PARKING in wales

BILLY b

hi my girlfriend's coming over to c me for 3 weeks, but she's leaving her car in hollhead, any idea's for car parking there and is it safe!!!thanks :cool:

spockety

Can nobody use Google any more? :P

www.google.com -> "Holyhead long term car park"

http://www7.stenaline.co.uk/servlet/se.ementor.econgero.servlet.presentation.Main?data.node.id=1885&data.language.id=2

"CAR PARKING
Short Term (20 minutes) parking is available FREE at Terminal 1.
There are two car parks available for Long Term parking which costs £5 per day or £20 for 7 days. 60 Spaces are available at the port entrance and a further 500 spaces are a short ride from the port at the main car park. A FREE Park & Ride bus service to and from Terminal 1 operates around the ships arrival and departure times.
Cars are parked at owner's risk. The car parks are patrolled and have CCTV coverage."

BILLY b

sorry for not explainging myslf,what i meant was any "cheap" ideas she's over for 3 weeks!!!!!!! thanks for the that it will b last resort..........

jozi

BILLY b wrote:

sorry for not explainging myslf,what i meant was any "cheap" ideas she's over for 3 weeks!!!!!!! thanks for the that it will b last resort..........

£60,- isnt bad is it! Thats less than 3 euro a day.
For something as valuable as a car i think its a small price to pay for patroled and cctv'd parking.
Is it not a possibility for her to get a lift or coach to the ferry?

seamus

Any reason why she won't bring her car if she's getting the ferry?

kermit_ie

Get a train to holyhead. The station is just beside the ferry port.

You could park it up a side street, which will cost you nothing, but the chances of the car being there when you come back would be slim.

the jew

Bring the car to ireland??? Park the car wherever you want, cos she'll have an english reg.

Alun

Bringing the car with her is probably going to work out more expensive than the £60 quoted for secure parking.

There's a train station within staggering distance of the ferry port, and a very regular train service along that line. You can also get combined train/ferry tickets in the UK that will work out even cheaper.

lomb

kermit_ie wrote:

Get a train to holyhead. The station is just beside the ferry port.

You could park it up a side street, which will cost you nothing, but the chances of the car being there when you come back would be slim.

LOL my cars been there for a year, and its a 2003 car! perfectly safe but dont park it behind the takeaways, if u can in front of them , they are just on the right hand side of the port. alternatively at the back of the railway station on main street (this is the street that leads onto mainstreet) thats ok also. anywhere else is dodgy dont put it in laneways.also thats bad form really.
b careful some spaces are 2 hours only but part of that main street behind the railway station is free permenantly. cops drive up and down constantly, at the end of the day its a rural welsh town, and everyone knows everyone and so nothing happens if u know what i mean

BILLY b

hey thanks lomb, il try and explain that to her,sounds good,she might stay another week, so if your car's been there 12 months she'l have nothing to worry about,car's only 4 years old, THANKS,
but train station sounds good not sure what train times are like will check !!

Alun

BILLY b wrote:

but train station sounds good not sure what train times are like will check !!

Depends where she's coming from. The trains along the north coast of Wales are, as far as I can recall, very regular, every half hour or so. I'm making a wild guess that she'd have to get to Crewe to change to get ob that line but I'm not sure. And as I said, she can buy a combined train and ferry ticket at the train station of departure which will save her a bit too.

lomb

BILLY b wrote:

hey thanks lomb, il try and explain that to her,sounds good,she might stay another week, so if your car's been there 12 months she'l have nothing to worry about,car's only 4 years old, THANKS,
but train station sounds good not sure what train times are like will check !!

u cant park in the train station car park as its metered, on the street behind is ok, my recommendation is outside the indian takeaway/ the george pub etc on london road check for broken glass on the ground and dont park anywhere u see broken glass and ul b ok.

Our man in Havana

Would the cops not become suspicious about a car just parked there for weeks on end?

lomb

Bond-007 wrote:

Would the cops not become suspicious about a car just parked there for weeks on end?

why? i pay my taxes, ive paid enough tax there on income and roads/cars. i expect some service unlike other people. thats why i pay my tax.anyway i go back and forth, i move it a space or two every few weeks. was there yesterday, all fine with it, still its a nice car to be sitting there rusting away in the salty air...

parsi

Parking in Wales and no-one has mentioned Jonah - the original "lock-harrdd" guy ..