Parking up somewhere near Gatwick Airport

batista230_2

Well its about 85 quid for an open return from Northampton to Gatwick Airport (hello rip off Britain)
About 3 times the cost of diesel return in my car
So is there somewhere like Crawley or Sutton I could park my car up safe for 2/3 weeks and catch the train anyone

Thanks

MasterPoo

Hi,

I will assume you want to pay less than £85 for 3 weeks of parking? Inputting random 3 week slots on this website is showing £71 for 3 weeks worth of parking and is only 3 miles away from the airport, would that work?

https://www.purpleparking.com/Book/quote?fuse_viewstate=null&fuse_action=&fuse_guid=8D07CE55-D17A-D422-6BD5-9EF63BECFC49&fuse_actiondata=&departure=31%2F01%2F2015&return=21%2F02%2F2015&source=ONLIN&airport=LGW&promo=&departureDate=Sat+31+Jan+2015&departureTime=0600&returnDate=Sat+21+Feb+2015&returnTime=1700

roddydogs

You can certainly park south of Sutton, but it will be probably be 1 mile at least, to get past the parking zone.Not practical with luggage unless you then get a cab & parking will still be a gamble as obviously lots of others have the same idea.(commuters)

balletshoes

national express coaches have a route which serves Northampton to Gatwick airport - that might be cheaper than the train?

Voyager2002

There are plenty of ways to find cheaper train tickets, such as splitting the journey and using different train companies (FCC offers some very reasonable fares between King's Cross and Gatwick). I suggest you post on the UK public transport board, giving dates and some idea of time and also indicating whether you can walk a reasonable distance or would have lots of luggage, and someone will try to help.

bylromarha

Last summer, hubby parked the car in a local town, just a residential street, that was on a bus route into Gatwick.

Left the car there for 2.5 weeks. All was well when he returned. Saying that, car is a 54 plate worth about £1k. Not sure we'd do that if the car were worth more.

Can't find the details at the moment, but dead simple to find the info yourself with google maps.

bylromarha

Found it

https://www.metrobus.co.uk/travel-info/

We looked at the routes and found a residential street to park on close by. OH just had hand luggage which made this a really easy option.

batista230_2

MasterPoo wrote: »

Hi,

I will assume you want to pay less than £85 for 3 weeks of parking? Inputting random 3 week slots on this website is showing £71 for 3 weeks worth of parking and is only 3 miles away from the airport, would that work?

https://www.purpleparking.com/Book/quote?fuse_viewstate=null&fuse_action=&fuse_guid=8D07CE55-D17A-D422-6BD5-9EF63BECFC49&fuse_actiondata=&departure=31%2F01%2F2015&return=21%2F02%2F2015&source=ONLIN&airport=LGW&promo=&departureDate=Sat+31+Jan+2015&departureTime=0600&returnDate=Sat+21+Feb+2015&returnTime=1700

Then that would not be worth it but thanks for you input

roddydogs wrote: »

You can certainly park south of Sutton, but it will be probably be 1 mile at least, to get past the parking zone.Not practical with luggage unless you then get a cab & parking will still be a gamble as obviously lots of others have the same idea.(commuters)

Sutton is 17.5 miles away from the airport!

balletshoes wrote: »

national express coaches have a route which serves Northampton to Gatwick airport - that might be cheaper than the train?

Dose not seam to be much in the price and the bus just takes too long anyway

Voyager2002 wrote: »

There are plenty of ways to find cheaper train tickets, such as splitting the journey and using different train companies (FCC offers some very reasonable fares between King's Cross and Gatwick). I suggest you post on the UK public transport board, giving dates and some idea of time and also indicating whether you can walk a reasonable distance or would have lots of luggage, and someone will try to help.

Thanks I'm going to try that right now!

bylromarha wrote: »

Last summer, hubby parked the car in a local town, just a residential street, that was on a bus route into Gatwick.

Left the car there for 2.5 weeks. All was well when he returned. Saying that, car is a 54 plate worth about £1k. Not sure we'd do that if the car were worth more.

Can't find the details at the moment, but dead simple to find the info yourself with google maps.

My car is a 1995 M reg ready for the crusher
But MOT will expire in the next 2 weeks so dont realy want to take the risk of having it towed away by the concil
rather it be on private propoty

R_P_W

batista230 wrote: »

Well its about 85 quid for an open return from Northampton to Gatwick Airport (hello rip off Britain)
About 3 times the cost of diesel return in my car
So is there somewhere like Crawley or Sutton I could park my car up safe for 2/3 weeks and catch the train anyone

Thanks

What do you think is a reasonable cost for the return train ticket?

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batista230 wrote: »

Then that would not be worth it but thanks for you input

Sutton is 17.5 miles away from the airport!

Dose not seam to be much in the price and the bus just takes too long anyway

Thanks I'm going to try that right now!

My car is a 1995 M reg ready for the crusher
But MOT will expire in the next 2 weeks so dont realy want to take the risk of having it towed away by the concil
rather it be on private propoty

There are plenty of places within a very short train/bus/taxi journey to Gatwick where it's perfectly feasible to park up on a quiet residential street/estate.
I've been doing this half a dozen times a year for nigh on 30 years without a hitch.
Same too with Heathrow.
And it has saved me thousands in extortionate airport parking charges.
Obviously I'm not going to reveal my best parking spaces but Google Street View and a train/bus timetable and a few hours on the internet will help you out.
On the moral side your road tax is just as good as the person's house you park outside.