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Parking charges coming Isleworth Leisure Centre

Parking Charging to Be Introduced at Isleworth Leisure CentreRedlees Park also to be subject new chargesSee the article on front page here.   What will stop people from parking in Redless Park taking advantage of the lower Fusion Leisure Centre parking?  Not sure how it will affect Blue Badge holders but I attend special COPD classes twice a week for minimum of 2hours per class.  These classes are vital for me and all of us.  It's not always easy to park now but after these charges are introduced???

Jennifer Selig ● 2172d9 Comments

I know how to ride a bike and in fact for years also used a motorbike - whether one feels confident enough or would want to take on the roads now is another matter.

Anne England ● 2168d

http://www.hounslowtravelactive.co.uk/free-cycle-training/

Philippa Bond ● 2169d

Obviously, I don't know where you live/are coming from. Having recently become car-less, I have had to change where I go to get to a pool. Certainly New Chiswick Pool is now out for me - two buses and one of them (E3) getting pretty bad reviews on here means that's out whereas I used to be able to get there and in the pool within half an hour.It's not all bad though - I've just changed where I go and what I do and am walking more. This, I realise, may not be possible for you.If I felt more confident, I'd get a bike!

Anne England ● 2169d

It would be twice as fast on a motorbike, plus bikes take up way less parking room.

Christopher Gillie ● 2169d

My position precisely, and I've only just started using Isleworth. Hour each way by bus. 15 mins by car. No brainer.

Mike Paterson ● 2169d

Aha, that's good. While it is of course preferable to use public transport, this for the most part adds considerable time to people's fitness efforts - enough, in fact, to put them off going to the activity in the first place which is, of course, counter-productive.

Anne England ● 2170d

According to the article the 1st 3 hours of parking is to be free of charge. You only pay if you are staying longer than that.

Sarah Sharp ● 2170d

Why can't a few parking tickets be slapped on (obvious) non-users of the leisure centre/library and indeed park? I no longer have a car but when I did and was driving to the Isleworth Centre it was obvious that the drivers of the vans parked there were not using the facilities.Once the building work over the road is completed this will leave people paying for parking when they never used to have to do so.

Anne England ● 2172d

As I understand it the parking in Redlees has been pretty much commandeered by some of the outfits over the road on the industrial estate, making it well nigh impossible for users of the Leisure centre and Library to use it. The aim I think is to ensure that park and Leisure centre users get a fair crack of the whip.

Vanessa Smith ● 2172d