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There is effectively no casual parking. Kerb space is resident permit or paid bay, and a suspension is the only reliable way to hold a loading position.

Most of Covent Garden is Westminster, but the northern streets towards Bloomsbury are Camden, and the two work to very different lead times.

Westminster needs ten working days: westminster.gov.uk/parking/suspensions-dispensations-skips/parking-bay-suspensions

Camden wants booking around 17 days ahead, though the first day is free for a house move: camden.gov.uk/parking-bay-suspensions

Expect the crew to work from the nearest legal stopping point rather than from outside the door.

Covent Garden sits inside both the emissions zone and the Congestion Charge zone. The charge runs on set days and hours, so ask how each is handled in the price.

Firms working the centre daily already run compliant vehicles and build the charges into the quote rather than adding them later.

Expect upper-floor flats reached by a single staircase, often with a turn too tight for a wardrobe or a sofa bed. Lifts are rare, and small where they exist. Listed status rules out taking out bannisters or window frames, so dismantling is sometimes the only route in.

Long Acre, Bow Street, Wellington Street and the Strand carry vehicles. The piazza and its side lanes are pedestrian or timed access only, so the van may have to sit a street away.

Early morning, before the shops and theatres wake up, is the one dependable window. Evenings clash with theatre traffic, and weekend crowds make a long carry slower than it looks on a map.