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Honestly, driving in London is slow and annoying, and it's hard to find parking, particularly in the center. You're much better off using public transport with

Honestly, driving in London is slow and annoying, and it's hard to find parking, particularly in the center. You're much better off using public transport within London, or just walking (I've seen people take tube rides one or two stops that are quicker to just walk in the center). I don't even own a car in London anymore, I just hire them when I need to get away somewhere that needs one.

MattPalmer1086 5y ago
Addendum: the CityMapper app is excellent for getting around London.
kmlx 5y ago
> and it's hard to find parking, particularly in the center not sure about this. i always find parking in the center of London.
barrkel 5y ago
Scooters are IMO the best way to get around London if your common destinations are not well connected to the Tube. Cycling isn't too bad but it can be a tad intimidating.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  Buses are also a good option. It used to be a nightmare to work out which bus(es) to catch, but with modern mapping apps it's easy.
petercooper 5y ago
You're absolutely right once you're there. I'm talking about actually getting there as someone who lives 100+ miles away. The UK needs better options for switching from the required car to some high speed option for the final 30 minutes of the journey. Even LA offers this with its Metro stops..
- 7952 5y ago
  There are options like Bristol/Didcot/Oxford parkway that do exactly that. Some of the lines are very slow though and need a lot of modernisation to give quick access. I wonder if some of this could be solved one day using small electric regional airlines that could land within the M25 and fly from small town airfields with parking.
  - petercooper 5y ago
    I believe such a thing happened a fair bit with Newquay until COVID caused services to cease. I live quite near a small airport that flies to Amsterdam. I can actually be in central Amsterdam quicker than London door to door and it's an appealing approach, but the CO2 situation is not so nice.
- multjoy 5y ago
  There are plenty of train stations 30 minutes out from London. You can go as far north as Letchworth Garden City, west as Reading, south west as Woking and so on.
  - robotresearcher 5y ago
    There's a shortage of convenient parking at these outlier stations, because most were built in the center of towns long ago without parking in mind. Woking station was built in 1838.
    - multjoy 5y ago
      There's plenty of parking at Woking, the long stay is only a five minute walk.
- zip1234 5y ago
  There are absolutely great rail links to London. From nearly every direction. Drive your car to one of those places, buy a travelcard and you're all set.

MattPalmer1086 5y ago

Addendum: the CityMapper app is excellent for getting around London.

kmlx 5y ago

> and it's hard to find parking, particularly in the center not sure about this. i always find parking in the center of London.

barrkel 5y ago

Scooters are IMO the best way to get around London if your common destinations are not well connected to the Tube. Cycling isn't too bad but it can be a tad intimidating.

nicoburns 5y ago
Buses are also a good option. It used to be a nightmare to work out which bus(es) to catch, but with modern mapping apps it's easy.

petercooper 5y ago

You're absolutely right once you're there. I'm talking about actually getting there as someone who lives 100+ miles away. The UK needs better options for switching from the required car to some high speed option for the final 30 minutes of the journey. Even LA offers this with its Metro stops..

7952 5y ago
There are options like Bristol/Didcot/Oxford parkway that do exactly that. Some of the lines are very slow though and need a lot of modernisation to give quick access. I wonder if some of this could be solved one day using small electric regional airlines that could land within the M25 and fly from small town airfields with parking.
- petercooper 5y ago
  I believe such a thing happened a fair bit with Newquay until COVID caused services to cease. I live quite near a small airport that flies to Amsterdam. I can actually be in central Amsterdam quicker than London door to door and it's an appealing approach, but the CO2 situation is not so nice.
multjoy 5y ago
There are plenty of train stations 30 minutes out from London. You can go as far north as Letchworth Garden City, west as Reading, south west as Woking and so on.
- robotresearcher 5y ago
  There's a shortage of convenient parking at these outlier stations, because most were built in the center of towns long ago without parking in mind. Woking station was built in 1838.
  - multjoy 5y ago
    There's plenty of parking at Woking, the long stay is only a five minute walk.
zip1234 5y ago
There are absolutely great rail links to London. From nearly every direction. Drive your car to one of those places, buy a travelcard and you're all set.