Parking an LWB Transit in Central London?

[Blue Oval84]

Hi all, I'll be off to London in July for the weekend, more than likely will be going in a Transit and staying near Kings Cross St. Pancras.

I've been looking around at parking but most seem to be underground affairs with a 2m heigh restriction, the only one that wasn't underground looks erm, dodgy, and I'm not convinced that the van will still be there when I come back.

Anyone got any ideas?

(excluding to take the train or fly please, I'm quite happy driving to London, I've just never tried to park the big beasty there before!)

[Blue Oval84]

Hmm, this is proving bloody difficult, I think I may well have to leave it at a tube station and come back by peasant wagon

[EDLT]

London is about the only place in Britain where the public transport system nearly works, and parking charges are so high its probably going to be cheaper too.

[mike50001]

theres street parking down the side of the station, if you patient/lucky, you should get parked there.

when working in vans in london thats where we parked for the prem inn

[Blue Oval84]

mike50001 said:

theres street parking down the side of the station, if you patient/lucky, you should get parked there.

when working in vans in london thats where we parked for the prem inn

+100

That's exactly where I'm staying and exactly what I wanted to hear!

I noticed there is a good stretch of single yellow down the Premier Inn street (have Streetviewed it!), I won't get there until late Friday and will leave by Sunday afternoon, does that mean I can dump the van on it or do they apply every day?

Edited by Blue Oval84 on Tuesday 25th January 22:48

[AMST09]

I would think that you would get nicked on the Saturday

[Blue Oval84]

EDLT said:

London is about the only place in Britain where the public transport system nearly works, and parking charges are so high its probably going to be cheaper too.

Problem is that I have 8 people to bring down from Sunderland complete with luggage, we'd much prefer to stay in the van until we get there, one of the party point blank refuses to get on public transport in London so it's more or less out of the question anyway!

[ClaphamGT3]

Blue Oval84 said:

EDLT said:

London is about the only place in Britain where the public transport system nearly works, and parking charges are so high its probably going to be cheaper too.

Problem is that I have 8 people to bring down from Sunderland complete with luggage, we'd much prefer to stay in the van until we get there, one of the party point blank refuses to get on public transport in London so it's more or less out of the question anyway!

Kings Cross Motors on the junction of Wharfedale Road & Crinan St. do secure parking for a flat fee of £20/24hours. They've only got about 20 places so give them a call in good time on 0207 833 0334. Its secure and less than 2 minutes walk from the Premier Inn & the station

[Blue Oval84]

I think I may have seen that whilst I was browsing but struggled to identify it on Streetview, I guess maybe the little muddy yard I saw was the car park after all!

Will give them a call then, wherever possible my battle bus certainly does require pre-booking, to someone that drives a Z4 it is a uniquely different experience to drive the Tranny through London

[ClaphamGT3]

Blue Oval84 said:

I think I may have seen that whilst I was browsing but struggled to identify it on Streetview, I guess maybe the little muddy yard I saw was the car park after all!

Will give them a call then, wherever possible my battle bus certainly does require pre-booking, to someone that drives a Z4 it is a uniquely different experience to drive the Tranny through London

Thats it; looks scruffy but they're excellent. I park there a lot and used to have a season ticket

[CraigyMc]

Blue Oval84 said:

one of the party point blank refuses to get on public transport in London so it's more or less out of the question anyway!

Eject.

[TDutchy]

CraigyMc said:

Blue Oval84 said:

one of the party point blank refuses to get on public transport in London so it's more or less out of the question anyway!

Eject.

+1 if it's through snobbery or similar.

[Blue Oval84]

TDutchy said:

CraigyMc said:

Blue Oval84 said:

one of the party point blank refuses to get on public transport in London so it's more or less out of the question anyway!

Eject.

+1 if it's through snobbery or similar.

To be fair she doesn't just single London out, she refuses anywhere, and it's totally understandable where we live (Sunderland), no one with a car would ever get on public transport if it could be avoided. I certainly won't.

I will admit however, that in London I think it's sometimes wise to make the odd exception, I got on the Tube the last time I was there and it didn't kill me