Where should we park in London for 4 days?

[kodax]

Hi,
We are visiting London with our X, and the car will probably not be used while staying in an airbnb (maybe close to Hyde Park) for 3 nights (mon-thur).
Is it possible to street park for such a long time (and if so, is it safe)? Or should we maybe use a parking house?

 

[zayn]

use any car park close to your location. take a look at justpark or parklet. Nothing is free in borough of kensington&Chelsea and Westminster. Welcome to London

 

[Yev000]

Hyde Park corner/ park lane has a huge underground car park. With long term parking. And has charging points.

Park Lane

 

[kodax]

Ok, thanks!

 

[ewoodrick]

Not knowing the situation at all, parking outside the city and taking transportation into the city is often a alternative

 

[MrBadger]

I sometimes use Hounslow West and come in on the Piccadilly Line (iirc ~45 mins). I have personally not used it for several days stay though but I think it should be OK as its used by airport workers so 24/7.

Hounslow West Station (TFL)

 

[Edsh0t]

We usually park at Westfields shopping centre in Shepherds Bush. It’s easy to get to from the M4 and is on the central line so you can get the tube to wherever you need to go. It’s £8 for 24 hours IIRC.

 

[pjuk]

If you come up my way you can park at High Barnet station. 37 mins to Euston station on the northern line. I think about £7/day and potentially EV charging if it hasn’t been ICE’d. Alternatively there are some streets where there is no CPZ (so free!!)

 

[VT_EE]

Ordinarily, I would not leave an X parked on the street overnight. Having said that, last time I drove around downtown London, I passed six Bentley’s parked on the street within 1 block. I’m pretty sure that nobody will mess with your X in that area.

 

[kodax]

Thanks for more excellent answers!
We´ll be arriving London from south east (driving from Norway.
I want to drive my disabled dad all the way to the appartement, and I also see now that we´ll probably use the car to get to the Harry Potter Museum (instead of doing three train changes), so I guess we´ll chose a car park pretty close by.

 

[drivingmrte5la]

I would second parking at the Westfield or looking on JustPark.

 

[Roy W.]

Thanks for more excellent answers!
We´ll be arriving London from south east (driving from Norway.
I want to drive my disabled dad all the way to the appartement, and I also see now that we´ll probably use the car to get to the Harry Potter Museum (instead of doing three train changes), so I guess we´ll chose a car park pretty close by.

If you’re going to the Harry Potter studio tour at Warner Bros they have their own car park, included with your ticket. They also have some chargers there too.

You do need to book in advance for the studio tour.

 

[MrBadger]

We waited ages for the studio tour - then on the morning that we were going, the car broke down and as it was over Christmas break, no chance of getting it fixed. Thankfully we managed to borrow a car and got there with about 10 minutes to spare. That was the point that I decided that our second car needed to have more than 2 seats...

 

[Roy W.]

We waited ages for the studio tour - then on the morning that we were going, the car broke down and as it was over Christmas break, no chance of getting it fixed. Thankfully we managed to borrow a car and got there with about 10 minutes to spare. That was the point that I decided that our second car needed to have more than 2 seats...

We’re going for the Studio Tour towards the end of September. I booked it back in April for the wife’s birthday present, but it was booked up months ahead unless you wanted a silly time like 5pm!

 

[Jeffoun]

Absolutely safe to park overnight in this area (pay display bay or single yellow line from 6:30pm)
Great news for you is that when parking an ev on pay and display in westminster borough you pay 10 minutes and can stay 4 hours. Pay hours is usually 9:30 to 6:30 so you ll only need to move car twice during the day download ringo and register your EV

Dont forget to register your car on cclondon and apply for cleaner vehicle discount (takes 3 -5 days) it will save you 11.50 congestion charge per day

Enjoy

 

[j6Lpi429@3j]

I've found that q-park is pretty good, and has some laces right in super-central london that seem safe, secure, and *relatively* cheap for london. Plus they often have a good few free spaces. Ive parked at their harley street, trafalgar square and parliament square car parks in my model S without any issue.
And yup... central london is staggeringly-pricey-car city. Nobody will gawp at your X or try and steal it .

 

[kodax]

Absolutely safe to park overnight in this area (pay display bay or single yellow line from 6:30pm)
...
Dont forget to register your car on cclondon and apply for cleaner vehicle discount (takes 3 -5 days) it will save you 11.50 congestion charge per day
...

Thanks, but it looks like I need to create an Auto Pay account to do that, and that in turn requires a UK postcode..