On 16 Jan, 09:28, Peter Campbell Smith
wrote:

(Will) wrote ronet:

Friends want to go to an Embassy in Queensgate from East Sussex but
want to take the car to a railway station just outside London and then
catch overland train into London then tube to Gloucester Road. Can
anyone suggest somewhere suitable to leave the car, either (cheap!)
car park or quiet road not far from a station? *They're thinking
perhaps Croydon or near? *TIA *

When approaching via the M23/A23 I've sometimes parked in the residential
roads to the west of Brighton Road in Purley - eg Grovelands Road and
Downlands Road. *They are only 5-10 mins walk to Purley station.


Sounds like the kind of local knowledge the OP was after - going by
his reply that's one of the options he's communicated his friends.

One thing that crosses my mind about this is whether there would be
any trouble parking there in the morning, for example before the
residents leave for work and vacate their parking spaces? Looking at
the roads from a bird's eye image (via Live Search Maps [1]) it looks
as though the houses are quite spaced out and there's a lot of road
space - though just because there aren't many parked cars in these
images doesn't prove much as they may have been taken on a sunny
Sunday morning!


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[1] http://maps.live.com/
Search for Grovelands Road, Purley, UK or some such.

Thanks again for all the advice, which I've now discussed with my friends.
There's one bit of info that I was not aware of which makes Peter's
suggestion regarding parking near Purley and Mizter's regarding Anytime Day
Travelcards the most relevant (and which explains further my friends' wish to
drive part-way). Apparently, they want to shop at Wing Yip supermarket after
their visa trip to the Embassy! So all settled now, thanks all. Will.

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:13:16 +0000, Will
wrote:

Apparently, they want to shop at Wing Yip supermarket after
their visa trip to the Embassy! So all settled now, thanks all.
Will.

The one in Purley Way or the one in Cricklewood?


Purley Way, but I'll let them know there's one in Cricklewood too!