{"id":2886,"date":"2010-12-02T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T13:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visit-croatia.co.uk\/kc\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2010-12-02T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T13:24:24","slug":"taxis-driving-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kensington-chelsea.com\/index.php\/about-kensington-and-chelsea\/transport-in-kensington-and-chelsea\/taxis-driving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxis &#038; Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Taxis<\/h2>\n<p>Taxis in London are quite pricey (officially, a 1 mile journey can cost between \u00a35.60 &#8211; \u00a39 depending on the time of day, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfl.gov.uk\/\">Transport for London<\/a> website). However, as we all know, they are sometimes necessary! Taxis can be hailed when their amber light is on; if you&#8217;re looking for one, simply head to the nearest main road near you and you&#8217;ll soon see one driving by.<\/p>\n<h2>Driving in Kensington &amp; Chelsea<\/h2>\n<p>As of 24th December 2010, Kensington &amp; Chelsea is <em>no longer<\/em> in the Congestion Charge zone in London. You do not have to pay the charge to drive within or through the borough of Kensington &amp; Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>However, don&#8217;t forget that if you&#8217;re planning to drive to central London, you do have to pay for the charge! You must pay \u00a310 for <em>each day<\/em> that you drive within the Congestion Charge zone; payments can be made before and on the day of travel (up to midnight that day) &#8211; if not, you have to pay \u00a312 on the following day and if you still forget, then you will be charged a fine!<\/p>\n<p>You can pay online, by phone, or at various shops. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfl.gov.uk\/roadusers\/congestioncharging\/default.aspx\">Congestion Charge<\/a> website for full info.<\/p>\n<p>The Congestion Charge operates Monday to Friday, from 7am to 6pm. If you drive in the zone outside of these hours, you <em>do not<\/em> have the pay the charge. It&#8217;s also useful to know that the Congestion Charge does not operate on public holidays, or between Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<h2>Parking in Kensington &amp; Chelsea<\/h2>\n<p>Parking can sometimes be a problem in the area. There are a fair amount of meters dotted around everywhere, but some streets do get quite full and busy &#8211; you might spend some time driving around before you can find somewhere to park. It is also possible to park in residents&#8217; parking bays outside of their hours of operation. Local signs will tell you when the bays are operating &#8211; if it is outside of these hours, you can park there!<\/p>\n<p>There are also a number of parking garages in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The local council website does have a useful guide on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbkc.gov.uk\/environmentandtransport\/parking\/visitorparking.aspx\">visitor parking<\/a> in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxis Taxis in London are quite pricey (officially, a 1 mile journey can cost between \u00a35.60 &#8211; \u00a39 depending on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2886","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taxis &amp; 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