Parking in University Area - Safe?

cosmic · 13-10-2010 10:23AM #1

Hi,

I'm going to be staying in Belfast in a few weeks and I was wondering about parking. I'll be staying at Dukes at Queens in the University area and apparently there is only on street parking available. Is it safe enough to park around there? Also, I have a ROI (Dublin) reg car if that makes a difference. I'm thinking the train might be a safer bet if not.

Thanks for any replies.

I dont know · 13-10-2010 10:37AM

Your reg will make no difference.
It can be difficult enough to get parked around there with so many people living, working and studying in the area.
Dukes is on the edge of the student area and you’ll have a lot of students passing by at night time.

There are plenty of maggots around the holyland obsessed with kicking off wing mirrors, so there is a risk of damage to your car.
I lived there for 4 years and never had mine touched, yet my housemates seemed to be constantly replacing wing mirros/windows etc

cosmic · 13-10-2010 12:29PM

I dont know wrote: »

There are plenty of maggots around the holyland obsessed with kicking off wing mirrors, so there is a risk of damage to your car.
I lived there for 4 years and never had mine touched, yet my housemates seemed to be constantly replacing wing mirros/windows etc

Great, thanks for the reply. I think I'll get the train so!

cosmic · 19-10-2010 12:24PM

Since my last post I've actually been looking up secure car parking in the city. It works out cheaper than train fare. There's one on Dublin Road that looks good. Does anyone know anything about it?

Thanks for any help!

http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/secure/belfast/parking/

LizT · 19-10-2010 11:12PM

cosmic wrote: »

Since my last post I've actually been looking up secure car parking in the city. It works out cheaper than train fare. There's one on Dublin Road that looks good. Does anyone know anything about it?

Thanks for any help!

http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/secure/belfast/parking/

My mum parked there for a weekend when I first moved up to Belfast. It was safe (we had a car full of boxes, furniture etc) but just be sure to check the opening hours!

babs78 · 31-10-2010 02:55AM

It's hit and miss. As another poster stated, you car could be fine or you could end up with your wing mirrors kicked off or worse. Have only ever left my car overnight there occasionaly and it was fine each time.

It is hard enough to get parked round there though so I'd take the train to be on the safe side if I were you. Its a central enough hotel so unless you were planning on travelling further afield you won't really need to use the car anyway.

Parking in University Area - Safe?

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