Congestion Charges in London?

[gem-sanders]

I was just wondering as driving for the first time to London are there any congestion charges and what do I do?

[DavidB]

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cclondon/

 

Best to read the site.

[Lizzy]

Earls court is outside of the congestion zone... provided you don't drive through london, you won't need to pay it. Oh, yea lol, and you don't pay on Weekends

[johnhuk]

You would need to plot your route carefully if you are planning to drive to London on the Friday as although Earls Court 2 is outside the zone, the main road outside Earls Court 1 is the boundary itself , so plan carefully.....

Edited June 15, 2008 by johnhuk

[jael001]

as the others have said, the charges dont apply on the weekend so unless you're coming on the Friday and driving through Central London you should be fine

[showmasters]

You would need to plot your route carefully if you are planning to drive to London on the Friday as although Earls Court 2 is outside the zone, the main road outside Earls Court 1 is the boundary itself , so plan carefully.....

Oh yes! I've been caught out once before by this. One wrong turn... However with a good sat nav or thourough planning you should be ok.

 

You might want to also consider driving most of the way, parking up near an underground station slightly further out and coming in by train. Less hassle when it comes to parking (unless you have a load of stuff to carry).

[TommyT]

You might want to also consider driving most of the way, parking up near an underground station slightly further out and coming in by train. Less hassle when it comes to parking (unless you have a load of stuff to carry).

And probably a lot cheaper, especially if there are only one or two of you in the car.

[mpharris]

You would need to plot your route carefully if you are planning to drive to London on the Friday as although Earls Court 2 is outside the zone, the main road outside Earls Court 1 is the boundary itself , so plan carefully.....

Oh yes! I've been caught out once before by this. One wrong turn... However with a good sat nav or thourough planning you should be ok.

 

You might want to also consider driving most of the way, parking up near an underground station slightly further out and coming in by train. Less hassle when it comes to parking (unless you have a load of stuff to carry).

I usually do this when I drive to London, however, the year before last I was well on my way home from LFACC when it was announced that there had been a jumper on the Northern Line (suicide not a sweater) so I had to get off the tube 3 stops early and bus the rest of the way - the bus took over an hour to travel what would have taken 5 minutes on the tube and it was blisteringly hot. I came off the bus feeling like I'd been roasted! Nightmare!

[gem-sanders]

Thankyou for the help.

Edited June 17, 2008 by gem-sanders