Anyone who has visited Kingston upon Thames recently, by car, will know how notorious, and often…read morefrustrating, the vagaries of the one-way system are. Add to that the pretty harsh parking restrictions (which have just become even stricter) and it can take quite significant determination and patience to want to visit, in a private four-wheeled vehicle. Happily, in this context, public transport or my own two feet are usually my preferred means of arrival. On Sunday evening, however, my companion and I needed to park here. We took a long while to chance upon this sweet little car park, by the river, heading towards Teddington. It was a bargain, at just £1 for the whole evening, and worked efficiently in terms of access and obtaining the relevant ticket. Recommended for a great view, too!

Overpriced parking with an antiquated token system. The staff are surly, rude, aggressive & in dire…read moreneed of some customer service training. Do not park here if you are a woman on your own.

I found this 'business' when using the Yelp app check in function. As I haven't yet written about…read moreany car parks in my Yelp reviews, I knew that I had to add this to my list! This multi-storey car park is attached to the Ashley Centre but also serves as evening parking for the adjacent Epsom Playhouse and restaurants on South Street. It only costs £1 to park here all evening after 6.30pm - I wished all councils (I'm looking at you, Wimbledon and Morden!) would reduce their car park charges, which is creating lots of empty car parks and irate council taxpayers. The car park itself has enough space in the evenings when I use it. The spaces are a reasonable size unless you drive a large vehicle. The pay machines generally work OK. A good solid choice for car parking in Epsom!

Leatherhead town centre is a very strange place. With a very rich local population, I would have…read moreexpected a thriving and busy place but the reality is a sorry collection of shops which seem almost apologetic in their composition Fitting in with this, the Swan Centre is a strange shopping centre which is incorporated into the parade of shops on the west side of the small high street. There's a multi storey car park which I found very poorly signposted as to how to escape to the shops! I was however entertained by the very northern accent of the lift 'voices'. The car park lift unexpectedly dumped me into the Sainsburys supermarket and on the way back to my car, Sainsburys had shut and I had to walk all the way round onto the main road to get into the car park. There are about 15-20 shops, all major high street chain stores with a few local chains in the smaller shop units. Nothing inspiring and particularly memorable Free parking after 6pm is the best thing to say about this shopping centre

The Swan Shopping Centre is a clean and tidy environment in which to shop with a pretty display of…read moreplanters and a few benches on which to rest awhile. Their are 19 shops although three at the moment are vacant. It has a Next, Dorothy Perkins, WH Smith, Boots, Sainsbury's, Carphone Warehouse, Costa Coffee, Clinton Cards and Stead & Simpson along with Timpson, Munch and Holland & Barrett. Purrfect Pet is a huge shop offering everything for pets and wild birds and there is even a good barber, Company Man and Thomas Cook for your travel needs. So all in all a good useful shopping centre. There are lifts in Sainsbury's but also the Centre itself has two other lifts. The car park has great big arrowed signs on the walls in blue showing a clear way to the shops and it offers overnight parking for people wishing to stay in the Travelodge. The town has a market every Thursday and Sat and there is good disabled access with a Shopmobility scheme on the 2nd floor of the car park every Tues and Thurs. Leatherhead also boasts plenty of places to dine out and as it is on the edge of the beautiful Surrey Hills there is some wonderful countryside to enjoy with pleasant walks along the River Mole. Leatherhead hosts several events each year which take place in the town and in the Swan Shopping Centre - these are St George's Day festival, The Annual Duck Race, Halloween and a Xmas Festival. So not a bad place to have on your doorstep.

Do you want a designated space in this car park which is located behind the shops in the upper High…read moreStreet. Car parking spaces are offered on a contract basis with payment monthly. The location is next door to the council's 'pay and display' car park and behind shops and restaurants such as Pizza Express. For details, 07970 803356

There are quite a lot of high streets shops in the tamed center but my review will be on New Look…read more On days where I feel like I need to have a little clothes shopping spree and I only have an hour spare I like to pop down to this New Look store because.... the store is open till 8pm, There are two floors, but I mainly venture to the first floor and visit the inspire range which is the wise range of larger sizes I've seen and shoes, there is normally a sale or some sort of promotion every time I visit, And there's a changing room on both floors. If you ever need them to hold a item for you they can reserve this for 24 hours, and I've never had to wait longer than 10 minutes in the queue at a busy time.

I had a good experience shopping in here. The staff were helpful and friendly and the environment…read morewas nice and calm. Definitely recommended

Fulham Broadway is a small shopping centre, located in the Fulham/Chelsea area of London, it is a…read morecouple of minutes away from Stamford Bridge and built into Fulham Broadway Underground Station, which is pretty handy. The mall does only have a small number of stores, but I still like it. It looks fairly good from the outside, on the inside, it looks like 90% of shopping centres and doesn't stand out. Retailers here include all major mobile phone providers (Three, O2, EE, Vodafone) as well as Sainsbury's. There is also a Metro Bank. In terms of food and drink, there is Wagamama, Nando's, Starbucks and a couple of other brands. It is pretty useful to have this so close to Stamford Bridge, meaning you can grab something to eat/drink before or after a game, or stop by and get some essentials while waiting for the traffic to die down. 4*

The staff here are really helpful and friendly. The clothes are reasonably priced and you can find…read moresome really nice items.

Last week I was lucky enough to get hold of a couple of tickets to the screening of "I'm Here" by…read moreSpike Jonze, a 30 minute produced for Absolut Vodka (a client at my work). I'd seen a couple of snippets from the film and was excited to see the whole thing, particularly as it was being shown in Brewer Street mulit-storey car park of all places. We arrived early and although it was a bit shit to be kept outside in the rain it was well worth the wait, despite getting rather wet. As we entered we walked down a flight of stairs and through a door into a very 'non-carpark' looking space with a popping bubble wrap carpet. The free badges and drinks vouchers went down a treat and we began to congregate in front of the projected screen. It seemed that we were going to have to park our bums on the floor until a series of cardboard boxes began expanding with inflating air beds breaking out of them! So we got comfy and the film began. The film was about a robot/computer love story and it was really good. I'd love to know if it's going to be available for everyone to see soon but in the mean time check out the trailer below. Read my full blog post on it here: http://is.gd/9UwlR

Went here for London Fashion Week 2016. Was very lucky to be invited. A good use of the space for…read morethe catwalk, and showrooms. On three levels, Level 1 for registration, press and buyers lounge, Level 2 for Designer Showrooms, ranging from Ready-to-Wear to accessories and bags, jewellery and footwear, and finally Level 3 for the actual catwalk shows, which is by invitation only, but can be watched live on the london fashion week website.

Unhappy. We have been charged 5 times!! (£74.00!!!) And only parked for 6 hours!!…read more We only noticed because we saw the charges on our bank account statement whilst checking for something else. If this is a "mistake" (we have emailed car.parks@cityoflondon.gov.uk seeking clarification) then how many others are being charged stealth charges?? I (sometimes) work at the Tower of London, and will be notifying friends and colleagues about this. I will return to this comment once we have heard from Minories. Dennis

My motorbike was stolen from here, and there are often tramps taking drugs in the stairwell. And…read morenone of the electric car charging points work, so people ignore them and park non electric cars in them. I wish I owned this car park; I'd be raking in a fortune for practically zero maintenance cost.

As well as this place being a gym it also has a library which is hidden upstairs from the main…read morereception. And downstairs there is a mini cafe and a large seating area. Every Tuesday morning there is a local market held in the centre which sells food, clothing, household goods and many more items at affordable prices. The car park has plenty of car park spaces and even if that does become full you have plenty of off street parking, and even if you don't travel by car there is a bus stop directly outside the centre. I've only visited this gym in the mornings but considering I'm there early in the morning the staff are friendly, welcoming and even can crack a joke! The gym prides itself on the security and cleanliness as there are security cameras everywhere and a cleaner who is always whizzing around with her trolley cleaning. I swear in one corridor I must of seen 6 cameras on the ceiling! The changing room is clean, has several long mirrors and small and large lockers with access to the showers which has three assisted showers as well as 8 cubical showers, and this is just the women's changing room. I can imagine the men's changing room is like for like. There is a large hall with is divided when classes are booked, mainly used for badminton , tennis, even trampolining. There's a exercise room where they normally hold aerobic, body pump, yoga, Pilates, Zumba classes. There are a lot more classes but you will need to check out the timetable on the website. Then there is the gym. It is smaller than you expect when you see the size of the building but you have a view of the car park and their exercise machinery is slowly modernising to the standard of their other centres. I've never had an issue fighting to get into machinery as the gym is never busy and the regulars that go there is a wide range of ages and all at different levels of fitness! So don't worry it's not your typically tanned and toned gym goers and it's also not a fashion parade, you can feel comfortable here working off a sweat and stretching in your Lycra! The free weights section is small but there are a good number of different exercise machines and a small area for stretching.