Petrolheads filming in Wembley
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Hi everyone
Firstly, I'm new to this site so, please, be gentle
I'm going to the filming of the new 'Petrolheads' quiz show on Sunday evening, taking place at Fountain Studios in Wembley. It'll be the first time I've been in a television show audience, so I thought I'd give a car-related show a try for my first go.
Has anyone been to previous recordings of this show? Anyone have any tips or advice for a wee novice such as myself? The tickets say that there is no parking at the studios, so I just wondered if anyone had any advice as to where is best to park to get access to the place. I'm from Yorkshire and don't know the Wembley area at all, so any advice I get will be warmly appreciated.
Regards,
EhYouWhat
Edited to say: apologies if this topic has come up before. I tried to do a search but with little success.
>> Edited by ehyouwhat on Tuesday 7th February 15:21
Firstly, I'm new to this site so, please, be gentle
I'm going to the filming of the new 'Petrolheads' quiz show on Sunday evening, taking place at Fountain Studios in Wembley. It'll be the first time I've been in a television show audience, so I thought I'd give a car-related show a try for my first go.
Has anyone been to previous recordings of this show? Anyone have any tips or advice for a wee novice such as myself? The tickets say that there is no parking at the studios, so I just wondered if anyone had any advice as to where is best to park to get access to the place. I'm from Yorkshire and don't know the Wembley area at all, so any advice I get will be warmly appreciated.
Regards,
EhYouWhat
Edited to say: apologies if this topic has come up before. I tried to do a search but with little success.
>> Edited by ehyouwhat on Tuesday 7th February 15:21
I'm from the East coast, near Hull.
Think I'd rather drive if at all possible as the filming takes until about 9:30pm (or even later), and I reckon it'd be too late to get a train back easily. Added to which, there are a few of us going and I dread to think how much train tickets would cost - certainly more for each of us than the combined cost of petrol there and back I'd say.
Think I'd rather drive if at all possible as the filming takes until about 9:30pm (or even later), and I reckon it'd be too late to get a train back easily. Added to which, there are a few of us going and I dread to think how much train tickets would cost - certainly more for each of us than the combined cost of petrol there and back I'd say.
Thanks for the help Kerry. Streetmap seems to show that there is a decent-sized carpark about 10 or 15 mins away, so that looks like the best bet...assuming we find the place at all!
Ben - I got the same message on my email too, plus I'm pretty dire at using public transport anyway. I reckon as long as we show up early enough there'll be somewhere to park up. Personally I'm gonna try and be there for about 5:30pm just to be sure.
Ben - I got the same message on my email too, plus I'm pretty dire at using public transport anyway. I reckon as long as we show up early enough there'll be somewhere to park up. Personally I'm gonna try and be there for about 5:30pm just to be sure.
I went to a pilot for this last year. My advice - get there well in advance of the suggested time otherwise you might find yourself missing out and coming home early. They massively oversubscribe audience numbers to cater for 'no shows' and you don't want to head all that way for nowt. Plenty of on street parking nearby iirc, just get there early!
venom said:
I went to a pilot for this last year. My advice - get there well in advance of the suggested time otherwise you might find yourself missing out and coming home early. They massively oversubscribe audience numbers to cater for 'no shows' and you don't want to head all that way for nowt. Plenty of on street parking nearby iirc, just get there early!
You think a couple of hours early is still justifiable? The tickets say be there at least 45 mins before the doors open (6:45pm) so I thought I'd get there for 5pm to be sure. But if you think it's worth going earlier then we will - after all, it's a 3-hour trip there and then another 3-hour trip back, so I don't wanna miss out.
I've never been anywhere near Wembley in my life before, and never driven within 30 miles of London. The studio is 180 miles away from me according to AA route planner, so I think we're gonna set off around lunchtime to make it certain we get there.
Just hope it's worth it - ah sod it, it's a ride out anyways!
Just hope it's worth it - ah sod it, it's a ride out anyways!
I'm local !
Ideally you want to get a space on Wembley Park rive, opposite Oakington Ave. Single yellow, free after 6.30pm I think.
Failing that . . .
Park on Brook Ave (at the Forty Ave end).
You can also park on The Paddocks (behind Brent Town Hall.
Both residential roads with no restrictions.
Each of these is 10 mins walk from Fountain Studios.
Hope that helps.
>> Edited by Vee on Tuesday 7th February 18:45
Ideally you want to get a space on Wembley Park rive, opposite Oakington Ave. Single yellow, free after 6.30pm I think.
Failing that . . .
Park on Brook Ave (at the Forty Ave end).
You can also park on The Paddocks (behind Brent Town Hall.
Both residential roads with no restrictions.
Each of these is 10 mins walk from Fountain Studios.
Hope that helps.
>> Edited by Vee on Tuesday 7th February 18:45
We had tickets for the pilot show last year, and missed out even though we got there about and hour and a half early. It was really disappointing as we'd stood in the cold for ages, and they kept turning people behind us away. In the end we got to within about 4-5 people of the front of the queue and we all got sent home. They had MASSIVELY oversubscribed as has been already mentioned.
We drove, and managed to park in a residential street less than 5 mins walk from the studio. I'll take a look at the map and see if I can find the road.
Hope you get in, and hope you have a great time !
Edited to add : I think we parked in Manor Drive, or one of the roads off there. Take a look at the map - it runs parallel to Empire Way. It was very close anyway. I'm sure you'll find somewhere round there. Don't leave anything valuable in your car though
>> Edited by Mrs BlueCerbera on Tuesday 7th February 18:52
We drove, and managed to park in a residential street less than 5 mins walk from the studio. I'll take a look at the map and see if I can find the road.
Hope you get in, and hope you have a great time !
Edited to add : I think we parked in Manor Drive, or one of the roads off there. Take a look at the map - it runs parallel to Empire Way. It was very close anyway. I'm sure you'll find somewhere round there. Don't leave anything valuable in your car though
>> Edited by Mrs BlueCerbera on Tuesday 7th February 18:52
Some sound advice from you all there.
I will do some research on Saturday and compile a map of all the mentioned streets, to give us as many options as possible for parking. We're also setting off around dinner-time to arrive no later than 4pm - a full two hours before the doors open. I'll also call the ticket company on Saturday (or maybe Sunday morning), advise them that it is a 360 mile trip for us but that we absolutely will be there early, and we won't even set off unless I have some level of assurance that we'll get in...a contact name for example.
I would imagine that 4 hours is gonna be enough to get there and parked, and that's allowing for a fair amount of traffic. I'm blatantly no expert on the area, but I'm guessing Sunday afternoon/early evening will be a bit quieter than at other times.
Sometime I wish I lived closer to stuff, I really do.
Cheers for all the advice guys n gals!
I will do some research on Saturday and compile a map of all the mentioned streets, to give us as many options as possible for parking. We're also setting off around dinner-time to arrive no later than 4pm - a full two hours before the doors open. I'll also call the ticket company on Saturday (or maybe Sunday morning), advise them that it is a 360 mile trip for us but that we absolutely will be there early, and we won't even set off unless I have some level of assurance that we'll get in...a contact name for example.
I would imagine that 4 hours is gonna be enough to get there and parked, and that's allowing for a fair amount of traffic. I'm blatantly no expert on the area, but I'm guessing Sunday afternoon/early evening will be a bit quieter than at other times.
Sometime I wish I lived closer to stuff, I really do.
Cheers for all the advice guys n gals!
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