Hounslow West car park - open at weekends?

[stu]

Has anyone used Hounslow West car park of late? You used to be able to use it on the weekend, provided you parked on the non-market side. Now Saba operate it, their website suggests it's closed on the weekend

Hounslow West Station Car Park | TfL | Saba Parking - United Kingdom - sabaparking.com

Welcome to the Hounslow West Station Car Park. Payment via machine or PaybyPhone.

www.sabaparking.co.uk

But equally says market days Saturday/Sunday - spaces may not be available. Google Maps reviewers have lately said it's free to park on the weekend...

Any insights welcomed! Cheers.

 

[Snow1964]

TfL have a new property division and they are building apartments to rent out. They have taken the space of a few station car parks.

Not sure if Hounslow West is one of those with reduced parking due to apartments being built.

 

[PeterC]

Also don't rely on any comments about prices more than 12 days or so old as prices have increased.

 

[Joe Paxton]

Has anyone used Hounslow West car park of late? You used to be able to use it on the weekend, provided you parked on the non-market side. Now Saba operate it, their website suggests it's closed on the weekend

Hounslow West Station Car Park | TfL | Saba Parking - United Kingdom - sabaparking.com

Welcome to the Hounslow West Station Car Park. Payment via machine or PaybyPhone.

www.sabaparking.co.uk

But equally says market days Saturday/Sunday - spaces may not be available. Google Maps reviewers have lately said it's free to park on the weekend...

Any insights welcomed! Cheers.

I've also been confused by seeing that note on the Saba website a little while back. I did some further online research and what I ended up concluding was that the non-market side of Hounslow West car park does still seem to be open at weekends and parking remains free, but that it can get pretty busy with market attendees parking there.

(I had been thinking of parking there for multiple days including across a weekend, and my plan had been to park neatly in a far corner of the non-market side in the hope that the car would be out of anyone's way... in the end events intervened and I had to scrap that plan so never got to test it out.)

 

[stu]

I've also been confused by seeing that note on the Saba website a little while back. I did some further online research and what I ended up concluding was that the non-market side of Hounslow West car park does still seem to be open at weekends and parking remains free, but that it can get pretty busy with market attendees parking there.

(I had been thinking of parking there for multiple days including across a weekend, and my plan had been to park neatly in a far corner of the non-market side in the hope that the car would be out of anyone's way... in the end events intervened and I had to scrap that plan so never got to test it out.)

Thanks all - I think what I'll do is head there early for a Thurs-Sat flight this week, and if I can't park there then I have time to try Hatton Cross or Hayes & Harlington.

Will report back.

 

[Joe Paxton]

Thanks all - I think what I'll do is head there early for a Thurs-Sat flight this week, and if I can't park there then I have time to try Hatton Cross or Hayes & Harlington.

Will report back.

There's also Osterley station (132 spaces) a couple of miles to the east of Hounslow West - I'd try there before traipsing over to Hayes & Harlington.

I think Hatton Cross (105 spaces) may be something of an 'under the radar', disregarded spot for parking near LHR.

Like all other TfL station car parks there's a maximum stay of 7 days. Hatton Cross car park can only be accessed from the eastbound direction of the A30 Great South West Road - if potentially heading there it's worth a quick look beforehand using Google Streetview as the turn off for the car park entrance is quite sudden and sharp. (There's no access from the Southern Perimeter Road within the airport estate, although there obviously was in times past.)