AstraVanMan wrote:
A friend of mine coming from the west on the M4, hoping to get to
London City Airport by around 6pm on a Sunday evening - what's the
traffic likely to be like?

Specific points I'm thinking of a

M4 from J3 into Chiswick - is this likely to bunch up much (we're
talking around 5pm or so at a guess), with people coming back into
London from weekends away?

Yes, the M4 on Sunday evenings does get congested, especially in the
summer. Generally I would say the earlier the better. 5 pm may be not
too bad, but 4 pm would be safer.

Victoria Embankment - worth avoiding? I've known this to be a real
pain at the most unexpected of times - would it be worth going via
Lambeth Bridge + Southwark Bridge Road (via St George's Circus) or
should it be fairly ok around this time?

The Highway/Limehouse Link/Aspen Way etc - likely to be all ok
heading out?

Both probably OK, but I haven't done the journey in that direction on a
Sunday afternoon/evening. One problem on Sundays in London is that some
shopping streets still have Mon-Sat waiting restrictions, so that people
park all over the place on Sundays. This not only clogs up those
streets, but diverts traffic to other routes that you would expect to be
clear.

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Richard J.
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