Gatwick Parking for bikes

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Going to the Emerald Isle for a night in a couple of weeks. would rather not take the car to the airport as it leaves Mrs P without one.

Whats the consensus on bike parking at Gatwick? Website says you can park in the main sheltered carpark (right next to the terminal I guess) - but there are no anchor points for locks.

Cheers, Ace

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Thought I'd post with what I found when I got there.

- You can park for free in the short stay
- There are dedicated bike bays on the ground floor - when I went, they were under some kind of renovation and were closed.
- Fortunately, you can park in the corners on any other floor.
- There are no ground anchors anywhere (although you could probably be creative with an armco)

one inaccuracy I did find was that you can't use the left luggage lockers any more. Although it still says you can on the website, I called and checked and the lady acknowledged that they'd recently stopped the left luggage facility (security reasons I guess) , but hadn't updated the biking section of the website.

It wasn't a problem for me as I had panniers - but if you turned up expecting to store your kit in the lockers, you'd have a problem.

Hope the above is useful.

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DanSI said:

What will you do with your helmet/biking clothing? Take them to the vacation with you?

Under those circumstances, I'd leave the bike safely at home (along with the family car for the other half), then take the train to the airport - or perhaps she could even drop you off.

As I mentioned in the post above - I had panniers, which I put my gear in. At the time I called them, I hadn't test fitted anything (new bike, no idea if boots + helmet + jacket + trousers would fit)

As your point is fair, and not everyone does, I thought I'd mention the fact there are no LL options.