Travelling into Central London

[4nonymous]

I need to get to Westminster sometime next week ( coming from the North )

I am planning on driving close to a tube station, parking and then taking the train into central.

Does anyone know where I can park for free or cheaply and which tube station to go for?

[dugt]

free - no
cheaply - depends on your idea of cheap, but probably not

are you going in the week or weekend? as at the weekend recently they have been closing lots of line for maintance


if it was me, id either drive all the way, and pay tons for parking/CC etc
or go to a train station near you and train it all the way

doug

[sa_20v]

http://www.ncp.co.uk/

Works for me.

[jazzybee]

Go to Stanmore station, just off the M1 - enter the car park for the station. Then take the Jubilee line down to Westminster

[CoolC]

go in on a train to Kings Cross and taxi down to Westminster?

[4nonymous]

jazzybee said:

Go to Stanmore station, just off the M1 - enter the car park for the station. Then take the Jubilee line down to Westminster

Do you know how much it is for parking ?

It's going to be a weekday btw.

[4nonymous]

Also, does anyone know what the situation for parking in 'Great North Leisure Pk, Chaplin Sq, London, N12 0GL'‎ is ?

There is quite a large car park there, Vue cinema, Comfort Inn is next door aswell.

Am I likely to be clamped/towed/fined if I park there and go to the tube?

More research and there is parking at Edgware station, car park is shared with Sainsburys, not sure on prices though.

Edited by 4nonymous on Sunday 25th October 21:42

[v15ben]

Edgware station has one pay car park for tube users separate from the main supermarket/shopping centre one. I believe you have to use the shopping centre and claim the cost of parking back in the main car park to make it free though don't quote me. I usually park outside a mate's house just behind Sainsburys there and take the tube. Depends what time you are going but many of the side streets have free parking except between 10-11 or 11-12 (can't remember which) so that might be the answer.

[Dave 500]

Just drive in

I use this car park when working in Westminster

http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/transportan...

[4nonymous]

v15ben said:

Edgware station has one pay car park for tube users separate from the main supermarket/shopping centre one. I believe you have to use the shopping centre and claim the cost of parking back in the main car park to make it free though don't quote me. I usually park outside a mate's house just behind Sainsburys there and take the tube. Depends what time you are going but many of the side streets have free parking except between 10-11 or 11-12 (can't remember which) so that might be the answer.

10-11 !



I'll go with this option

Free parking and then I can just tube it in.

[v15ben]

That is my usual method, just double check the signs on the road you end up parking on as they don't all have the same rules

[Dave_ITR]

It is not unusual for streets to have different restrictions on one side of the road from the other side, make sure this doesn't catch you out.

[swamp]

Drive in

Seriously, fannying about at Edgeware Road looking for a residents' spot then paying £7.50 to sit on the tube for an eternity as it rumbles its way from the arse end of nowhere to Westminster...

Or M1, A5 (Edgeware Road) Marble Arch, Park Lane Car Park. No Congestion Charge, £6 for two hours. Bit of a walk the other end through the Royal Parks, but this depends on where you're going. Otherwise pay £8 for CC and use Abingdon (can be full when the MPs are in session) or try Jolly Hotel near Victoria Street.

[jazzybee]

4nonymous said:

jazzybee said:

Go to Stanmore station, just off the M1 - enter the car park for the station. Then take the Jubilee line down to Westminster

Do you know how much it is for parking ?

It's going to be a weekday btw.

its about £3.50 for the day I think. nice and easy, straight off the M1 and no traffic.

[lost in espace]

Swiss cottage has a parking facility www.park-here.co.uk

£10 for the day, you can get there quickly from the a1/m1 and its right by a tube station, and there is no long tube journey into london.