Monthly parking near South Kensington.

South Kensington's kerbs answer to Kensington and Chelsea's permit holders first and pay-by-phone visitors second, and on museum weekends neither queue moves. The stucco terraces were built before cars, so off-street space is rare enough that a rented bay or garage nearby holds its value.

This is the museum quarter: the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the V&A cluster around Exhibition Road, with Imperial College and the Royal Albert Hall just north. Staff, researchers and visiting families all want the same thing, which is somewhere legal within walking distance.