Anyone know any good long stay parking spots in Bingley?

[MitchT]

Problem: Total absence of long stay parking in Bingley unless I turn up in the middle of the night!
Solution: Somewhere that I can park all day after the long stay car parks have filled up... but where? Must be within walking distance of the railway station.

Apart from the long stay car parks that are full by about 6am there's nothing. The short stay car parks have £50 fines for overstaying... the residential streets are one hour max and no return within one hour of leaving... and I'm not driving to where I need to go as it'll take twice as long, require me to make the whole journey on 'non-fun' roads, and when I get there I'll have to drive round for ages looking for somewhere to park which will cost a fortune, if indeed there is somewhere to park... So I need to find a place in Bingley. It's getting so frustrating I'm on the verge of renting the cheapest proeprty I can find there just to be able to use the parking space outside!

[Wombat Rick]

If you go further up Park Road it's not resident's parking. Would be about 10 mins walk back to the station.

Or what about driving to Shipley station and parking there?

[MitchT]

Wombat Rick said:

If you go further up Park Road it's not resident's parking. Would be about 10 mins walk back to the station.

Or what about driving to Shipley station and parking there?

Shipley is even worse - I find it difficult to park there even on a weekend! I think I'll investigate further up Park Road.

[Mrs Dalesman]

Try going from Crossflatts - much better for parking and I think you can park on the roadside all day.

And you may get a seat as you get on the train before it gets to Bingley !

Extract from website page for 'Crossflatts station'
Car Park Yes
Car Park - Note There is a car park with 95 spaces adjacent to platform 2. There is CCTV coverage of the car park.
Number of Parking Spaces 95
Parking Charges Free of charge

Edited by Mrs Dalesman on Monday 22 October 15:31

[Talkwrench]

Lots of on road parking at Crossflatts too.
Definitely a better bet!

[MitchT]

Interesting. I disregarded Crossflatts as soon as I thought of it because I assumed I'd be equally screwed for parking there as the overflow from Bingley would go there. Basically I need it for when I have a day off and want so set off for the day by train but don't want to get up at some silly hour just to get parked!

Edited by MitchT on Thursday 25th October 12:43

[Mrs Dalesman]

MitchT said:

Interesting. I disregarded Crossflatts as soon as I thought of it because I assumed I'd be equally screwed for parking there as the overflow from Bingley would go there. Basically I need it for when I have a day off and want so set off for the day by train but don't want to get up at some silly hour just to get parked!

Edited by MitchT on Thursday 25th October 12:43

In that case you can always park on the roadside by the parish church in Bingley. Max 2 hours free parking between 8am and 12noon but then free with no limits for the rest of the day. Therefore, you can park there from 10am for the rest of the day for free. Not too far to walk to the train station either.

[MitchT]

Well, I went on a reccie this morning pending a shopping trip to Leeds tomorrow and unfortunately all of the aforementioned places were full of cars... so the search continues.