Parking In London Q

[cassa333]

Hi,

We are going to London (city center) for a few days in May for a wedding and we are staying in a hotel without parking and wondered if there was anywhere to park that doesn't cost the earth.

The NCPs near the hotel cost a fortune and it is costing us enough to go already :( We don't mind leaving the car a bit further out as long as they have a tube or train close by.

Thanks

[Answerprancer]

Don't do it (parking in London).
Park in the outskirts, then travel in by bus train or tube to the hotel, a one-day travel-card is about £8. Central London is well served by public transport in all directions.

[mushroom25]

agreed AP - but leaving one's car at a remote location for several days represents something of a risk (to the car)

however this might be the answer: http://www.parkonmydrive.com/

[rockyracoon]

Tubes and train stations will have controlled parking around them so that won't be an option really. Leave the car at home and get the train in, at least you won't have to worry if your car is going to be there when you get back to it.

[Maydup]

Are you coming in from the north, south, east or west cassa? People might be able to make some specific suggestions depending on where you coming from and going to.

[emmie]

not sure which bit of the capital you are coming to, however i think you would have to factor in the congestion charge, which is 10 quid a day.

[emmie]

best leave car and get the train in -
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/congestioncharge/whereandwhen/

[emmie]

may be of some use

http://www.visitlondon.com/traveller-information/getting-around-london/oyster

[jno]

do the hotel have any suggestions? Some have discount arrangements with local carparks.

[cassa333]

Thank you everyone.

We would normaly stay in Kew and catch the train into central London but as it is a family wedding need to be in zone 1.

We have a budget hotel on City Road and the car park the hotel reccomends is in Finsbury Park!! at £36 for 24hrs.

Anywhere that we can get the train or tube would be realy great and we don't mind a bit of a commute :)

[LDC134]

If you are coming in from the South, there is plenty of free parking in residential streets around Southfields tube station - we have parked overnight here (inc New Years Eve) without experiencing any problems

[rockyracoon]

Well, you could park near Debden on the Central line, change at Bank and get on Northern Line round to Old St or Angel, dependng whereabouts on City Road the hotel is. Journey will probably take about 45 mins.

You will probably have to park about 5 mins walk away though as anything nearer usually gets swallowed up by commuters.

[Maydup]

Tube station car parks are listed here if its any help

http://www.parkandride.net/London_Greater/london_frameset.shtml

[Maydup]

I've parked at the Excel centre in the past. Its £12 max in 24hrs but its way over to the east compared to Kew Gardens.

[emmie]

not sure any help, but perhaps worth a look

http://london.freeparkingspace.co.uk/apex/f?p=160:5:3215731220539534

[snags]

https://www.parkatmyhouse.com/

[SeaJayPea]

I'd seriously look at travelling up by train. I'm guessing you'd come in to Waterloo. The tube to Angel or Old Street at either end of City Road is really easy. You'll save both parking charges and the Congestion Charge. Where are you actually travelling from?

[shoota]

Park in Kew, where you normally stay, and travel in from Richmond or Kew Bridge.

[Cathyhuns]

Depending upon which budget hotel on City Road you are staying at and which days you need to be there, the CPZs only operate until 1830 Monday to Friday and then to 1230 Saturday. You may therefore find that street parking is not outrageous and reasonably available in some locations.

Alternatively, there are two temporary car parks on Holywell Lane which charge reasonable amounts per day but these are not open 24/7 (not even sure they are open weekends) so you would have to be carfeful using these.

[gollob]

Go to a hotel that offers free parking. There's plenty about

[cassa333]

Cricky I've just looked on train line and it's £86 one way :0 just for my family...

We are staying in Woolwich for a couple of days next month so will investigate then as well. If there had been a tube station close by I would probably have gone there lol

Thank you for the links. I am working my way through them and because there will be three cars will have to make sure everyone can park relatively close to each other.