenny enjoy your tour regards rolf marivel baby ayesha and chance staffi x

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, always like to bring our viewers the best scenery. 😂😂👍

[@annemarsden2323]

Wow that as difficult parking can be a nightmare 🚐

[@carolynhaywood7701]

What an adventure, never mind. I’ll never understand why they put height barriers up in places they want people to visit.

[@seton555]

stop certain anti social groups and vanners living on the cheap.

[@drivinghorizons]

This was a great video for me, for the height barrier struggles! We have a VW Cali and are thinking of upgrading to something bigger. This is is one of our concerns about upgrading, so great to see the challenges. Thanks for sharing taking us all along for the ride!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thank you.

[@richardhorry]

You could always change to a caravan, Rich. I’ll get my coat!🙂

[@martinroberts2463]

Hi I’m from Melton and I fully appreciate you’ve never been to Melton but the one thing I noticed is that your satnav needed to be turned off because it took you about 1 1/2 miles out of your way to park up off burton road and it didn’t take you to the 2 car parks that didn’t have height barriers that you actually drove past 🤷🏼

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, but we did not see any other car parks on Google maps either.

[@martinroberts2463]

As you drove to the second car park for the country park there’s two car parks off of redwood avenue the best one for your camper vans would have been the first one on the bend as it would have given you guys more room to park

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, we'll look for that next time. The height barriers were not there when Trev and Sue last visited and it's not clear where the height barrier free entrances are from Google maps or the council website for the park. In fact the visitor centre that the website listed had the height barrier. We followed the brown signs straight into a height barrier. A little local knowledge always helps!

[@peterholliehead7013]

You need to throw mrs sag nag in the bin, went miles round the town to get to the town car park and then the back entrance to the park 😂 - never mind, I saw you walking past Anne of cleaves on the Friday I was just on my way to Lowdams Leasure world to check on the delivery of our new caravan - keep up the good work on the blogs 😀

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

We were following Poshcats on the first one, they were going to where they'd been before...Our sat nave took us to the walkway and then to the visitor centre, both of which we couldn't get in!

[@PoshcatsCamping]

🤣🤣 What a hoot 🤪 At least we were all laughing about it 😉 Still enjoyed our day with you both 😊 Trev n Sue

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, great day out!

[@heriotpayne]

hope your luck is better than mine last time i parked in melton paid cash at the machine then 3 weeks later had a letter from parking company saying i had not paid

[@mpaws]

Enjoyed the walk around and the drive. Found it a bit difficult to hear what you were saying above the music on the drive, but as usual I very much enjoyed looking at the scenery.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

OK, thanks for the feedback.

[@PS-sd8yc]

Great vlog as always. Did you manage to get to Oakham or Stamford? Both worth a visit. Also Rutland Water is good, loads of walks. Looking forward to seeing your travels in 2022

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, we've visited Stamford before, but we'll save Oakham for another time.

[@malcolmbest73]

What’s happened to the VW Up?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

We didn't take the car this time, wish we had.

[@garyminion9610]

The story of my life, me and satnavs just don't get on.

[@johnyoung1458]

Hi Bob Jenny have you been to cirencester cmc . There big rocks along the road to the entrance to the site making it very difficult to get in.I don’t know if you would like to review the new road

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, we went a couple of years ago. Search for "bob earnshaw cirencester" I think they've changed the road in a little since we went

[@Tangobaldy]

I'm 1st... Never before has this happened. Now o to watching the video

[@debshamish6533]

DOH 🤣 I had similar issues last October trying to get my van (only 6m) parked near the beach in Bamburgh…. Fortunately, the golf club let me park up there for a couple of hours, as they were quiet, so I could take Hamish (dog) down to the beach.

[@colinwells4572]

Hi Bob. Have been a subscriber for a while and have sent you comments, but I dont really do social media and don't really know if this is the correct way to ask you a question. If it isn't I'm sorry to disturb you. Vanessa & I Are going to Eye KETTLEBY lakes next week and would like to take our motorhome (6.4m) into Melton Mowbray. We saw you parked in Parkside ?? car park is that correct and more importantly was the payment process difficult and wonder if you had any advice about it. Once again sorry if this is not the correct way to get in touch. I thought about putting my email address on but thought better of it. Anyway all the very best to you both. Kindest regards, Vanessa & Colin Wells

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes it was Parkside car park as we said in the video. It took a while to download and register for the parking app, (yet another one). But it was OK in the end.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

It was PayByPhone the app, if you want to download and register first.

[@colinwells4572]

Thank you so much for the ' heads up ' Cheers

[@thethreemusketeersvanlife]

But did you get pork pies from the pork pie shop?? 😁

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, got my mu a pork pie.

[@YllaStar95970]

👍 for the pork pie ( best sausages too).

[@annturner7088]

Hi Bob & Jenny, Poppy & Tara Oh that was painful to watch, I kept wishing I had your Mobile to say don’t go that way.. & you could park in a few better places free , oh well if you do visit agaIn message me , the best Market day is Tuesday & that’s a town Market which is good & also cattle market with food,antique & animals , there is also a town park near where you parked , I could probably think of were you could park to walk around Country park, …for your motorhome they are better places to stop with free parking , what day did you go Melton mowbray?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, we went Friday, which I read was Market day.

[@annturner7088]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo Forgot to say although from Lancashire originally, I live in Melton mowbray near Country park , you almost passed my house

[@andyglawe7804]

😁 Do you know the code for the gate? Yes but I am not going to say it......in other words she doesnt trust your editing skills Bob. Made me chuckle!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

She worries I'd forget to blank it out! She thinks I'm a bit hazy. Don't know where she gets that idea from. 😂😂👍

[@michaeltoft2022]

Hi Bob @ Jenny don't you alway's tow the car hope you enjoyed your day👍👍

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

No, we don't always take the car, probably should have this time.

[@darrenworley2507]

Hi Bob and Jenny, was going to abbreviate both you names but it came out quite rude, do I didnt! Great video as usual. I have one criticism. Personally i really dislike hearing the music. I much prefer listening to you guys talking.😃 Looking forward to the next!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, we can't always be talking..

[@dawngreen4074]

oh no....height barriers don't you love them...not !!!!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Bane of motorhoming!

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

Hmm, I edited my comment. But now its gone?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Don't know, not deleted any so far tonight. Everyone's been well behaved so far!

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo Maybe it was because I was editing it at the same you were commenting? Anyway, I said I deliver to Wilko and do the Melton and Oakham shops from time to time. As far as getting lost. If I am unsure of a destination when programming my sat nav. I look the place up on google maps. Looking at the satellite view can help to see where you are going. I sometimes look at street view too. If you had viewed street view before going to that park. You may have spotted the height barriers. Anyway, keep up the good videos. We are off for our 2nd trip in our MH on 19th Feb. Off to Skegness Sands Site for 2 nights. We also booked 3 nights at Kemp Farm near Cleveleys, Blackpool in June, followed by 3 nights at The Derwent Water C&CC site near Keswick. Looking forward to getting back out in the MH.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

What threw us was the height barriers weren't there six months ago when Trev and Sue went there, so we didn't look on Google maps. Anyhow, it wouldn't have been as interesting if we found everything first time! 😊

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo Well we all know not to go there now, thanks to your video lol.