Low Emissions Zone

It's a good question and not at all clear from the website.

We might have had a similar query recently - we drove to Heathrow, parked at a hotel for the week and then drove home again at the end of the week. Not sure if we'd have had to pay for just those 2 days or if it would be from "in" to "out" which would have meant paying for 9 days. In the end we solved the dilemma by driving our newer, small petrol car which is exempt.

Would be curious to know if anyone has the definitive answer.

Edit - Celtic,  as far as paying is concerned you can do it on line, I think it has to be within 3 days, just Google "pay London LEZ".

This might help, Muso.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/

You only pay for the LEZ (or the ULEZ) for the days that you actually drive your car. The same is true of the Congestion charge. 

You can pay up to 90 days in advance or up to three days after. Ways to pay can be found here.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone/make-a-payment#on-this-page-1

Regarding travel, there is so much one could write. For travel from Abbey Wood into London the quickest way is to walk to Abbey Wood station (about 10 minutes). From there, there are Southeastern trains to Charing Cross or Cannon Street, Thameslink trains and now Elizabeth Line trains to Paddington with some stops in central London - Liverpool Street, Farringdon and Tottenham Court Road. The Elizabeth Line does not run on Sundays until later in the year. I only found that out myself yesterday in an email from TfL.

There is a bus nearby on MacLoed Road - the 180 - that goes to Greenwich and Woolwich (westwards and no where in particular eastwards) - where you can change for a bus for Central London. The bus takes forever, but you do get to see a lot more than on the train. You can get a fast river launch thing from Greenwich, but I've never bothered with that and not entirely sure how that works, viz-a-viz tickets etc. Someone else will know. 

That is just a flavour. I will let others add more.

One thing to add: If you plan to do a fair bit of travel it is handy to register a debit card (assuming you are not local and have an Oyster card), with Transport for London which you can then use to tap in and tap out at all stations in the TfL region. This saves so much time and hassle buying tickets and it also means you don't necessarily have to do a lot of advance planning. You can go where you please, more or less and fares are capped!! This is one aspect of modern technology that I absolutely love. 

You can do this here: 

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/contactless-and-oyster-account

If you have a bus pass, you have to show this to the driver. It does not work on the yellow tap-in tap-out devices you will see by the doors.           

Remember to use the same device for payments eg phone or card otherwise any cost benefits will be lost.

If you want to avoid the LEZ you can always stay outside of it and travel in. Yiou don't reveal where abouts you are traveling from, if from the the West try the C&CC at Chertsey, its just been refurbished. if from the north i can recommend Henlow Bridge Lakes, a 5 minute walk to the station.

peedee

WOW!!  So much information,thank you all so very much,especially Graydjames,I will keep checking back,see what other info arrives.... also,any suggestions for days out in the area would be appreciated....and once again,many thanks!!

Have a peak at this discussion where I have posted a few suggestions https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/welcome-hobby-talk/introductions/elizabeth-line/

David

When we went to Wembley recently I didn’t register any cards and the tap in tap out worked fine.

On the subject of low emission zones my GS paid for me to travel into the ulez about a week in advance that worked fine as well 

I would add that on a previous visit to London we used the tap in tap out system on the Tube, the water bus (can’t remember the right name) and the Dockland Light Railway all without issue and without registering either my card or my OH’s

Yes, I am sorry to have mislead. You don't actually have to register the card. Registration gives you an account so you can then log in, see your journeys, the costs incurred, and a lot of other data. But the tap-in tap-out will work without an account.