- Features of parking in the UK
- Parking in UK cities
- Car rental in the UK
Driving your own or a rented car through the cities and villages of England, independently exploring the castles of Wales, admiring the Scottish lakes and mountains is the dream of any traveler. But car tourists should take into account that improper parking in the UK is punishable by a fine of 69-160 euros. Important: travel on the M6 highway will cost 2, 10-12, 80 euros (the price depends on the class of the car, time and day of the week), through the Dartford tunnel - 2, 90 euros, over the Humber bridge - at 1, 70-4, 70 euros.
Features of parking in the UK
Many English parking lots operate on the principle that car owners receive a ticket at the entrance and pay for it at the exit from the parking lot.
If you see one red line on the road, it means that parking is limited in time, and if there is a double red line, it means that parking there is prohibited.
A double yellow line will alert the driver that parking is prohibited, and a single yellow line will indicate that passengers can be put on and off at this location without leaving the car. Well, the sign “Residents parking” informs that the parking is intended exclusively for permanent residents with the appropriate permit.
It is worth noting that there is a fee of 13 euros for entering central London on weekdays from 7 am to 6 pm.
Parking in UK cities
London will delight motorists with the presence of Hauward Car Park (accommodates 150 cars; there is a round-the-clock free parking), 306-seat Chinatown (8 euros / 60 minutes and 46 euros / day), 25-seat St. Vincent House Car Park (prices: 5, 78 euros / 60 minutes and 37 euros / 24 hours; on Monday-Wednesday, parking is open from 7 am to 11:30 pm, and from Thursday to Sunday - around the clock), 205-seat Trafalgar (8 euro / hour and 34, 12 euro / 4 hours), 247-seat Leicester Square (1 hour - 8, 10 euro, and 24 hours - 46, 20 euro), Southbank Center Car Park (accommodates 327 cars; prices: 7, 50 euros / 60 minutes, 28, 90 euros / 12 hours and 40 euros / day), 45-seat Brewer Street Car Park (15 euros / 60 minutes and 57 euros / day) and other parking lots.
In Gloucester, it will be possible to park at the 125-seat Gloucester Leisure Center (it will be possible to leave the car for a maximum of 2.5 hours; tariff: 3.47 euros from 09:00 to 03:00; pay for parking on Mondays-Saturdays from 03:00 to 09: 00 and no need on Sundays), 71-seat Longsmith Street (€ 1.50 / 60 minutes), Hampden Way 101-seat (weekday prices: € 1.5 / 60 minutes; Sunday prices: 1, 16 euros / hour), 258-seat Kings Walk (1, 50 euros / 60 minutes and 6, 94 euros / day), 23-seat Gloucester Spread Eagle (1.27 euros / half hour and 5, 90 euros / day) and other car parks.
In Cardiff, parking spaces are available at Cardiff Westgate Street (3.70 euros / 60 minutes and 21 euros / 24 hours), Cardiff Stadium (1.16 euros / hour; “early birds” arriving at the parking lot between 6 and 9 am, pay 6, 94 euros / day), St David's DewiSant (20, 80 euros / 24 hours), Greyfriars (2, 30 euros / half an hour and 23 euros / day), and in Belfast - on a 33-seat 192 Donegall Rd Parking (€ 1.27 / 60 minutes and € 12.70 / day), 45-seat 22 Jubilee Rd Parking (€ 1.97 / 2 hours and € 13/24 hours), 60-seat 31 Lisburn Rd Parking (€ 12 /24 hours). In Cardiff, you can stay at Hilton Cardiff (pleases guests with a spa with a hot tub, sauna and steam bath, gym, 20-meter heated pool, Razzi Welsh restaurant, parking, cost 28 euros / day), Jurys Inn Cardiff (the Victorian building has a bar, restaurant, lounge; if necessary, you can use the parking service, where 1 day of car stay costs 17 euros) or Tanes Hotel (the hotel is 2, 4 km away from Cardiff Castle and offers guests to use the services of private parking free), and in Belfast - in Maranatha House (famous for Irish breakfasts from the chef, rooms with all amenities, free parking) or Hilton Belfast (equipped with a fitness room, restaurant, marble bathrooms, parking, which costs 20 euros /day).
Liverpool has parking on Burgess Street (capacity - 63 cars; 1, 16 euros / 60 minutes and 4, 05 euros / day; from 19:30 to 07:30 parking services are free of charge), Kempston Street (available - 46 cars - places; rate: 1, 16 euros / hour), Lambert Street (prices for 69-seat parking: 1, 16 euros / hour), Hunter Street (there are 63 parking spaces; rate: 1, 50 euros / 60 minutes), Craven Street (2-hour parking in a 28-seat car park costs € 2.30, and all day long € 4), Fontenoy Street (each of 30 parking spaces costs € 1.50 / 60 minutes, € 6/4 hours, 7 euros / day from 07:30 to 19:30), Flaser Street (for the entire stay of the car in this parking lot, with a capacity of 82 cars, car owners will pay 7 euros).
Well, in Newport, there is a 96-seat Little London for car tourists (1, 16 euros / hour and 7, 60 euros / 10 hours), 10-seat Coppins Bridge (0, 70 euros / half an hour and 7, 60 euros / 24 hours), 163-seat Lugley Street (2, 54 euros / 180 minutes and 4, 63 euros / 12 hours), 31-seat Church Litten (0, 69 euros / half an hour and 5, 32 euros / 5 hours) and other parking lots.
Car rental in the UK
To conclude a car rental agreement, you cannot do without an international driver's license and 1-2 credit cards.
Important information:
- for renting a compact class car, they will be asked to pay at least 56 euros / day;
- those driving in the UK should remember that there is left-hand traffic;
- maximum speed in the city - 48 km / h, and beyond its borders - 96 km / h;
- you need to turn on the dipped beam on illuminated autobahns, on all roads that are not illuminated, and also located outside of settlements.
