Driving to Kings?

[akc74]

Just a quick one (a very dull thread, I apologise) - but can anyone confirm or deny whether my limited experience of driving to Kings is typical?

I have had at least a 45 min wait to get into the car park on the couple of occasions I've driven there.

But I don't fancy braving the bus with a Phil & Ted's - half the time there isn't space anyway.

I think the answer is to park up the hill a bit, and walk down. Always managed to avoid taking both small ones previously.

Thanks in advance.

[INMCD]

I always park in the car park just before Kings on the left hand side where the garden centre used to be. Quite reasonable & there's usually spaces. They do ask you to manoeuvre your car into a small space though! x

[sunbob]

You can park in Fernedene Road, just above Ruskin Park. There is a charge between about 12 and 2pm I think then free for the rest of the day.

[oimissus]

no, on Ferndene you can't park at all between 12 and 2 (residents parking only at those times). The car park is a nightmare I agree. You can park on any of the roads on the non-Kings side of Camberwell Grove (McNeil Road, Vestry, Shenley etc) and then it's a 10-15 minute walk.

[akc74]

Thanks all - plenty of ideas to play with.

Most notably, no one has said that they've never had a problem with the car park - glad it wasn't just me!

[sunbob]

Maybe there are different rules on various parts of Ferndene Rd. At the end near Denmark Hill you can buy a ticket to cover 12-2.

Definitely not just you with the car park. Years ago, when I had no idea of the parking problems down there, I thought driving would be my best bet and ended up missing an appt that I had waited 9 months for. I remember sitting in the car (stopped somewhere I wasn't meant to be) crying down the phone to tell them I couldn't make it.

[Readey]

If you can be in the car park by 830 there are spaces, depends on the time of your appointment!

[Pickle]

I used to drive there a lot for appointments when I was pregnant, and find the car park can be very hit and miss. I've queued for 45 mins, and other times, anticipating the wait, driven straight in and been ridiculously early. Early morning it's fine, but as another poster said, after 8:30 it fills up.

[buggie]

It's sometimes easier to get a space in the Maudsley car park (across the road from A&E).

For the size of the hospital, the car park is tiny - personally I'd get the bus rather than drive and

would often walk back (pretty much down hill all the way to ED!).

Think the hospital have been keen to put a multi-story car park on the site but can't get planning position (guessing due to the proximity of the house son Venetian Rd).

[Carbonara]

The car park is a nightmare, and very expensive, too, especially as you will more than likely sit in the waiting room for a while before your appointment so will end up paying for at least 2 hours.

Don't join that massive queue for the car park, waiting while one car is admitted each time someone leaves. If there is a queue, drive past and look for on-street meter parking or go to the garden centre, or the Fox On The Hill pub makes a reasonable charge for parking.

But if it is possible to arrive by train, bus or walking it is far easier.

[Mutrik]

I used to go to King's regularly whilst pregnant and used the car park that INMCD mentions below. Straightforward but was full on a couple of occasions ( out of plenty visits)

INMCD Wrote:

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> I always park in the car park just before Kings on

> the left hand side where the garden centre used to

> be. Quite reasonable & there's usually spaces.

> They do ask you to manoeuvre your car into a small

> space though! x

[Pugwash]

Best bet is to go by bus. I work at Kings but due to my job, I travel around a bit so have a Southwark parking permit as most of Southwark is now residents permits only - which include the bulk of Camberwell Grove, Grove Lane. You can park on a meter in Windsor Walk usually - not sure how cheap it is but the parking wardens patrol very regularly in the area so if you are a minute late they will book you

[Strawbs]

We parked at the nursery place today an it cost ?10 for 10-4.. I paid that for 4 hours yesterday In the streets surrounding kings yesterday(even though it turned out I only needed 30 mins but I gave the ticket to the guy who took my spot so I'm hoping I get some good karma for that, anyway rambling sorry!

[Helen GV]

I would also say go by bus, even with a phil and teds you'll get one eventually so make sure you give yourself an extra half hour or so