Venue and directions

BDA 64 Wimpole Street, W1G 8YS

Tel: 020 7563 4590 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bda.org

The British Dental Association’s head office on Wimpole Street is the home of UK dentistry. The Wimpole Street offices are at the centre of the largest voluntary membership organisation for dentists in the UK, they comprise a range of meeting rooms (holding up to 100 people) for hire, the largest dental Library in Europe and the UK’s largest dental museum.

By underground

Nearest tube either Bond Street (Central and Jubilee lines) or Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines). The BDA is a ten minute walk from either station.

Parking

Pay-and-display In general, on-street pay-and-display parking in the streets around the BDA costs £4/hour (this is the correct price in June 2011) and must be paid for between the hours of 8.30–18.30 Monday– Saturday. There is a time limit of 4 hours and no return within 1 hour. On-street parking is available in many streets around the Wimpole Street office, including Wimpole Street; Queen Anne Street; ; Welbeck Street; Bentinck Street; Westmoreland Street; Bulstrode Street; Wheatley Street; Street; Upper Wimpole Street; Weymouth Mews; ; New Cavendish Street.

Pay by Phone Westminster Council’s Pay by Phone scheme allows you to charge the cost of parking to your credit or debit card; to set up an account call 0207 005 0055 or text “help” to 07950 080201, and enter your card and car details. If you already have an account, call or text the same numbers and input the parking location number (this will be signposted). This service costs the same as parking at a meter, £4/hour.

NB: please do not leave your car unattended whilst making a call to the Pay by Phone system as there has been a series of car/car contents thefts in the area while people are calling to pay for parking.

Parking on a single yellow line Parking and leaving your vehicle is only permitted on single yellow lines outside of controlled hours (usually from 6.30pm until 8.30am; sometimes this ends at 13.30 on a Saturday in individual streets – check parking signs on the street).

You are permitted to stop on both single and double yellow lines for the purposes of loading and unloading or picking up passengers, however such activities may be limited at certain times of the day and in all cases, the activity must be seen to be continuous.

Commercial car parks in the area

For nearby NCP car parks, see their websites for details and maps; www.ncp.co.uk Click on “Find a car park” in the left hand side margin and type in BDA’s postcode W1G 8YS.

Cramer Street Q-Park, W1V 4EZ Open 7 days, 6.00 – 00.00 Disabled parking available Pricing Up to 1 hour £5 Up to 6 hours £25 Up to 2 hours £10 Up to 9 hours £30 Up to 3 hours £15 Up to 24 hours £35 Up to 4 hours £20 Harley Street car park Oxford Street Q-Park (in Cavendish Square) Open 24 hours, 7 days a week Open 24 hours, 7 days a week Disabled parking available Pricing Pricing Up to 1 hour £5 Up to 5 hours £22 Up to 1 hour £5 Up to 5 hours £22 Up to 2 hours £10 Up to 6 hours £26 Up to 2 hours £10 Up to 6 hours £26 Up to 3 hours £14 Up to 7 hours £30 Up to 3 hours £14 Up to 24 hours £30 Up to 4 hours £18 Up to 24 hours £34 Up to 4 hours £18

Motorcycle parking Spaces are available for motorcycles in all the above car parks. There are also outdoor motorcycle racks at Cavendish Square (at corner of Wimpole and Harley Streets).

Bicycle parking There is a designated medium parking area for bikes in Harley Street near the junction with Cavendish Street and in a lot of streets around BDA

Disabled parking spaces

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