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[Lazydocker]

Unless you arrive at 4am, the only parking spaces you will find (which won't be that close) are the £10+ per hour NCP jobbies.

By the time you have factored in fuel, congestion charge, parking costs, etc....it would be cheaper to take the train and then a taxi to cover the short distance from station to hospital.

As I've said above (twice) trains are not an option... It's either me driving or taxi from home to the hospital and back

Price isn't a concern, fuel will be £15-20 (max) as it's LPG, St Mary's and the 2 car parks I've looked at, thus far, are outside the Congestion Zone. Return trains from here will be £35odd each, Taxi to Cockfosters will be approaching £100 so Driving and parking for a few hours, even if I end up paying Congestion too, will still be considerably cheaper

[waspy]

There's a mention of disabled parking in the key, but i can't see a car park.

http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/prd/groups/public/@corporate/@communications/documents/websiteasset/id_011386.pdf

[Lazydocker]

There's a mention of disabled parking in the key, but i can't see a car park.

http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/prd/groups/public/@corporate/@communications/documents/websiteasset/id_011386.pdf

They say there's a car park but we're in the same position.... Can't find it

[Nickbat]

There's a mention of disabled parking in the key, but i can't see a car park.

http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/prd/groups/public/@corporate/@communications/documents/websiteasset/id_011386.pdf

They say there's a car park but we're in the same position.... Can't find it

Disabled parking is on Winsland Street, apparent;y.

http://www.heseminars.com/Courses/Locations/London-St-Marys-Hospital-Paddington/

[Lazydocker]

Unfortunately we don't have a magic blue badge... Although I'm sure if I ask STMO nicely...

[Nickbat]

Unfortunately we don't have a magic blue badge... Although I'm sure if I ask STMO nicely...

The amount he'd charge, it would be cheaper to 'copter SWMBO in (SAS-style!). 

[Lazydocker]

Unfortunately we don't have a magic blue badge... Although I'm sure if I ask STMO nicely...

The amount he'd charge, it would be cheaper to 'copter SWMBO in (SAS-style!). 

Now there's an option :-?

[Lazydocker]

I'd like to thank the 2 3 members who PM'd me with very kind offers on this subject... It just proves what a nice place this forum is

[Richie London]

http://uk.local.yahoo.com/search.html?p=ncp&poi=Paddington%2C+Greater+London&wid=31307&cb=1

Thanks Rich... Done the same on Google but was really asking for experiences (if there are any)

not a nice place to drive, one way streets everywhere, easy to get lost there and take a wrong turning. i hate driving round there. 

That's Central London full stop

Not really a worry... I'll have 2 Sat Nav's running anyway
Oh... And I used to drive the smoke all the time for work

sat nav in central london can send you anywehre as i found out a few times. 

[Richie London]

i did a bit of couring for my mate a couple of years ago. gave me rd rage in london. especially taxi drivers

[Lazydocker]

http://uk.local.yahoo.com/search.html?p=ncp&poi=Paddington%2C+Greater+London&wid=31307&cb=1

Thanks Rich... Done the same on Google but was really asking for experiences (if there are any)

not a nice place to drive, one way streets everywhere, easy to get lost there and take a wrong turning. i hate driving round there. 

That's Central London full stop

Not really a worry... I'll have 2 Sat Nav's running anyway
Oh... And I used to drive the smoke all the time for work

sat nav in central london can send you anywehre as i found out a few times. 

Got the third Sat Nav to run too... My memory Used to drive London all the time for a living and still remember a fair bit, although I did find one of my "short cuts" the other month that had been changed to flow in the opposite direction

[Lazydocker]

i did a bit of couring for my mate a couple of years ago. gave me rd rage in london. especially taxi drivers

Had an interesting experience with a taxi driver once... Transit with Bull Bars, Black cab cutting me up and stamping on the brakes... Lots of witnesses

[Lazydocker]

Just as an update... Paddington station car park isn't too bad, although the spaces are a bit tight! I managed to park between an 04 plate Bently and an 09 plate Merc, so knew I was unlikely to come back to any new dents

You have to go the correct way to get there without entering the congestion zone though, which my new TomTom did impeccably

There is also a few pay and display spaces at the hospital, but the station was the best choice!

Driving was the right decision... SWMBO was quite uncomfortable on the way home Just got to wait a couple of weeks for the results now

[Nickbat]

Just as an update... Paddington station car park isn't too bad, although the spaces are a bit tight! I managed to park between an 04 plate Bently and an 09 plate Merc, so knew I was unlikely to come back to any new dents

You have to go the correct way to get there without entering the congestion zone though, which my new TomTom did impeccably

There is also a few pay and display spaces at the hospital, but the station was the best choice!

Driving was the right decision... SWMBO was quite uncomfortable on the way home Just got to wait a couple of weeks for the results now

Glad you made it OK and fingers crossed for SWMBO's results. 

[Vamps]

Just as an update... Paddington station car park isn't too bad, although the spaces are a bit tight! I managed to park between an 04 plate Bently and an 09 plate Merc, so knew I was unlikely to come back to any new dents

You have to go the correct way to get there without entering the congestion zone though, which my new TomTom did impeccably

There is also a few pay and display spaces at the hospital, but the station was the best choice!

Driving was the right decision... SWMBO was quite uncomfortable on the way home Just got to wait a couple of weeks for the results now

On a serious note, I hope she is OK.......