Driving to Earl's Court for Top Gear Live

[weeowen]

Just after a bit of advice from any Londoners on here.I'm off to Top Gear Live at Earl's Court on Sunday.I've won tickets to go backstage and check out the stunt driving area.We'll be driving down from Yorkshire to arrive in London about 10.00am.
I imagine parking will be a nightmare by Earl's Court so my intention is to park near Hendon and get the tube in to Earl's Court.
Has anyone got any knowledge on parking near Hendon or any other ideas on how best to do it?We'll be travelling back up North after the show.

[belleair302]

Why Hendon? St Albans Station hascheap carparking as does Radlett and both are on Thameslink!

Otherwise Stanmore on teh Jubilee Line has loads of parking but I am not sure about the cost. It may be free on a Sunday.

Parking in London on a Sunday is pretty simple, but in Earls Court is somewhat hit and miss.

I live just behind Marble Arch and on a Sunday there is loads of space, and you are only 6 miles from the M1 / Brent Cross....25 minutes max.

[SiH]

Assuming Chelsea aren't playing at home there's always parking around the Chelsea/Fulham area on a Sunday, you'd be surprised at how close to Earls Court you can get and still park without too many problems.

[Jagfox]

Park in the car park underneath Fulham broadway tube - straight on the district line to earls court.....

[Viper]

i always park at Seagrave Road when going to Earls Court, then its just a 5 mins walk in

[weeowen]

Cheers for all the good tips.I've had a look on Google on I'm considering getting on the A5 from the M1 & parking up somewhere off the Kiburn High Rd.I'll get a tube from there.Hopefully I'll be able to find a car park as I'd expect there will be lots of resident parking only type restrictions.Either that or park up further out eg Borehanwood and get the train in.We did that last year when we went to the theatre but stayed the night in Borehamwood.Just checked the TFL site and its only £7.50 for a day ticket from Borehanwood so that looks a better option.
Really looking forward to it now.Top Gear should be great,especially as I've won the two tickets & get backstage passes and a ride in the stunt cars.

[PJR]

Borehamwood & Radlett are my local stations, and are pretty good for a quick ride into London (Borehamwood isn't a fun place to hang around long though!). But I tend to use the tube rather than the train these days. So then I use the Northern line from High Barnet. Parking is cheap there too. Stanmore is also good enough, but often tight for parking spaces (despite the huge car park!) unless you get there rather early.
Have fun!

[reggie82]

Earls Court is a doddle to drive to, and i've never had a problem with parking - there is an IBIS down the road with an underground carpark I used to wack it in.

Never had a problem getting a space (although was there early-ish) although it ain't cheap like any car parks in central london (about £20 for the day iirc).

[hairyben]

Parking is largely free in the area on a sunday, should find somewhere close by especially at 10am

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/pdf/Resident%20parking%20ba...

http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/88600_122_L_Watermar...

Two maps cos earls court sits on the boundry line of two boroughs.

Bens top tip is to stop, clear all thoughts from your head, pause, then read the goddamn signs where you park. Like I say it's mostly free but the s with the ticketing machines know the game.

[sjg]

There's plenty of pay & display bays around there which won't be charging on Sunday. As a fallback there's a public carpark under Kensington Town Hall (just off K High St, take Campden Hill Rd off there) which is secure (usually lots of interesting stuff parked there!), cheap for evening/weekends and has plenty of spaces - from memory about £3 or £4 all day Sunday. Earls Court is about 10-15 mins walk away.

[Targarama]

There is also a big carpark at Earls Court itself - access from the Southerly side of the location. We've used it for the MPH show a few times. Saves messing about with public transport since you're in your car already.