Ian F. ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

The average Richmond resident wouldn't be seen dead in Asda!

[1] There is also a Marks & Spencer if they prefer that to Habitat.

Habitat doesn't sell food. HTH.

"Flash Wilson Bristow" wrote in message
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Hi,

A friend is coming into London via the M3 and wants to park on the
outskirts and get the tube in. It would be on a Tuesday afternoon.

Any recommendations on where he should aim for?

Thanks,
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If you really mean the tube M3/M25(!)/M4 to M4J3 then A312 South to the A4
and head for London. Osterley Station (on the left about 2 miles from the
A312) has a car park. If that's full on street parking.

Otherwise continue M3 to terminus then on along the A316. Cross Twickenham
Bridge and continue until Chiswick Bridge. Immediately after crossing turn
left into Hartington Road, first right (Cavendish Road) at the end left into
Spencer Road and park (free) by Station Approach Road and walk to Chiswick
Station (South West trains). Trains every 15 minutes to Clapham Junction
(connections to Olympia and Victoria), Vauxhall (Victoria Line) and in to
Waterloo. Watch the frequency in the evenings and the last train times.
Getting out of Chiswick along the A316 during the evening rush (and in in
the morning) can be interesting(!).

"Richard J." wrote:
Parking in Richmond's Old Deer Park car park (adjacent to the A316,
which is the continuation of the M3) is currently £5 for up to six
hours or £7 for up to 24 hours (£6 and £8 respectively from 5th
February): its free after 6.30pm. Its only a short walk to Richmond
station, from where a fast train will get to Waterloo in 10 minutes.

Not that fast, in the afternoon anyway; 19 minutes is the fastest. On a
Tuesday afternoon (when the OP is travelling), the time to get to Waterloo
from arrival at Richmond station (including waiting for the train) would
be between 19 and 33 minutes, average 26 minutes. Curiously, despite
having 4 tracks from Barnes onwards, none of the all-stations stopping
trains are overtaken by the fasts.

That's probably because there just aren't that many fast trains, due to the
fact that all the fast/semi-fast trains from Staines onwards originate from
Reading, where there's only one set of lines each way.

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