Monthly parking near Old Street.

Old Street sits on the Islington and Hackney boundary, so the roundabout is ringed by two boroughs' worth of controlled zones and neither is forgiving. Residential streets nearby are permit-only through the working day, and genuine off-street spaces are mostly tucked behind estates and converted industrial buildings.

The Northern line station beneath the junction serves the tech cluster that grew up around it, and those firms still fill the surrounding buildings. Moorfields Eye Hospital on City Road brings patients and staff who cannot always rely on the train, and Shoreditch's evenings start a street away.