Chelmsford to Picadilly by Car

[juice]

I'm going to be in the UK for a few days - but I have to go up to Dover Street (just off Piccadilly) on Friday to move our London office to new premises. The kit can all go in the hire car and I remember the area as I used to work on St James's Street. Question is - What time does the A12/M25 start to ge absolutely heaving nowadays ? And are there loads more Cameras on the A13/North Circular ?

Cheers

[Qoda]

For Fridays M25 is always heaving. You can guarantee slowdowns from 5am to 8pm. A12/M25 Junction is one of the worst.
A13 and A127 are also bad and don't forget you will also be paying congestion charge.
Good Luck
Mike

[TCEvo]

Depending on whether you take A12 or A13 there are cameras on both & in usual way in Red Ken land the speed limit dives between 30 - 50 for no apparant reason. If you do go on the A13 watch out for a cheeky high level scamera just before the Chequers Lane junction.

[juice]

Was probably going to go A12 > M25, then M11/A406 > A13 - Come in via Docklands to Embankment then up Northumberland Ave > Trafalgar Square along Pall Mall and then St James's Street to the NCP on Arlington Street (behind the Ritz)

Is that the best route nowadays or am I going to get stuffed with traffic ? (I think I'm going to be stuffed either way by the looks of things !)

[TCEvo]

I don't tend to go much further than Upton Park but when I do need to I'd probably go same way mate.

Personally I avoid M25 altogether & go A12, A130 to Benfleet, A13 & in, but don't know what traffic's like on the circular first thing - on a saturday tends to be a nightmare.

[trackdemon]

Avoid the A12 & A127 into London at all costs, the A13 is far and away the quickest/most free flowing of the eastern approaches. I would go A12, A130, A127, then over to the A13 using Lower Dunton road.