Gatwick supercharger experiences?

[G4WFT]

I'm travelling down to a site just north of Brighton next Friday and thinking of topping up at the Gatwick/Crawley supercharger. What's it like generally? I'm guessing it gets busy. I will be aiming to be there around 1600. Any experience appreciated.

 

[sc20]

Visited a few times before and there has always been one free; they are all 250kW. When the Tesla Service Centre is open you can also use their bathroom facilities. M&S food is walkable a few minutes up the road and left for refreshments.

 

[spooksman]

Used to stop there when travelling from Manchester to East Sussex - always seemed pretty quiet when I have been there. It is a short drive off the M23 (5 minutes or so), but it is at the end a 'retail park', which can get a bit snarled up during busy shopping times.

There wasn't a great selection of other chargers in the area tbh, so used to get as much charge as I could, although it's been 12 months since I visited.

 

[peige]

Its my "local" and whenever I have been its been quiet. Its next to a service center which will be open during the normal hours. Retail park a short walk away but maybe a little distant for a quick charge.

 

[nunp]

I'm travelling down to a site just north of Brighton next Friday and thinking of topping up at the Gatwick/Crawley supercharger. What's it like generally? I'm guessing it gets busy. I will be aiming to be there around 1600. Any experience appreciated.

I did exactly the same trip from Northamptonshire a few months back. I was fully charged when I left so only needed to charge on my return journey. You’ll need to come off the M23 and drive around Crawley before you arrive at the supercharger / service centre. The sales folks were great - we arrived close to 16:00 and they were closing up but invited us in to use the toilets. They offered and encouraged us to take some drinks and snacks with us. Very quiet on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[Cardo]

I live locally, and have had to pop by the SC a handful of times. It can get busy in the mornings, but I’ve never seen it full.

 

[G4WFT]

Thank you very much to all who have replied. It sounds like it shouldn't be too bad then. Wokingham is also not far off my planned route down, but I believe that's one of the 15 that Tesla have opened up to others, so not too keen!

 

[Kietrax]

Probably not too helpful but did a quick 10 minute charge there at 2am this morning and had the place to myself until leaving when an S turned up. 16kW charge, peaked around 150kW rate but not enough preheating to go higher. Bit of a creepy location at that time in the morning …

Oh, and £0.48 per KW so not the cheapest, but not the worst either!

 

[muhsec]

Thank you very much to all who have replied. It sounds like it shouldn't be too bad then. Wokingham is also not far off my planned route down, but I believe that's one of the 15 that Tesla have opened up to others, so not too keen!

I believe the reason Wokingham was opened up is it's completely underused! I've never seen more than 6 cars there in total even since the change, I wouldn't worry about it being busy