Heathrow Parking

[darrent]

My friends son is going away for a few days and is thinking of driving down and parking in Heathrow airport. He is a student bless him and wants to know how much the Parking Express carpark charges per day as the online quote system does not do less then 6 days (he is away for 4 or 5 days).

IIRC is it about £14 per day???

[Nevin]

Was £22 a day last week

[vixpy1]

Tell him to get the train, he's a student so should be used to it. Never met a student who wants to take the most expensive option!

[iansull]

haven't been for a while but used to use skypark(IIRC) which was around £7 a day. just off T4 junction M25

[darrent]

Nearest train station is 18 miles away!!!! He lives in the middle of nowhere and nobody can drop him off hence the pricey option!

[vixpy1]

darrent said:

Nearest train station is 18 miles away!!!!

He's got legs has'nt he? Tell him to bloody walk..

[iansull]

google heathrow parking and there are much cheaper options

[bridgdav]

Why don't you come out and ask....

'Can any Phers who live near Heathrow let my friends son park their car for free, for a few days...?'

[rude-boy]

Ever heard of the tube - train into town, tube to the the airport.

[rude-boy]

Ever heard of the tube - train into town, tube to the the airport.

[jvaughan]

I use purple parking.

[lanciachris]

Just remember to leave the handbrake off, or youll be there as I was, knackered with jet lag and clobbering the brakes with a hammer.

[gtr-gaz]

If he insists on driving to Heathrow and parking, then it works out cheaper to stay in the hotel there for a night and leave his car in the hotel car park.

(My parents have done that on several occasions)

[Don]

We use Pink Elephant parking. £15 a day or something.

Genuinely - if he's doing this on a budget the thing to do is take the bus to the train station. Train into London and tube out to Heathrow.

More often than park we get a car to take us. About £35 each way from Basingstoke. For a two week holiday its cheaper and you don't have to drive with eight hours of jet-lag on....

[bga]

I know a few guys who park up in West Drayton/Yiewsley & cab it in from there (£10 or so). Wouldn't do it if I had a half decent car though.

[UpTheIron]

If he's not too bothered about leaving his car on the street there is plenty of free parking around Heathrow within walking distance of free buses into the terminals.

[muley]

bga said:

I know a few guys who park up in West Drayton/Yiewsley & cab it in from there (£10 or so). Wouldn't do it if I had a half decent car though.

or get the A10 bus from thereabouts, bus leaves from Uxbridge costs about gbp1.30 iirc.

Another surface train option is via Feltham station - there is a regular easy bus journey from there.

[alfaman]

Best option I have used is Purple Parking - they park your car for you , and provide a free airport transfer service and pick up, IIRC about £6 or £7 a day if booked in advance - very good value , based near Southall ,at a secure site.