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Holiday Parking at SO MC

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therailway
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Holiday Parking at SO MC

Post by therailway »

Don't suppose anybody knows if it is possible to park at SO MC, just booked flights for a early sunday flight and discovered there's no public transport. Don't mind a small donation to charity or the tea fund! Cheers.
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

Post by SpacePhoenix »

I doubt it as the MC would probably be closed on a Sunday. PM hubbahubba who would know. The nearest train station (which would serve both the MC and the airport - the MC is on the airport site) is Southampton Airport Parkway. It's served by South West Trains, don't know what other train operators call there. Have a look on qjump to see what the timings are like from your local train station to the Airport Parkway station.
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

Post by oggie »

therailway wrote:Don't suppose anybody knows if it is possible to park at SO MC, just booked flights for a early sunday flight and discovered there's no public transport. Don't mind a small donation to charity or the tea fund! Cheers.

Yes Southampton Mail Centre do offer the same parking as gatwick M/C, a donation to a charity, if you contact the duty room, there is someone in there who deals with it. I don't work there any more but i think the staff start at 6am on a sunday morning.
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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Thanks for that Guys.
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

Post by hubbahubba »

PM sent.
same as it ever was...
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

Post by BettySwollocks »

Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there is a similar thing going at any office close to Manchester airport ? (Wythenshawe)
i'm going away in october for 2 weeks and parking fee is £40 :no no

thanks in advance
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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therailway wrote:Don't suppose anybody knows if it is possible to park at SO MC, just booked flights for a early sunday flight and discovered there's no public transport. Don't mind a small donation to charity or the tea fund! Cheers.
There's a train that gets into Southampton Airport Parkway railway station at 00.24 on Sunday morning so that wouldn't be too long to wait 'for a early sunday flight' :shock: 'Patience is a virtue' :Very Happy
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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BettySwollocks wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there is a similar thing going at any office close to Manchester airport ? (Wythenshawe)
i'm going away in october for 2 weeks and parking fee is £40 :no no

thanks in advance
£40 quid for two weeks parking thats well cheap
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
BettySwollocks wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there is a similar thing going at any office close to Manchester airport ? (Wythenshawe)
i'm going away in october for 2 weeks and parking fee is £40 :no no

thanks in advance
£40 quid for two weeks parking thats well cheap
Extreeeeeemely cheap! :shock:
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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BettySwollocks wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there is a similar thing going at any office close to Manchester airport ? (Wythenshawe)
i'm going away in october for 2 weeks and parking fee is £40 :no no

thanks in advance
Can you not get the train?
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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Oldham600 wrote:
BettySwollocks wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there is a similar thing going at any office close to Manchester airport ? (Wythenshawe)
i'm going away in october for 2 weeks and parking fee is £40 :no no

thanks in advance
Can you not get the train?
I'll look into that, but we have an early flight, and need to be at the airport for at least 06:30,
probably be staying at the girlfriends night before and thats at least 30-40 mins drive, god knows what it would take via public transport and not sure i'd like to risk missing a train etc,
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

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BettySwollocks wrote:
Oldham600 wrote:
BettySwollocks wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but does anyone know if there is a similar thing going at any office close to Manchester airport ? (Wythenshawe)
i'm going away in october for 2 weeks and parking fee is £40 :no no

thanks in advance
Can you not get the train?
I'll look into that, but we have an early flight, and need to be at the airport for at least 06:30,
probably be staying at the girlfriends night before and thats at least 30-40 mins drive, god knows what it would take via public transport and not sure i'd like to risk missing a train etc,
There's a train that gets into Southampton Airport Parkway railway station at 00.24 on Sunday morning so that's less than six hours to wait. :Very Happy but if there's a chance of 'staying at the girlfriends' nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say n' more. :nana :nana
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Re: Holiday Parking at SO MC

Post by freig »

Sorry to drag this up again, but who do I contact re this, as I was hoping to park here for a couple of days in a week or so's time?
Cheers.