Parking in London

Parking in London just got easier with Saba operating at West India Quay. The car park is of a high standard offering you safe and secure parking in a clean environment, with 24-hour CCTV monitoring. We offer a range of products and services which include electric vehicle charging points, Blue Badge Disabled bays, drive-in rates, to fantastic deals on season passes online.

Make the most out of your visit, there are places to eat and drink, or partake in some retail therapy with lots of stores offering many promotions. Including lots of free events on offer to enjoy – from table tennis, gardens to open-air art installations and more.

Need more than 50 bays per month on a regular basis? We’re offering bulk buy season permit deals.  West India Quay Car Park is ideally located in the centre of London for large volume parking. We are working with local businesses to offer great deals – for 50 or more bays, for three months or more? Then get in touch with us to find out how we can help you – email marketing.uk@sabagroup.com 

Individual Corporate discounts.  If you’re interested in individual parking permits, please email marketing.uk@sabagroup.com for details on the latest rates. 

How to activate the Individual Corporate Permit Option

To activate this offer – please email marketing.uk@sabagroup.com

Send a copy of your company letter headed paper (PDF format)

From your work email address.

Confirming which product you’d like to purchase.

Saba will then email a discount code for you to purchase your permit online via the website or Saba Parking UK app – you apply the discount code before purchase and this will deduct the percentage relevant to the permit you have requested. The code will be active for up to 72 hours only.

Whether you’re already city-savvy or a first-time driver in the Big Smoke, here’s the low-down on what to expect while you’re navigating the streets of the capital. Driving in London can be frenetic, frustrating, and overwhelming, but if you start off prepared when you get behind the wheel the experience will be stress-free.

Prepare to go slow

Ensure you give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination and remember you are unlikely to go anywhere fast through London. Buses, traffic lights, and the sheer volume of traffic means that anything above a total standstill is good progress.

Gen up on the congestion charge

Between 07:00 – 18:00 on weekdays you’ll have to pay a congestion charge if you’re driving through central London. You can pay online, at Transport for London and make sure you do pay, or you’ll get slapped with a £130 fine. The charge doesn’t apply at weekends and there are exemptions but it’s best to do your research first.

Read more about Parking in London outside the congestion zone below

Stay out of the bus lane

There are bus lanes everywhere in the capital because there are plenty of buses too. Although it can be tempting to slip into that nice, wide, empty lane, don’t unless it’s outside of the times it says on the sign! It can be easy to accidentally find yourself turning into one, so make sure you come out as soon as you can or you’ll get some angry looks from those who can use them – like cab drivers, and motorcyclists.

Use SatNav

If ever there’s a good time to use the SatNav, it’s when you’re trying to navigate the streets of London. Put the audio on so you can hear well in advance when you need to turn off and take some of the pressure off. No one expects you to have the street knowledge of a black cab driver, so let the tech help you out. That said, it’s never a bad idea to keep a map close to hand as well.

Drive during quieter times

Yes, it’s London, so it’s always busy, however, you can help yourself a little by trying to avoid driving through the morning rush usually from 07:00- 09:00. Again, try to avoid the mad post-work rush from 16:30 – 19:00 as well.

Figure out parking in advance

It’s all very well reaching your city-centre destination, but will you be able to park once you've arrived? Before you leave home make sure you know that there’s parking nearby, and it’s wise to try and find out how much it will cost so you don’t have any surprises when you arrive.

On-street parking is notoriously hard to come by and is often by permit only

Plenty of car parks now offer a pay-by-app service, you can use your mobile phone to pay and like with Saba you can make life easy and book online.

Parking in London outside the congestion zone

All our London car parks are conveniently located just outside of the congestion zone. If you are hoping to avoid additional costs then you should plan your journey carefully to prevent accidentally entering the congestion zone while driving to and from our car parks.