Is it not better to head towards a Northern Line served station and park
there?

Yaz

Yaz wrote:
I have to pick-up a person from Heathrow who is coming to an
conference at OLD ST (Post Code: EC1V 9BW). I have to pick him up
with a car as his luggage will remain in the car. Can anyone advise
where is the BEST, SECURE, CONVENIENT, and CHEAPEST car park to park
at and then make our way to EC1V 9BW either by Tube or SHORT walk. I
am travellling to London for the first time by car and also would
like to avoid Congestion Zone.

It would be easier to answer this if we knew (a) what time of day and
what
day of the week you expect to pick up the traveller,

Friday tommorow 7.30am

and (b) when, where
Heathrow Terminal 1 Arrivals

(or

in what direction) you intend to take him and his luggage afterwards.

To the Postcode given, but do not want to enter the congestions charges
zone.

The postcode you gave is inside the congestion charge zone, and as
you've
not previously driven in central London, parking outside the zone and
continuing by Tube is probably best. It looks as though your destination
ia around 200 metres from Old Street tube station.

Yes



"Secure" and "cheapest" are mutually exclusive, but Hounslow West
station
car park was not too expensive when I last parked there (some years
ago),
and is in a reasonably open and public area. But it's a long trip by
Piccadilly Line (to King's Cross St Pancras, then Northern Line to Old
Street). On the other hand, if the journey is in the morning peak, that
would avoid a probably tedious car journey to somewhere closer.

Alternatively, come in on the M4 and immediately after the end of the
elevated section, follow signs for Grove Park (left, right and right
again
into Sutton Court Road). That road leads to Chiswick station (South West
Trains). The station car park is small but seems fairly empty these
days,
costs £3.80 a day. Trains every 15 minutes towards Waterloo. Change at
Vauxhall, then Victoria line to Kings Cross St Pancras, Northern Line to
Old Street.

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Rather than driving into town during rush hour, you might want to keep
the driving to a minimum - I know Hillingdon station has a large car
park, and it's not far from Heathrow and easy to find, although I
can't guarantee there are spaces after 8am. To get there, take the M4
westbound, then M25 northbound, then M40 east towards London,
continuing onto the A40, and finally take the second exit (A437),
turning left at the first roundabout you come to. (I'm not 100%
certain here - just using google maps, search for hillingdon station
to find it)

In addition it's in zone 6, so around an hour journey time to Old St
(less than 5 mins walk to your destination - continue straight ahead
out of the ticket hall, past the newsagent on your left, then at the
end, turn left up the ramp).

The advantages are frequent services straight to Moorgate, where you
have a simple change to the Northern line, or it could even be walked
from Barbican or Moorgate (in 10-15 mins).

Good luck finding it.
gw