Parking for trip to London

There's lots of pay and display parking around Imperial College and The Natural History Museum. Somethimes IC will open their carpark to the public which is slightly cheaper for long stay than the pay and display. There's also plenty of pay and display spaces in Hyde Park so long as there's no events happening there.

I used to this years ago. I used to park in Henchman Street But warning, on the satellite zoom I can see parking lines all over this area, it might now be 'residents only', which would surprise me because I thought a council could only make about 40% of the highway into residents only and the images show 100% have these parking lines. The tube station "East Acton" has stairs but might also have a lift.

To get there, M4 J2, follow A4 to big roundabout (underneath J1 which is onramp only - no offramp), 50 yards before roundabout turn left (Larch Drive - shortcut - cuts out roundabout) past B&Q to the end turn left, North Circular, (Gunnersbury Ave), 1/2 mile turn right Gunnersbury Lane, continue to the end, turn right, immediate left Steyne Road - Safeway on your right, becomes Horn Lane, 1 mile later, bears left over a railway bridge. 500 yards later turn right at this junction (see below) onto Western Avenue Southbound (City centre/London direction). Continue on this road (in the left hand lane) till you hit this junction which is the first major junction you will hit, Turn right here (Old Oak Common Lane) 50 yds mini roundabout turn right, first left (Fitzneal Street) start looking for parking space to the end turn right (Erconwald street) past East Acton station on your left, under railway bridge, next left Henchman Street.


Before going there you might like to look again at that picture of the first junction on Western Avenue, if you go straight across that junction you can see a lot of waste ground on the right and you can see that cars park there probably for free see here this area is a very short walk from Acton North station (just to the north a little) and also note over to the right there are residential areas where you might find a space....(Jenner Avenue, Garret Close, Lister Close) If you change the screen to "map" view you can see that this is a large oneway circuit (Victoria Road/Wales Farm Road) and then you can (if you don't find a space here) join onto Western Avenue South at the other large junction But North Acton station is Zone 2/3 and I don't know what effect that has on a ticket into Zone 1. (East Acton is Zone 2).

And again with reference to the same first junction above if you turn left onto Northbound Western Avenue and then immediate first left again into Park View you can see that parking here is a distinct possibility. Or you could ofcourse get into the same area by turning left here (zoom in) and look around for a space.

Tip When I did this, to avoid coming back to an empty parking space, I removed the rotor arm from my car, replacing the dizzy cap so it's not obvious what is wrong.

I used to this years ago. I used to park in Henchman Street But warning, on the satellite zoom I can see parking lines all over this area, it might now be 'residents only', which would surprise me because I thought a council could only make about 40% of the highway into residents only and the images show 100% have these parking lines. The tube station "East Acton" has stairs but might also have a lift.



The zones may show 100% residents parking. In my London street a lot of people were doing the dump the car and get the train into london - yeah it may save you money but it really inconvenieces people who live there, who have to park at least a few streets away from their home - not fun when struggling with shopping and a baby. So what our council did was if you want to park for longer than 2 hours you need a permit. This is a good system as it allows people who are genuinely visiting the area to park and reduces the "dump and train" brigade -so maybe it is the same situation with the council that deals with East Acton.

I do appreciate that people like to save money but just think about the people who live near train stations and how you may be inconveniencing them before dumping the car and taking the train.