London Parking Recomendation

collecting.dust

Hi folks

We are visiting London tomorrow for a day trip - will be arriving around 8am

Already investigated the train and can't get a good deal for 4 people so have decided to drive.

Can anyone recommend a good place to park.

We have tickets for houses of Parliment in the morning and will likley go to the V&A museum in the afternoon.

Free is good ! - but we are not expecting that - a good value park & ride would be perfectly OK.
My mum who is coming with us is getting on a bit so if there was not masses of walking to the tube once you have parked up that would also be ideal

Can anyone make any recommendation. I have been searching around the web and see a few thread where places have been recomended but they are not very current and I know things change.

movilogo

Usually it is quite difficult to find free parking in central London unless it is Sunday.

You can have a look on this site though.
https://www.freeparkingspace.co.uk

For paid parkings, just look for P signs on the road or user your Sat Nav's nearest parking feature

pompeyrich

Where are you coming from? Some train companies do a group-save ticket where 4 travel for the price of 2. These don't show up on the booking sites but can be bought on the day and include bus/tube fares too f you go for the Travelcard option.

If you give some indication of which part of London you will hit first more help re parking can be given.

socks_uk

When I travel from Lincolnshire I usually go to the 'first' underground station on the line so I don't have to drive into london. I think we usually use High Barnet and Cockfosters (both zone 5).
The tube goes much faster than I could ever drive and you avoid the congestion charges and crazy drivers in traffic queues. Have a look at the 'first station' from the direction you are travelling but check the zone as the price of the ticket does depend on the zone it is in.

I don't know car park charges or up-to-date tube prices but someone else might be able to help with that although if you're due to arrive in London at 8am you might have already gone to bed.
Hope this helps.

collecting.dust

Hi Folks

We will be travelling from the Midlands.

On past trips some years ago we always used to park at Kilburn - roadside parking then catch the tube into the centre.
But the last time we tried to do this there were meters everywhere in the place we used to park so we ended up paying an arm and a leg on a city centre car park

We just checked that site that was linked too and it looks like the meters are only in operation Mon - Fri - so maybe Kilburn will be OK on a Saturday

Unless someone has a better idea

Thanks folks

socks_uk

Just wondering how you got on?