UKH

Hi,

On my way up the A1 to Scotland on Sat 3rd March and plan to meet up with a friend in the Wetherby area, does anyone know of somewhere one of us could safely leave a car for possibly 1 week.

If it was for a couple of days then we might risk leaving the car on a well lit side street but because it is a week then we are looking for somewhere off the public highway. Dont mind paying a reasonable fee but wouldn't want NCP type prices which could mean a big bill.  

Hope you can help.

Neil

A railway station perhaps?  They're not that cheap, but probably cheaper than a city centre NCP.  You might even find one where it's free if it's not a main station.  But check as some don't allow overnight parking.

https://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/wetherby/ can be useful.

Harrogate station appears to be £4/day or £16/week:

https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/stations/HGT#station-info

Lots of haulage firms in the area and a few small independant service stations (bedale for example). Might be worth ringing round a few and seeing if you can give them a bit of cash to leave it in the corner or a yard, no liability.

Edit: just read above, £16 a week in a proper car park seems like a no-brainer.

There's a free public car park by the river. If I remember later I can check whether overnight parking is allowed.

I know of a couple of free parking areas that should fit the bill. Please email me for details.

Just leave it in a housing estate, there's loads of on street parking. I work there and wouldn't think twice about doing so. Alternatively there's loads of free parking a couple of miles out of town on the Thorpe Arch Trading Estate but personally I'd just dump it in town, save the drive (speed cameras everywhere).

jk

Just checked and the Wilderness car park by the river doesn't have a ban on overnight parking, just overnight camping.

How about this then... If it's just the one car you can leave it outside my house. 

What better way to integrate yourself into a new community than that?

Feel free to message me. Rob.

Thanks folks, some really good info and tips here, much appreciated. Been in touch with the people that manage the train stations and overnight/week parking is possible at Garforth as long as you have a valid train ticket (could  buy a cheap one), it has CCTV so considering this as an option.

Just Park can be good. Basically you pay a small fee to park in someones drive or space.

https://www.justpark.com