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Old 01 March 2010, 01:46 PM
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Question Free or non council parking near Ealing Broadway?

Anyone travel into London from EB? I'm considering changing where I travel to before getting train / tube into London & EB has good connections. I don't want to pay draconian Local Authority charges or indeed risk getting a ticket, clamp, tow from the *******

Anyone park there?

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Old 01 March 2010, 03:57 PM
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I'm pretty sure that most of the area is pay and display parking only. The problem is EB has good connections into town they don't want the commuters glogging up the local roads.

You could try going into Chiswick and parking south of the M4 then walking over to Turnham Green or Chiswick Park, or even getting the mainline from Chiswick station, that takes you into Waterloo.
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Isn't that underground carpark somewhere near Marble Arch still there? Might be a bit easier and safer.

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A car park near Marble Arch will probably charge between £5 and £6 per hour minimum 2 hours i would guess
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Good grief-well it has been a long time since I last used it.

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^^ Don't you get free parking Les

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Old 03 March 2010, 01:15 PM
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If you don't mind a 5 minute walk then try and park in Mount Avenue or Montpelier avenue to the North of the station. I used to live in Ealing and at that time those roads were not permit zones and were always empty during the day.

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Old 03 March 2010, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Milamber
If you don't mind a 5 minute walk then try and park in Mount Avenue or Montpelier avenue to the North of the station. I used to live in Ealing and at that time those roads were not permit zones and were always empty during the day.

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That entire area is now resident permit holders only AFAIK
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Originally Posted by what would scooby do
That entire area is now resident permit holders only AFAIK
Really? I did say it had been a while
Old 03 March 2010, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Milamber
Really? I did say it had been a while
Ah you may be right - Montpellier looks to be unrestricted still, just the road closest to the tube station are
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walk up the hill and it all used to be unrestricted. The roads closer to the station were all chaotic and don't even think about going near the north circular!
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Originally Posted by Terminator X
^^ Don't you get free parking Les

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Quite a lot of the time yes, I am glad to say. Bet I wouldn't in London though!

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Originally Posted by Leslie
Quite a lot of the time yes, I am glad to say. Bet I wouldn't in London though!

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You can park for free in bits of Mayfair - but only at the weekend IIRC
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Must remember that then, next time we have a slap up day out!

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