Where to Park Coaches in London
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THE difficulty of finding suitable and adequate parking accommodation for motor coaches in busy inland centres and favourite coastal resorts is a problem which is causing not a little concern to licensing and police authorities. In many cities and towns a ban is now placed on the parking of motors in the principal thoroughfares and, if insistence be not laid upon the desirability of proceeding to a definite place for setting down passengers, a time limit is usually made for the discharge of the passengers, after which the vehicle must be driven to a garage or an authorized parking site. This is undoubtedly a wise procedure, for it eases the problem of traffic congestion which, in the ease of many popular resorts having narrow main highways, is extremely acute.
The authorities in many centres have foreseen that the increasing popularity of the motor coach has placed an onus on them to provide proper parking sites and, for the most part, they have met their obligations in this respect in a Pntisfactory manner, sometimes making a nominal charge for the facilities and in others providing free accommodation for vehicles making a short stay in the area concerned.
In London the problem is unusually complex, for the reason that there are so few central sites that can be used by large vehicles without manoeuvring troubles arising, whilst the fact that the needs of private-car owners have also to be considered aggravates the situation. In addition, the limit of two hours' stay, imposed in the case of cars, demands frequent movements.
It may not be generally known that, so far as the metropolitan area is concerned, it is not incumbent on the licensing authority to provide Standing accommodation for vehicles which are not licensed by e26 the Scotland Yard authorities, but, on the other hand, it will interest many owners to know that there is a large number of authorized standings in the Metropolitan Police afea for their vehicles.
For this reason the official compilation reproduced below will, we feel sure, be of considerable value, especially as the season is fast approaching when many new vehicles will find their way into public set-vice and be running to and from London. Incidentally, it will satisfy many enquirers Who have been in touch with us on the matter. In the list which follows the location of the .standage and the police division in which it is provided are given :—
Pollee
Division. Situation.
A—Victoria Embankment by Horse Guards Avenue.
A—Broadway, Westminster. A—Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens.
A—Vauxhall Bridge Road,. by Nos. 250-2730.
B—Barclay Road, Fulham. B—Upper Manor Street, Chelsea.
B—Rigault Road, Fulham. • BBeaufert Street, Chelsea. C—Soho Square, W. E—Southampton Row, opposite No.
92.
E—Farriugdon Road by Baker's Row.
E—Newton Street, Holborn. E—Victoria Embankment by Charing Cross Underground Railway Station. F—Bolton Road, Notting Hill. F—Chesterton Road, Ladbroke Grove.
G—Claremont Square, Finsbury. H—The Triangle, Hackney Road. J—John Campbell Road, Hackney. J—Capel Road, Forest Gate. L--Prested Road, Clapham_ Junction.
. Road, Battersea. M--Lancaster Street, Southwark. M—Liverpool Street, Walworth Road. Police Division. Situation.
M—Bermondsey Square (island site). N—Selborne Road, near Hoe Street. N—Prince George Road, Stoke Newington.
N—Langham Road, Green Lanes, N. N—Page Green Terrace, Tottenham. N—Ravensdale Road, Stamford Hill. N—Angel Road, Edmonton. P—Vestry Road, Peckham. P--4Iesson Street, New Cross Road. P—Vicarage Road, Camberwell. R—Cresswell Park, Blackheath Vil lage. "
S—Hodford Road, Heudon. S—Squires Lane, fia.gt linchley. S—Wood Street, Barnet.
S--Ash Grove, Cricklewood Broadway.
T—The Grove, Hammermith.. V—Clattern Bridge, Kingston. V—Graham Road, Wimbledon. W—Bickersteth Road, Mitcham Road.
W—Oakmead Road, Balham. W—Loughborough Road, Loughborough Junction.
W—Longtnead Road, Mitcham Road. W—Magdalen Road, Earlsfield. W-'-South Side, Clapham Common (outside " The Fernery ").
W—South Side, Clapham Common (outside No. 24).
X—Loftus Road, Uxbridge Road. I—Brunswick Road, Islington. Y—Furlong Road, Holloway Road. Y—Devonshire Road, Islington, Y—Medina Road, Holloway. Y—Allison Road, Efarringay. Y—Courey Road, Wood Green. Y—Morgan Road, Holloway. Z—Park Lane, Croydon.'
It may be added that the authorized parking places in London for motor vehicles generally will be found in the schedule appended to the London Traffic (Parking Places) Regulations, 1928, copies of which can be obtained from His Majesty's Stationary Office, Ada.stral House, Kingsway, London, W.C., the price being M.