london cheap car parking

derbylady

Hi, im going to london on saturday morning till monday teatime going with family and taking 3 cars, car parking not available at hotels, looked at nearest car park and its £36 for 24 hours which is gonna cost a fortune, anybody know of any cheap ones i dont mind traveling a bit once ive dropped luggage off, thanks in advance.

lizzielondon

are you visiting friends/family- if they live on a street with resident/pay and display parking they are able to get a certain amount of guest parking passes per year which are approx £8 per day

KeithP

DerbyLady, which part of London?

susancs

You could look at coming off the M1 junction 4 and parking at Stanmore jubilee line tube car park, which is a short drive away and getting that in. The Jubilee has got a good service this weekend as no planned engineering works ( a lot of the tubes have works this weekend) £1 per day, per car Sat, Sun and bank hols. You can get a ticket from the paypoint (as pay and display) for the 3 days. Get an Oyster card for £3 deposit, which youn get back from the tube sticket office before returning to your car) and top up as required. Kids under 11 travel free (just go in and exit via pushchair and lugguage barrier), kids over this age can get a £2 daily travelcard for all buses and tubes.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/tubestationcarparks/default.aspx

Have a nice time in London.

derbylady

lizzielondon wrote: »

are you visiting friends/family- if they live on a street with resident/pay and display parking they are able to get a certain amount of guest parking passes per year which are approx £8 per day

Hi, thanks for replying, no im not staying with family or friends.

derbylady

KeithP wrote: »

DerbyLady, which part of London?

Hi, im going to stop at staines friday night as going to thorpe park, then driving to london saturday morning and stopping there till monday evening then heading north to derby, so it doesnt really matter, im staopping at city road, but i dont mind dropping cases off taking it to a car park and leaving it there till monday evening.

derbylady

susancs wrote: »

You could look at coming off the M1 junction 4 and parking at Stanmore jubilee line tube car park, which is a short drive away and getting that in. The Jubilee has got a good service this weekend as no planned engineering works ( a lot of the tubes have works this weekend) £1 per day, per car Sat, Sun and bank hols. You can get a ticket from the paypoint (as pay and display) for the 3 days. Get an Oyster card for £3 deposit, which youn get back from the tube sticket office before returning to your car) and top up as required. Kids under 11 travel free (just go in and exit via pushchair and lugguage barrier), kids over this age can get a £2 daily travelcard for all buses and tubes.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/tubestationcarparks/default.aspx

Have a nice time in London.

Thanks for all this information its great, i forgot about checking tube closures. I dont understand the oyster card, can anyone explain its uses?

oramgepekoe

susancs wrote: »

You could look at coming off the M1 junction 4 and parking at Stanmore jubilee line tube car park, which is a short drive away and getting that in. The Jubilee has got a good service this weekend as no planned engineering works ( a lot of the tubes have works this weekend) £1 per day, per car Sat, Sun and bank hols. You can get a ticket from the paypoint (as pay and display) for the 3 days. Get an Oyster card for £3 deposit, which youn get back from the tube sticket office before returning to your car) and top up as required. Kids under 11 travel free (just go in and exit via pushchair and lugguage barrier), kids over this age can get a £2 daily travelcard for all buses and tubes.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/tubestationcarparks/default.aspx

Is it safe to leave a car overnight in a tube car park?

dzug1

derbylady wrote: »

Thanks for all this information its great, i forgot about checking tube closures. I dont understand the oyster card, can anyone explain its uses?

An Oyster card is a plastic card that you can load money on to

When you use the tube you swipe it when you enter and leave and it deducts the correct fare (heavily discounted) for whatever journey you have just finished from the balance on it.

When you enter a bus you swipe it and it deducts the flat rate discounted bus fare.

If you don't understand it buy one day travelcards instead - simpler for a one time visitor

derbylady

Apart from the oyster card, is there something i could buy that u can use on both buses and tubes? ive never done the buses i thought that might be nice as we can probably see things we have never seen, althought it would be hard to know which to catch and where to go. Thanks for everyones help.

dzug1

derbylady wrote: »

Apart from the oyster card, is there something i could buy that u can use on both buses and tubes? ive never done the buses i thought that might be nice as we can probably see things we have never seen, althought it would be hard to know which to catch and where to go. Thanks for everyones help.

Yes - a one day travel card. It's a paper (well card) ticket that will enable you to do just that.