Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:17 am  

I can recommend Brent Cross. The Bus Station is part of the Carpark and is a main terminus for all over London.

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Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:35 am  

I've done Stanmore before and is fine. You do have to be careful parking around the residential area. I've seen people get towed when in wrong place.

Green Man pub, right above Wembley is good. On the Hilton Hotel side. They charge a bit less than the official car park and there is a lot of room outside for beers and food. They usually get a bottle bar going so you don't have to queue inside. Have been doing barbi as well recently.
......only down side is it is a VERY big hill to treck back up to get to your car.

Just do the official car park now as my dad doesn't like the walk. Think it's about £27 to park but you are feet from the entrance and it's a good get away too.

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:49 am  

If people are using the Stanmore(Jubilee line) option i'd go down to the next station (Canons Park) use the Longcrofte road estate (it has parking restriction but only Mon-Fri) only an extra 5 minutes by car from Stanmore.

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:52 am  

wire2004 wrote:

my honnest opinion. unless youe staying over in a b&b. don't do it as a day trip. I was fooked and i was on the coach.

A day trip is nothing. I do it all the time driving up to the in-laws in Glasgow, and that's further than driving down to London. Once you get used to it, it doesn't affect you.

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:00 pm  

i do it for home games, it's a piece of pee

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:58 pm  

WireFanatic III wrote:

A day trip is nothing. I do it all the time driving up to the in-laws in Glasgow, and that's further than driving down to London. Once you get used to it, it doesn't affect you.

Hmmmm... you seem to have defeated your argument. "A day trip is nothing." - "Once you get used to it, it doesn't affect you"

Thats the point isn't it? I drive regularly as well. But my wife, who barely ever drives would find such a large amount of driving in a day difficult to say the least.

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:00 pm  

I did a "day trip" last year and will be doing the same this year, nothing to it, I was back in Wire for ten.

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:19 pm  

Wire_74 wrote:

I did a "day trip" last year and will be doing the same this year, nothing to it, I was back in Wire for ten.

before last orders, good lad

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:08 pm  

As someone who hasn't been behind a wheel since failing his test for the second time on 20th January 1999 I'd find driving all that way and back in a day something of a daunting prospect, not to mention a highly illegal one.

However, I'm more than happy to sit on a train for two and a bit hours each way in a day and at £54.60 return, first class both ways, I'm looking forward to a comfortable journey home and a couple of celebratory pints in a local hostelry upon my return north.

Re: driving to wembley : Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:28 pm  

The official stadium car park is: http://www.csparking.com/stadium/default.aspx alternatively this one is good aswell: http://www.parkerscarparks.co.uk/wemble ... l_P54.html

The official stadium car park is: http://www.csparking.com/stadium/default.aspx alternatively this one is good aswell: http://www.parkerscarparks.co.uk/wemble ... l_P54.html