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WinterMay

Park and ride to London

Hi all,

I need to be in London on Sunday 23rd April and boyfriend and I thought to just make a day out of it.

Though a return on the train is not crazy expensive (£40 super off-peak return for the both of us on the "crappy" service, an hour to KingsX), we like the convenience of taking the car and park in the outskirts of London to take the tube in.

We would be driving from Peterborough (about 2 hours drive, hopefully light trafic on a Sunday?). Where would be the best tube station to park at, and how much would we be looking at price wise for parking charges ? We would probably be there from 11am to 5pm.

Or is it just silly costs wise?

Thank you for your help :)

Edit > I have to go to Wembley Park Station first thing though I don't have a specific time I need to be there for ... Maybe we'd be better off actually just parking there, didn't realise it was so far away from the city center!

Posted Mar 21, 2017, 8:06 PM UTC · edited

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OxoTowerLondon•

Shepherds Bush Westfield. About £9 for 24 hours parking

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hmmoknothanks•

I used to love this. It's so awesome.

Do Stratford do something similar do you know??

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OxoTowerLondon•

That was meant to say Stratford...Haha.

I prefixed the wrong Westfield.

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hmmoknothanks•

Hahaha well that's good to know then. I always did this at SB!

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tmstms•

Sunday is not a bad day for parking around London.

If you carry on round the A406 from Wembley Park, it should be free near North Ealing, Gunnersbury or South Ealing tube stations. London regs can vary from street to street.

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Ilejwads•

Many suburbia tube stations will have on street parking for free a few blocks away. Obviously it's meant for residents, but you could probably find some spaces if you do some research. When we went on holiday once, my parents parked outside their old house in Neasden, just around from the tube station.

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Drunk_on_tea•

The TFL website lists all the tube stations with car parks and how much they cost. Generally cheap on a Sunday and I've never had a problem getting a space at a weekend, though obviously it depends what's going on - if there's a big event at Wembley for example the car parks there and anywhere with an easy connection like Stanmore will be busy. Though having said that, once we went to see Katy Perry at Wembley Arena and parked at Wembley Park tube station for free, the car park was nearly empty.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/tube-station-car-parks

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WinterMayOP•

I am actually going to the French School to vote in the French presidential elections and there are only three voting booth for the whole of London but hopefully not everyone will take their cars (Londoners vote at the consulate anyways). We'll go round before lunch time so hopefully no game or gigs at the Stadium!

Thanks for the link it is really useful :)

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bordeaux_vojvodina•

It's the FA cup semi final at Wembley on April 23rd. I would avoid the area at all costs.

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WinterMayOP•

Ugh! I don't have a choice, it's to vote in the French presidential elections :/

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bordeaux_vojvodina•

The match kicks off at 1500. I would suggest completely avoiding the entire area from 1100 onwards.

If you get there at 0900, you should be fine.

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chriscpritchard•

On a sunday, I've been able to park in central london near Euston Square.

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explax•

I think maybe park at St Albans. I think it is free parking at the weekends. Travelcard return for ~12gbp. Take Thameslink to West Hampstead and change for jubilee to get to Wembley Park. You can get the train back from St Pancreas, Farringdon or Blackfriars (south bank).

Although from Peterborough you are on a very fast line in to London.. Maybe also look at potters bar or somewhere more north-east.

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caetanolevante•

Have Virgin not got any cheap advance fares from PBO?

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WinterMayOP•

Great Northern has cheap fares (the Virgin Trains are better and more expensive ...) but we leave about 25min from the station so we would still need to pay some parking fees and take the car so we were thinking of just driving down all the way

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hoffi_coffi•

On a Sunday we have driven right into Central London and parked on a single yellow line near Leicester Square, then went and found a space near Camden Market to get some food later on. This was a few years ago and we had nothing really to lose as we were passing through, so we may have just got lucky.

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J2750•

Watch out for congestion

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quenishi•

We have a habit of parking at Hounslow West, as it is free on Sunday. Long train ride in though.

Some of the tube car parks are super-cheap on Sun. Like £2-3 all day.

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