mikeswrx02

Hi all,

I am planning a london trip for 2 days this weekend. I used to park at zone 5 Edware area for free (crap car not my scooby) and the 3 of us buys underground day ticket and travel around london which saves us loads of money and time wasted for parking in the central!!!

Anyone knows an alternative closer zone which has free street parking and near an underground service??? We will be traveling from m6 or M40.

Any info would be nice, cheers.

alcazar

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When I've gone, I've parked at Potters Bar railway station, which USED to be free, weekends, and bought a rover ticket which gave me my train journey in, and use of trains, buses and underground all day, and cost about £7.

TRAIN from PB is MUCH nicer and quicker than underground too.

PB station is about 3 miles from the M25 J24

Alcazar

Freak

Hounslow West tube
Flat fee all day (£2 something IIRC)- large car park

mikeswrx02

cheers for info.

anyone else?

Dave1980

if you are going on a weekend a lot of pay and displays are free. i wnet for the day back in january.
i went to hammersmith and parked in a side street that was free on weekends. left the car from 10am till 8pm and it was fine.
always worth asking the locals where the free spots are.
from memory i think it was £5 each for the day ticket on the tube.

if you dont go near the centre there are usually free spaces on saturday and sunday. although dont take it as gospel.

simo

Would it not be cheaper to get the train from B'ham and include tube / bus travel around London?

mikeswrx02

Is it a short working distance and what if parked overnight?!
cheers anyways.

mikeswrx02

no!!! Train tickets for 3 will defo be over £60+parking the car in birmingham for 48hrs. Car to london will be much quicker and convenient and max £20 petrol.

Both ways plus underground passes. It will be alot cheaper going by car.

cheers

SJ_Skyline

Kings Langley is just off the M25, J20 and goes stright into London Euston. At the moment the car park is free as somebody has stolen the pay and display machine!

£13.30 for an off-peak travelcard. c.20-25 minutes to Euston.

bugeyeandy

Make sure you all get Oyster cards as well. Tube prices are ridiculous now unless you have one. Will save you heaps and doesn't cost anything.
You can get them at any tube station.

Clarebabes

Another great incentive to use your car rather than public transport!

No wonder we've all got nice cars and usually drive them places when public transport costs so much!

simo

pmsl

ScoobieB

Could try Stanmore on the Jubilee line. There is a parking charge but I don't think it is much. It is dead easy to get to from the M1.

Clarebabes

I would have said Stanmore too. We've used it a couple of times and it is very convenient. Plus the jubilee line has nice trains on it

mikeswrx02

CHEERS.....
stanmore sounds good, i might give it a try, since edware(my usual spot) is not far!!!
Any more closer locations to inner city?

stevem2k

you can park for free in the roads on the southside of southwark street ( nr Borough Market / Tate modern ) all weekend. Nearest tube is London Bridge

mikeswrx02

Thats wicked info. defo going there then.

stevem2k

clarification:

you need to find a parking 'space' , it's just the meters are free on a sat/sun

Parking on yellow/double yellow will result in a parking ticket at best

Angels City Monger

Borough Market area is packed at the weekend. Also its a major area to have your car broken into.