We are arriving in London next week, and are staying at a rented apartment in central London. We arriving at 10am into Gatwick, but we can not get into our apartment (check in) until 3 PM. Planning to take Gatwick Express to Victoria Station. My question is: Does anyone know if there are storage lockers that we can store our luggage in Victoria Station until we can check in to the apartment? We've got about 3 hours to kill - which we can view the sites around Victoria, but need to stow our luggage somewhere while sightseeing. Thanks, Dave
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near Ringwood, Hampshire, UK
521 posts
See this page, and click the section labelled 'Staffing and General Facilities'. There is a link to the left luggage company website: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/VIC/details.html It's £9 per item per 24 hours though. Seems expensive to me.
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Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
There are staffed left luggage facilities at Victoria train station. If you want to save some money, walk a couple of blocks to the Victoria coach station and use the left luggage facilities there. Deposits up to two hours: £2.50 per item (no weight consideration). Deposits 2-24 hours: £4 per item under 20kg. Deposits 2-24 hours: £6 per item over 20kg. Again, if you want to save money, take a Southern train from Gatwick to Victoria rather than the Gatwick Express.
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Hudson, OH, USA
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Tim: Where is the Left luggage facility in relation to Victoria Station? First time in London, and I hate to be wandering around looking for it. Thanks, Dave
Posted by
NYC
922 posts
Left Luggage is between platforms 7 and 8 at Victoria train station. In the station map at the link below, look for the suitcase icon immediately to the left of the white stripe that says 'Staff area between platforms'. If you click the icon a pop-up box shows a photo of the entrance to the Left Luggage service, plus a bit of info about the access to it. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/html/NRE_VIC/plan.html
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Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Dave, Rose gave you very good information about the location of the left luggage facilities at Victoria train station. If you'd like to know the walking route from Victoria train station to Victoria coach station, just ask.