> On a Sunday afternoon in late July my wife and I will be departing from
> St. Pancras station in London via Eurostar. Prior to this we will be
> using a rental car for a few days, based in Cookham, Berks. We have
> not yet booked the car, but before we do so I'd like to ask the group's
> advice on the best place to drop it off so that we can then easily get
> to St. Pancras with as few rail/taxi/bus transfers as possible.
>
> We would rather not have to drive into London with it, but have driven
> in Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Milan and Naples during rush hour
> without disaster, (though not without frustration,) so could pull it
> off on a summer Sunday afternoon if a better alternative is not
> forthcoming. (However, is St. Pancras within the congestion fee zone?)
> The main problem seems to be that all of the stations on the Cookham
> side of London connect into Paddington, Marylebone, or Euston, so we'd
> need to then make it through the Underground system with luggage.
>
> The fact that one of our party (father) needs to be dropped at Heathrow
> at 6:30 AM the same day may also figure into our plans, though a taxi ...

> Unless you can find a rental office actually at St Pancras

> Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:32:48 UTC, schrieb "Graham Harrison"
> btinternet.obvious.com> auf uk.railway :
>

>> Unless you can find a rental office actually at St Pancras

>
> how about at Ebbsfleet...
>

> On 26 Mar, 18:28, "Lüko Willms" wrote:

>>Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:32:48 UTC, schrieb "Graham Harrison"
>>btinternet.obvious.com> auf uk.railway :
>>

>>>Unless you can find a rental office actually at St Pancras

>> how about at Ebbsfleet...
>>

>
> You know, I don't actually think there are any car rental facilities
> at Ebbsfleet, not yet at least. Perhaps there's somewhere in
> Northfleet, the adjacent town. I'm sure they'll be somewhere in
> Gravesend.

>> On a Sunday afternoon in late July my wife and I will be departing from
>> St. Pancras station in London via Eurostar. Prior to this we will be
>> using a rental car for a few days, based in Cookham, Berks.

> In message bt.com>, at 17:32:48
> on Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Graham Harrison
> btinternet.obvious.com> remarked:
>

>>> On a Sunday afternoon in late July my wife and I will be departing from
>>> St. Pancras station in London via Eurostar. Prior to this we will be
>>> using a rental car for a few days, based in Cookham, Berks.

>
> If you can drop the car off at Heathrow, I think that's the best option.
> The Piccadilly line train is approx 1 hour to St Pancras. I can't think
> of a faster way.
>

> "Christopher Barker" attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:250320081912494640%%chrisbarker@attbi.com...

>> On a Sunday afternoon in late July my wife and I will be departing from
>> St. Pancras station in London via Eurostar. Prior to this we will be
>> using a rental car for a few days, based in Cookham, Berks. We have
>> not yet booked the car, but before we do so I'd like to ask the group's
>> advice on the best place to drop it off so that we can then easily get
>> to St. Pancras with as few rail/taxi/bus transfers as possible.
>>
>> We would rather not have to drive into London with it, but have driven
>> in Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Milan and Naples during rush hour
>> without disaster, (though not without frustration,) so could pull it
>> off on a summer Sunday afternoon if a better alternative is not
>> forthcoming. (However, is St. Pancras within the congestion fee zone?)
>> The main problem seems to be that all of the stations on the Cookham
>> side of London connect into Paddington, Marylebone, or Euston, so we'd
>> need to then make it through the Underground system with luggage.
>>
>> The fact that one of our party (father) needs to be dropped at Heathrow ...

>

>>

>
> That does somewhat depends upon where the car rental dropoff point in
> Heathrow is really!

> On 26 Mar, 18:28, "Lüko Willms" wrote:
>

>> Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:32:48 UTC,  schrieb "Graham Harrison"
>> btinternet.obvious.com>  auf uk.railway :

>

>>> Unless you can find a rental office actually at St Pancras

>

>>   how about at Ebbsfleet...

>
> You know, I don't actually think there are any car rental facilities
> at Ebbsfleet, not yet at least. Perhaps there's somewhere in
> Northfleet, the adjacent town. I'm sure they'll be somewhere in
> Gravesend.

> On Mar 26, 6:55 pm, Mizter T gmail.com> wrote:
>

>> On 26 Mar, 18:28, "Lüko Willms" wrote:

>

>>> Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:32:48 UTC, schrieb "Graham Harrison"
>>> btinternet.obvious.com> auf uk.railway :

>

>>>> Unless you can find a rental office actually at St Pancras

>

>>> how about at Ebbsfleet...

>

>> You know, I don't actually think there are any car rental facilities
>> at Ebbsfleet, not yet at least. Perhaps there's somewhere in
>> Northfleet, the adjacent town. I'm sure they'll be somewhere in
>> Gravesend.

>
> Ah, I knew my visit would be useful! There's an Avis office just
> inside the door at Ebbsfleet.