Tips on getting to the O2

db · Post by db » Fri Dec 18, 15 11:17 am

We're thinking of going for Muse in April but don't know enough about That London.
Train is too expensive, parking seems impossible. I'm wondering about driving to the outskirts then a tube or taxi in?
Either that or we'll do Glasgow but that has it's own set of problems...

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Dec 18, 15 11:23 am

The O2 has a big car park, I've only been once and I drove. Its more like a shopping centre than a music venue, plenty of places to eat and drink if you get there early.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Fri Dec 18, 15 12:10 pm

I've never driven there (except on that tunnel run Derek organised a few years ago from Chelsea Bridge

) - always got the tube from where we are on the 'outskirts' as the traffic would just be too much of a pain, except maybe on a weekend. When I did look into parking there, it was the cost that put me off...

http://www.theo2.co.uk/visit-us/parking

If you did want to get the tube, the O2 is at North Greenwich on the Jubilee Line. A short while ago I wouldn't have hesitated in recommended parking in the streets near Stanmore tube station, at the northern end of the Jubilee Line (approx. 1 mile from the M1, J4) but recently they've added more parking restrictions for non-residents, so I'd say your best bet would be to use the NCP at the station and pay the going rate:

http://www.ncp.co.uk/find-a-car-park/ca ... e-stn-lul/

And cos Stanmore is on the same line as North Greenwich, you don't need to change trains and are guaranteed to get a seat for the whole journey

(I've used the Northern Line before now and had to change at London Bridge during rush hour and had to wait for 2 or 3 trains to pass for a train with enough room

)

Good luck either way

db · Post by db » Fri Dec 18, 15 12:45 pm

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Fri Dec 18, 15 12:50 pm

20 - 30 quid to park your car for the evening?

Post by **MattH** » Fri Dec 18, 15 1:09 pm

Last time I went we drove to Barnet Underground and got the tube.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Dec 18, 15 3:07 pm

I got a chauffeur car there and back for the 'Stones - made life a LOT more simple, Undrground is rammed...

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Fri Dec 18, 15 7:39 pm

Simples, drive down, book a serviced apartment for the night, about 85 to 100 quid, gets a parking space under the building (around canary warf)

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Sat Dec 19, 15 12:18 am

...and don't forget to allow some spare change to pay the £5.50 they charge for a pint... or maybe even more by then

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Dec 19, 15 1:16 am

Lou and i went, to watch bon jovi, had a night in a posh hotel,taxi in to the 02 as we booked in the bird at reception kept asking me for the keys to the Bentley which i ignored as long as possible but it did not wash, all i could think about was the ferris bueller gig with them guys thrashing round in my car

the magic grind after took my mind of it for a minute,

RoelB · Post by **RoelB** » Sun Dec 20, 15 11:34 am

DB, I am also going to see Muse in April, will use the parking for the first time, as I need to get out and back to Norfolk for the next day