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I took a freind to Heathrow the other day, it was an early start and I had been working until quite late the night before so after I dropped him off I decided to take a break before heading back home.

I drove out of the Airport area and saw a McDonalds on the road that runs parallel to the north side of the Airport.

I sat in the car for about 10 minutes or so and then went in and purchased a meal and a drink.
The place was packed so I went back to my car and ate my food. I also did the cross word and then headed home.

I should add that whilst the inside of Mcdonalds had loads of people in it, the car park was only about 2 thirds full.

Anyway a few days later I have received a parking ticket for being there more than an hour. I don’t really recall how long I was there but it could have been a bit more than an hour. It is for £50 or £250 if I don’t pay it within 14 days.
I went to another McDonalds (local) yesterday and read the parking sign. It clearly says (In Red Letters) free parking for up to 1 hour. Then in Grey underneath it says Mcdonalds customers blah blah. So I am thinking that maybe whatever system recorded me in the London McDonalds, failed to notice that I had a meal.

What do you think on this one, is the 1 Hour limit for everyone, or should I have been ok because I purchased a meal at the time?
Tex K

Thanks for that, I get the point, and I certainly understand that Mcd would not want people using the car park as a cheap place to leave the car whilst they fly wherever, however whilst I did not read the signs at this Mcdonalds, I did read one in my local and it has the rules in both red and grey banners. The red states free parking for 1 hour, the grey starts by saying Mcdonalds customers, I think it reasonable to interpret this as being 2 sets of rules, I would have fallen into the latter and having read the rest of the sign nothing is mentioned as a time limit for a customer.
I accept your points, but whilst the nature of the busines is fast turnover, and an hour probably is enough for most to consume a meal I did not pick up my order for nearly 25 minutes after I went into the store and had been parked for 10 before I went in, so in this case I took longer than an hour. I will advise that I am contesting and see what happens, but thanks for a good answer.

Macdonalds has a huge problem with non patrons using their car parks so they have introduced this one hour time limit for customers to purchase a meal eat it and then leave,Which is not unreasonable .You I imagine have been caught by number recognition exit/ entry cameras and have exceeded the 1 hour limit .You only need to exceed this time by 1 second,though most have a five or ten minute leeway,for a ticket to be issued.Because profit margins are quite tight in fast food outlets they rely on quick turnover of customers and keeping the car park half empty entices people in .The second problem you may have is the parking control company are separate to MacDonalds so will probably only be paid a nominal fee and make their money from over stayers like yourself .You need to read the penalty notice but if you lodge an appeal I believe the 14 day period will be extended until the issue is resolved.The ticket is also a civil matter so you are not breaking the law by not paying but the company could take you to a civil court and you would then be forced to pay the fine plus their costs which would be far higher than the original fine.If these restrictions were not in place the macdonalds car park would be full of holidaymakers leaving their car for free for two weeks all for the price of a big mac .They may be unlikely to take the case to court or if they do will not turn up and you will win but you will have to attend so lose a days pay and time and you will be unlikely to be awarded costs .Parking is a contentious issue but without rules and restrictions it would be chaos, Next time you will know

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Depart:
Doncaster dep. 20:32
Change at:
Stevenage arr. 21:52
dep. 22:03
Finsbury Park arr. 22:21
London Underground
Tottenham Hale dep. 22:52
Arrive:
Stansted Airport, 23:25
Changes: 3 Duration: 2h 53m

That’s my routing, I udnerstand most of it, except this part…

Finsbury Park arr. 22:21
London Underground
Tottenham Hale dep. 22:52

Do I change trains inside finsbury park station and go to Tottenham by train, or do I have to walk from Finsbury to Tottenham Hale.

Thanks

Hi. All it means is when you get to Finsbury Park you change onto the Victoria Line (follow the signs, theres loads!) Take the victoria line to Tottenham Hale. Then walk from Tottenham Hale Underground Station to Tottenham Hale Main Line Staion (which is basically a subway, and well signposted) Hope that helps!

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I am flying in to Heathrow in london on oct 3 and need to use public transportation to get to this address: Cholmeley Park, London, N6
The closest tube station is archway, so I was wondering what the best way to do this would be….

Thanks

Take the Piccadilly Line to Kings Cross station, change onto the Northern Line and get off at Archway.

All Heathrow terminals are served by the Piccadilly line, each station is well sign posted from the arrivals hall.

Here’s a tube map to. Heathrow is bottom left and Archway is top right.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf

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My fiance and I are going to the states for 2 weeks in April/May and wondered what the cheapest way of parking our car in or around London is? We don’t mind catching a tube or 2, but the £160 it looks like costing us at Heathrow seems a bit excessive. Anyone have any better suggestions?

A lot of airport hotels will do a deal. We stayed in the Raddison Edwardian on Christmas night for an early flight on Boxing Day. We were away for 3 weeks, they charged £130 for the room, parking, the lot.
A word of advice, other than the reception area the Radisson is awful, no way the 5 star it thinks it is, try the Marriott next door.

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