Parking advice - travelling from Bristol to St Pancras in December

[philmo]

We are travelling very early on Eurostar in December so have planned to stay over and travel to London (from Bristol) the night before.

We will be away for 4 nights, so I had planned to drive to the outer London and park and then tube in.

Someone had suggested Ickenham is a good place due the location and security of the car park.
We will drive up in the old banger ! - but could do with it being there when we are back

Any advice would be much appreciated in terms of other locations to park etc.

Many Thanks

 

[Mike99]

Using Ickenham as an example, TfL shows first Metropolitan Line from Ickenham departs Mondays to Saturdays at 05:16 arrives Kings Cross St Pancras 05:58. How does that fit in with your check in time for Eurostar?

 

[philmo]

Timing is fine, we have a hotel (which might be interesting as its not quite the Ritz) around the corner from St Pancras. We need to be at the station around 4:40am, so main point is the night before where
are we best driving to and then getting the tube. Just a case really of a secure car park.

 

[Mojo]

lckenham is cheaper than Hillingdon anyway (except on weekends and bank holidays when it’s the same price). lt’s not even 5 minutes further off the A40, except during the evening peak when it can easily take an extra 15 Mins.

 

[philmo]

Sounds like the way to go then - unless there's anywhere closer but I guess the benefit will be offset by driving time.

From what I can see whilst on some TFL sites you can pay ahead you can't as such book spaces ahead. So I presume from memory its just a case of turning up, and as it will be mid evening I
would imagine it should be ok for space. I can then pay via PAYBYPHONE.