A survey of commuters carried out by the 247 Parking website found that people driving into central London not only have to pay the Congestion Charge but are increasingly forced to park illegally because of the sheer lack of street parking in central London. Parking tickets and wheel clamps for many have become an occupational hazard.

One London estate agent found herself in the unfortunate situation of getting six parking tickets in one day.

“I have to use the car for my work, showing clients around properties. Public transport just isn’t an option. The really annoying thing is that while I knew that I was parking in a risky place when I got the first ticket, every other time I was pretty sure I was parking legally. The final ticket I got after I had left the car for literally under five minutes,” says independent Estate Agent Monica Jenkins, 36, from Morden.

Some are even writing off the costs of parking tickets into their operating costs.

“Last year I paid around £700 in fines. I travel into Hammersmith regularly and parking is almost impossible. I’m afraid that I just accept parking fines as part of the cost of doing business in London,” says New Media Consultant Justin Webb, 36, of Maningtree.

With long-running engineering works set to affect the Northern Line, coupled with ongoing problems with commuter rail services, many people feel that they have no option but to drive into London. Strikes planned for February 5 and 14 will see a significant increase in road traffic into Central London.

A more affordable alternative to just living with parking tickets, however, is provided by 247 Parking. For over eight years 247 Parking has offered commuters and visitors affordable secure parking in or close to their destination. 

“Some business travellers think that parking is too expensive and too difficult to arrange and are therefore prepared to risk getting parking tickets,” says 247 Parking MD Julia Callan. “We offer a really easy to use and cheap service that can save drivers a lot of grief as well as a lot of money.”

The survey of 1215 respondents breaks down as follows:

1. Have you parked illegally in London in the past 6 months?

Yes      76 per cent

No      24 per cent

2. How many tickets have you had in the past six months?

None     11 per cent

One     29 per cent

Under five    54 per cent

Five to 10    4 per cent

More than 10    2 per cent

3. Have you successfully contested a parking ticket in the past year?

Yes     13 per cent

No     87 per cent

4. How often do you take your car into central London?

Never     11 per cent

Once a year    13 per cent

Once a year to once a month 26 per cent

Once a month to once a week 28 per cent

Every day    22 per cent

5. How much did you pay in parking fines last year?

£0     12 per cent

Less than £50   9 per cent

£50 - £100    11 per cent

£100 - £400    23 per cent

£400 - £500    23 per cent

£500 - £700    21 per cent

Over £700    1 per cent

About 24 7 Parking:
Established in 2002, 24 7 Parking are experts in finding car parking in London and across the UK. Whether clients are looking for a months’ parking or a years’ parking, 24 7 Parking will find the most convenient and cost effective options.
Contact details:

24 7 Parking Limited,
309 Linen Hall,
162-168 Regent Street,
London
W1B 5TD
Tel: 020 7183 7247
Email: info@247parking.com

As animal lovers, we at 247 Parking cannot condone leaving animals cooped up in parked cars to deter opportunists from snatching your sat nav or your stereo. As car owners we can’t recommend it because…well let’s just say that cleaning the interior could be a tad unpleasant.
Some common sense is needed. Remove everything from your car, even coats, and stick it all in the boot. Install a car alarm. Register with Immobilise (www.immobilise.com) the free register of possession ownership details and display a sticker on your windscreen. Get a steering wheel lock. But above all else, park somewhere safe.

We at 247 Parking have been providing safe, secure and affordable parking in Central London and nationwide for nearly eight years. We can find you space in car parks or in safe residential and commercial zones where your vehicle will be safe.

“It’s mad to risk your car or its contents by parking at random in an area you don’t know. We feel that by taking responsibility for our own cars and their contents, we benefit other drivers.

Because if there are no easy pickings for car thieves then they’ll soon give up,” says 247 Parking MD Julia Callan. “As anyone who has had their car broken into will tell you, the hassle of dealing with police,  insurance and repairs far outweighs the inconvenience of spending a few moments to hide your property and secure your vehicle. And the cost of a secure block-booked parking space far outweighs increased insurance premiums.”

About 24 7 Parking:
Established in 2002, 24 7 Parking are experts in finding car parking in London and across the UK. Whether clients are looking for a months’ parking or a years’ parking, 24 7 Parking will find the most convenient and cost effective options.

Contact details:
24 7 Parking Limited,
309 Linen Hall,
162-168 Regent Street,
London
W1B 5TD
Tel: 020 7183 7247
Email: info@247parking.com

The City Of York Council is currently going through a period of consultation, looking at various schemes to avoid gridlock, predicted to make the city’s roads unusable over the next ten years.

According to Councillor Dave Merrett, chairman of of York Council’s cross-party traffic congestion scrutiny committee: “A radical future solution will be required if we are to avoid the further serious spread of congestion  outside the current problem areas, increasing delays and disruption to motorists and bus users, continuing air quality problems and negative effects on both the York economy and the quality of life in the city.”

But some local residents and commuters to the city are cynical about the Council’s consultation.

“They call it a consultation, but it’s a plan for yet another stealth tax on motorists. And whatever they say, whatever the opposition, you just know that they will go ahead with it. Public transport in York just isn’t up to the job of handling commuters, tourists and shoppers. If they force drivers off the roads with prohibitive charges, the damage to local businesses will be catastrophic,” one disgruntled driver told 24 7 Parking.

24 7 Parking has wide experience in sourcing parking spaces in London and has now rolled out its service across the UK, including in the City of York.

“Whatever decision York’s councillors come to, we are here for motorists,” says 247 Parking MD Julia Callan. “Although it makes sense to use public transport if you can, for many businessmen and tradesmen, there is no alternative to the car. If taxes are levied on existing parking places, we can find affordable alternative parking at a discount for York’s motorists. We can also find parking for motorists around the boundaries of the congestion charge or toll road zone. We have helped many London motorists beat high congestion charge and parking fees. York’s drivers should contact us as soon as possible.”

About 24 7 Parking:
Established in 2002, 24 7 Parking are experts in finding car parking in London and across the UK. Whether clients are looking for a months’ parking or a years’ parking, 24 7 Parking will find the most convenient and cost effective options.

Contact details:
24 7 Parking Limited,
309 Linen Hall,
162-168 Regent Street,
London
W1B 5TD
Tel: 020 7183 7247
Email: info@247parking.com

It is one of the most sought after areas for parking in London and being within the congestion zone will not be cheap. It is very possible for the hourly charge for car parking in Waterloo to be more than the minimum wage.

There are however a number of ways to find cheap car parking in Waterloo.

The first will obviously be to spend time driving around the area looking for that elusive cheap parking space each day.

This approach, however, will simply not be an option for most. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. One could end up with parking in Waterloo that is anything but convenient and on having found the space one day, find it is not available the next.

The second option, which is rapidly growing in popularity, is that of pre-booking your long term car parking space in Waterloo.

At 24 7 Parking, we have been sourcing long term parking in London for both individuals and companies alike since 2002.

As a company, we do not restrict our searches to the traditional car parking areas. We have benefited our customers by providing secure off street parking at significantly reduced prices in comparison to the traditional car parks.

That doesn’t mean that our off street parking offered is out of the way. We have found numerous unique locations and are now recognised as one of the leading providers of car parking in London.

Everyone who works or regularly visits London will be more than aware of the pressure on car parking in London and there is little hope on the horizon for the problem to be alleviated.

Put simply, the demand for buildings and office space offers far better financial benefit for most developers than car parking space.

As most will have realised, car parking in London is one of the areas where costs just seem to keep rising.

As the government strives to reduce public spending by restricting funding awards to borough councils, year in, year out, there will be increased pressure on these very same borough councils to generate further income.  It is pretty much inevitable, unfortunately, that the charges for car parking in London will increase as councils strive to generate income.

At 24 7 Parking we have been providing safe, secure long term parking in London since 2002 and now have thousands of customers, both individuals and companies, who regularly take advantage of our skills in sourcing long term parking in central London.

Many of the car parking in central London on offer is either  CCTV controlled or manned by security guards, so any threat to personal safety and the vehicle whilst parked is kept to a minimum.

The number of people looking to secure cheap, long term parking in London will increase proportionately and that is where we can help.

It is by no means cheap and for those preferring to use their vehicles to commute to work it is additional cost that needs to be factored in when looking at their commuter costs.

With congestion charges applying Monday to Friday between seven in the morning and six o’clock in the evening, there is little opportunity for commuters into central London to escape payment.

For the commuter, the way to help offset this additional commuting cost is to look for long term parking in London and Chelsea.

At 24 7 Parking we have been offering our customers opportunity to benefit from significantly lower car parking in London costs when compared to the mainstream car parking providers in the area.

Few of the companies that offer car parking in Chelsea are able to provide such off street parking, which is secure and available for long term parking in Chelsea.

We however, have been operating and sourcing cheap car parking in Chelsea and most other commuter areas of London since 2002 and during that time we have managed to source numerous unique locations offering our customers the chance to enjoy greater convenience than many of the traditional car parking providers in London.

With the ever-increasing pressure on commuter costs, whenever you need to arrange long term parking in London, the specialist team of experts on hand to sort it all out for you could prove invaluable.

The saving you enjoy on the charges for car parking in Chelsea could well off set the congestion zone charge.

Such difficulties could cause a number of people to stop using public transport, such as the trains and underground, and return to using their cars to commute to work.

It is possible for those that commute to Swiss Cottage that this could put increased pressure on parking in Swiss Cottage.

It is ok to commute using your car and chance finding safe, secure car parking in Swiss Cottage near to your destination each day but in doing so you are unnecessarily putting a risk in place.

At 24 7 Parking, we have been providing our customers with safe secure long term parking in London and Swiss Cottage for many years.

By pre-booking your car parking in London and Swiss Cottage, you have the opportunity to avoid having to spend a lot of time queuing in car parks or driving around looking for a parking space.

Your space will be guaranteed, and when making an arrangement for long term parking in London and Swiss Cottage you will be able to choose a location in or near to your destination and reduce the distance you have to walk. This is a real benefit if those joints are starting to play up or you have difficulty when walking.

Be in no doubt however that it is far more expensive to live in London.

The global influences on London and the nature of a lot of the work conducted there, particularly in the financial sector, means that London operates over a 24 hour day in many areas - rather than the more conventional nine-to-five business hours, like most cities in the rest of the country.

In London, everything is available somewhere at any time in the day. Demand is also at a premium for many things taken for granted in other parts of the UK.

Car parking in London, for example, is a major pressure point for commuters. Safe, secure long term parking in London is at even more of a premium, so much so that the preferred choice for many is to source their parking in London through 24 7 Parking.

You cannot assume that, unless you have pre-booked your car parking, you will be guaranteed cheap parking in central London in your preferred location.

You must allow extra time on your journey each and every day because even if you are lucky enough to find a space on one day, there is no guarantee that you will be able to do the same the following day or any other subsequent day in your working week.

Safe, secure car parking in central London really is at that much of a premium and can make the difference between arriving at work stressed and flustered and late, or calmly, on time and ready to start the day.

Pre-booking your car parking in Marble Arch is pretty much an absolute necessity nowadays.

Those in the know can take comfort in the knowledge that they do not have to queue and wait around for suitable spaces to become available on a daily basis and save so much time and effort by having pre-booked their car parking in Marble Arch.

Their saving doesn’t stop there either because at 24 7 Parking, we source safe, secure long term parking in London and Marble Arch for our customers at exceptionally competitive prices.

For the commuter, we are invariably able to offer significantly discounted rates when compared to many car parking space providers in London and several include security in the form of CCTV and/or security guards, so your car is well protected.

It is equally worth keeping your eye out for special offers which are periodically announced whereupon we are able to provide long term parking in London offering even better value.

Pre-booking your long term car parking in Marble Arch can help make that journey into work so much more relaxing and of course, with the significant savings on offer, be a lot cheaper too!

With recovery on its way, according to all the experts, it could well be a good time to get your long term parking in Marble Arch booked before the number of commuters looking for that car parking space increases further.

There are thousands of people working in the financial sector in London, along with even more people working in equally specialised sectors, all of which commute to work.

The travel and retail industries have developed dramatically over the years to provide the necessary support as London has grown.

Unfortunately, the desire for more business premises was not supported by increases in parking facilities throughout most of London.

At 24 7 Parking, our business is to source suitable long term parking in London.

We have spent many years building up our knowledge to ensure that our customers are able to drive their car into London, safe in the knowledge that they have somewhere to park.

Long term parking in London, for example, is a bit of a rare commodity and can almost be considered a real luxury and is often expensive. But it doesn’t have to be as expensive as you think.

We have access to locations for car parking in London where our customers are able to park their cars without having to endure the hustle and bustle of waiting their turn for a central London parking space in their preferred location to become available each day.

Having access to a pre-booked central London parking space can take so much of the hassle out of your day when commuting to London and is actually quite a time saver.