Parking at Bedfont Lakes
If you are flying from Heathrow Airport, it is possible to park your car at IBM Bedfont Lakes. The only thing you have to do is to report to Bedfont Security giving your name, personnel number, your car number and your return date, together with some proof that you are an IBM Retiree Member.
You can then get to the airport by taxi. One of our members has used a 'taxi' firm on IBM's books called Bedfont Business Cars. The owner, Simon, is an IBM Business Partner with his own IBM Security Card, (which some of us might envy!!) and he does a great deal of work with IBM in the London area.
His regular charges are in line with other local taxi firms but Simon said he will give Retirees a 20% discount over his regular rates if you use BBC for going to and from the terminal. The process is that you book an BBC car to collect you from the Bedfont car park and take you to your terminal. On your return the BBC driver will be waiting for you at your terminal Arrivals Point and you will be taken back to Bedfont to where your car is parked. It makes it a very easy transfer.
Simon can be reached via :-
Office land-line: 0208 818 5161 Mobile: 07917 352800 Fax: 0208 230 9058
Email: bedfontbusinesscars@yahoo.co.uk
Another member has used a firm called Lakes - telephone 020 8561 2643 - and has found them reliable, and courteous and use modern cars.
So with free parking on a security managed site it is very good value for any period more than a couple of days.
Directions
The address of IBM Bedfont Lakes is:-
IBM United Kingdom, 2 New Square, Bedfont Lakes, FELTHAM, Middlesex, TW14 8HB.
Telephone:- 0208 818 5499
Bedfont Lakes is on the A30 main road from London to the South West. The entrance to New Square is by a road from a roundabout on the A30 between Staines and Terminal 4, Heathrow. From the M25 Take junction 13 which is 3 miles from Bedfont Lakes. Follow the sign "A30 Staines" and continue along the Staines bypass towards Central London. At the roundabout where the A315 and the B3003 joins the A30, you will find a new road leading into the site. The entrance to Bedfont Lakes site is the third exit at this roundabout so it is wise to be in the outside lane at this stage. This is the preferred route to Bedfont Lakes from the North.
You can reach Bedfont Lakes from Junction 14 of the M25. Drive along the A3113 towards Heathrow Airport. At the next roundabout take the third exit - the A3044 to Staines, a road that runs between the King George VI and the Staines Reservoirs to the A30. Turn left and drive to the next roundabout (Clockhouse) from where a new road leads directly into the site. Alternatively from Junction 14 you can take the Airport Perimeter road to Terminal 4, exit on to the A30 south and take the A30 to the next roundabout (Clockhouse) which provides a direct access road to the site.
From the M3 and the South, take Exit 1 (Sunbury) and turn left on to the Staines Road (A308). After going through the fourth set of traffic lights move across to the right hand lane to turn right at the next set of traffic lights(this being the fifth set) after turning right follow the B378 Ashford road till the roundabout. Go across, following the B3003 road, sign-posted the A30. You can enter the Bedfont Lakes site by making a right hand turn just before the A30 roundabout.
There is ample parking at Bedfont Lakes. Please park in the -1 and -2 levels of the car park, as the ground level is reserved for Customers.
All day Parking in Harrow for £3.50
Not city centre but only 6 tube stations away and only two stations from Wembley. It's at Harrow on the Hill, town centre in the Queens Building and is just across the road from the tube station. It is open 24x7 so London theatre land is OK and it is already well known to Wembley Park regulars so avoid match days. Off the M40/A40 follow signs for Harrow then for Harrow on the Hill. As you approach the town watch for signs to the big St George and St Anns carparks, as you near these the Queens Building long stay is signposted. You pay as you enter so have change ready.