Parking in Central London on a Saturday.

[Mark.]

Looking for some top tips. What are the regulations for London at the weekends is there any street parking to be had or is it still meter/NCP type parking?

I know it's not ideal to drive in the centre, but I like it for a change and far more convenient than slumming it and paying over the odds for trains/tubes/buses etc.

[GWC]

This is a useful site:

http://www.park-up.com/Parking.aspx#

[djglover]

Grays Inn road of Chancery Lane was free after 12:30 on a satuday last time I parked in central London, used to just walk down to Covent garden from there.. Not many people seemed to know about it, there was loads of space

[Mark.]

Thanks Chaps. Will investigate.

[S2Mike]

Not been round there recently but York Terrace left off Marylebone Road just after Madame Tussauds, when in bound was free on a Sunday, but you had to be out before 2300hrs, cos they lock the gates.

[Zod]

Savile Row, Cork Street, Old Burlington Street, Berkeley Square, Dover Street or Albemarle Street. Between those, you will always find a space. You pay by phone or use the PayByPhone app.

[Bluebarge]

Any metered space in the City is usually free from 12:30pm Saturday till 0600 Monday.

You can also park under Euston Station for £10 all day at the weekends.

[z4chris99]

you can park round whitechapel for free from Friday 10pm to Monday Morning. just on the tube at aldgate east jobs a good un

[Zod]

z4chris99 said:

you can park round whitechapel for free from Friday 10pm to Monday Morning. just on the tube at aldgate east jobs a good un

You can, but I wouldn't.

[z4chris99]

Zod said:

You can, but I wouldn't.

it's really safe you just park on the edge of rape park....

oh, yeh, see your point

[Ej74]

Park at NCP Queensway

Nice large bays - good collection of expensive cars - capacity based parking charges

[rcspeirs]

Central London has CPZs (controlled parking zones). A zone may be as small as a single street or as large as half a borough. The relevant signs are displayed when you drive over a CPZ boundary (so very easy to miss...). You can't generalise, as rules vary so much between CPZs.

[BrabusMog]

It depends where you are going to really.

From where you are coming from (if your profile is correct) you could drive straight through Knightsbridge and park around the side of the Natural History Museum/Cromwell Gardens and the roads near there after 1.30pm for free.

If you're going right into the West End, you can pay £10 to park all day at South Audley Street (10 mins walk to Bond St).

There are a couple of streets around Berkley Sq that are free from about 3.30pm IIRC.

Can't really help with East Central as I park at a mates for free there.

[Mobile Chicane]

Outside the Turkish Embassy on Belgrave Square.

It's free after 1PM on Saturday, plus you get a free armed guard.

One of our B-i-B.

[Mark.]

Lots of great tips there chaps thanks. Initially going to Marylebone area and then probably up to Picadilly. Looks like a case of check each street.
Not adverse to leaving it in dodgy places - company can pick up any damage tab

[S2Mike]

Mark. said:

Lots of great tips there chaps thanks. Initially going to Marylebone area and then probably up to Picadilly. Looks like a case of check each street.
Not adverse to leaving it in dodgy places - company can pick up any damage tab

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That really is not far to walk to be honest. Parking around York Terrace is quite close, 20 minutes walk or so to Piccadilly, as long as its not raining, a pleasant trip, almost as quick as in the car. Please check the current situation for parking, my info could be out of date, it changes by the day around London.

[Mark.]

S2Mike said:

it changes by the day around London.

Yes so it seems, I'll find a space and read the nearest sign.
The walk sounds good - but it's so chuffing cold at the moment - think I am getting old!

[S2Mike]

Thats ok Starbuck or Cafe Nero etc etc every 20 yards or so should keep you warm.

[Mark.]

S2Mike said:

Thats ok Starbuck or Cafe Nero etc etc every 20 yards or so should keep you warm.