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Help with London parking

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Gymmum82 · 06/03/2025 10:15

Help wise mumsnetters. I’m travelling to London on Saturday. Just me and my 2 kids Planning on parking somewhere on/near a tube station in north west London and tubing in to the centre where we will stay overnight.

Where is best to park? Where my car will be safe overnight and easy access to London?
Travelling down the m40/a40 so easy access from there.
Is Stanmore a good option?

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DazzlingCuckoos · 06/03/2025 12:01

Gymmum82 · 06/03/2025 11:45

What are the chances of me getting to the station at Ickenham and finding no spaces?

I went at 8.30am on a Thursday morning and there was loads of spaces! It's a really underused station compared to Hillingdon just up the road.

I only ended up using it recently after trying and failing to get a space at Hillingdon.

If, in the unlikely situation that it is busy, there are lots of other stations around that way - West Ruislip (Central) and Ruislip to name the next nearest two, that both have car parks.

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Gymmum82 · 06/03/2025 12:08

LillyLelly · 06/03/2025 11:50

There’s a 24hr Apcoa car park at Paddington station, which isn’t too expensive at the weekends (well, by London standards anyway!) I’d just follow the M40 all the way in and park there. It’ll probably work out cheaper than buying three zone 1-5 travelcards to get you all in from Stanmore.

The kids will be free as under 12

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