Arnage Mulsanne Parking

Arnage Mulsanne Parking

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butaclor

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70 posts

112 months

Sunday 23rd June
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Did anyone use the above ? I couldn't see the Arnage free parking on maps . And how busy was it for viewing?

RL17

1,335 posts

100 months

Sunday 23rd June
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Parked there - Arnage Gratuit - about 8.30pm or so on Saturday night - easy run from BSJ via Arnage village and purple signage but did take some time. Free car park in 400-500m south of newish roundabout and gate to enclosure - loads of space in car park whereas but of a queue getting into normal carpal with pre-booked tickets etc

Saw cars into start of dark and loads of people still arriving - still lots of space in car park left to but 2/3rds full then

Banking was pretty full

Mark B

1,636 posts

272 months

Monday 24th June
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Both were great, so much better and how it used to be. Arnage, short walk to the corner complex and Mulsanne in usual place. Great viewing, less busy.

Aysedasi2

580 posts

24 months

Monday 24th June
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We had a ticket and had no difficulties at all getting into or out of the car park at Arnage on Wednesday evening and Sunday morning. The 'gratuit' car park looked rammed on Sunday morning.

Did anyone else get turned away from the violet route to Mulsanne Corner by the gendarmes on Sunday morning - about 9-9.30 am? We were literally about to make the turn and the police car pulled up, blocked the road and ushered us on.

RL17

1,335 posts

100 months

Monday 24th June
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Whilst on subject- haven’t been to Mulsanne viewing area for ages and used to access via Ruadin road.

Is there a pedestrian access gate still close to the banking or is access just down long track by sports centre with parking at end and a walk along? And any Gratuit parking there?

DMN

3,017 posts

146 months

Monday 24th June
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The pedestrian access gate on rue pierre mendes is still there.

Mark B

1,636 posts

272 months

Monday 24th June
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Aysedasi2 said:
We had a ticket and had no difficulties at all getting into or out of the car park at Arnage on Wednesday evening and Sunday morning. The 'gratuit' car park looked rammed on Sunday morning.

Did anyone else get turned away from the violet route to Mulsanne Corner by the gendarmes on Sunday morning - about 9-9.30 am? We were literally about to make the turn and the police car pulled up, blocked the road and ushered us on.
There was a horse loose, we got caught for about 10 minutes whilst they secured it. Then free to travel between Mulsanne and Arnage corner. Arnage gratuit was fine to park in Sunday :-)

Aysedasi2

580 posts

24 months

Thursday 27th June
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Mark B said:
There was a horse loose, we got caught for about 10 minutes whilst they secured it. Then free to travel between Mulsanne and Arnage corner. Arnage gratuit was fine to park in Sunday :-)
Ah, that explains it! wink

Aysedasi2

580 posts

24 months

Thursday 27th June
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RL17 said:
Whilst on subject- haven’t been to Mulsanne viewing area for ages and used to access via Ruadin road.

Is there a pedestrian access gate still close to the banking or is access just down long track by sports centre with parking at end and a walk along? And any Gratuit parking there?
No free parking at Mulsanne as far as I'm aware. Unless you dump your car on the estate and make a very long walk in.

Mark B

1,636 posts

272 months

Thursday 27th June
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Aysedasi2 said:
No free parking at Mulsanne as far as I'm aware. Unless you dump your car on the estate and make a very long walk in.
There was Gratuit parking, not a big area but the road leading in has a car park (hard ground) and the verges at the side of the road. We did thislast year and this year. I am hopeful next year they will open up Gratuit like Arnage as the paid parking wasn't fully populated.

Aysedasi2

580 posts

24 months

Friday 28th June
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Better to just buy a ticket. Even if they sold out early on, there were plenty that came up on the resale site. Cheap as chips in relative terms.

butaclor

Original Poster:

70 posts

112 months

Wednesday 3rd July
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Thanks for the replies, think I'll be getting a ticket for Arnage parking.

Rutlandracing

228 posts

173 months

Tuesday 30th July
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We park at Mulsanne every time now. We had official parking tickets this year but have left the cars in Mulsanne itself - easy for sun up, much harder on saturday afternoon. There are always spaces though and the walk is short. We base ourselves at Mulsanne for the week and take in the various car shows and great restuarants nearby, its much quieter than Le Mans Central. Buses from Arnage/Mulsanne to the circuit are much improved but Saturday at 10 am the queues to the main circuit were say 45 mins. The rest of the weekend basically straight on the bus.