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Due to the high parking fees charged by the airports, off airport car park operators were encouraged to set up despite having to meet the additional cost of transferring customers to the airport 7 days a week 24 hours a day.

In the early days, many of these car parks were just pieces of land near the airport with fencing, however, now days these operations are far more professional and I would only recommend travelers to use car parks approved by The Association of Chief Police Officers. In 1992 they launched the Secured Car Parks Scheme (now called the Park Mark Safer parking Scheme) designed to improve the standards of security and reduce car theft throughout the UK.

The scheme was originally designed for city center car parks; however, responsible airport car park operators saw this scheme as a way for them to differentiate from other airport car parks and despite the cost to upgrade the car park to meet the stringent standards by being an approved car park over time they would recover this cost. Moreover criminal elements would look to easier targets to steal cars.

Each Police force will have its own dedicated assessor who will visit each operation on an annual basis and inspect the following areas:

• Boundaries and Perimeters

• Crime Recording and Statistics

• Lighting

• Management Practice

• Parking Areas

• Pedestrian Access

• Signage

• Surveillance

• Vehicular Access

Not only is the security aspects covered, but also the safety of customers requiring clear signage to ensure cars entering and leaving the car park minimise any potential accidents. With this in mind all areas have to be well lit and manned 24 hours a day.

the author is the owner of Flypark.co.uk who have been providing airport parking at all UK airports since 1989. Off airport car parks offer considerable savings and can cut the cost of parking by up to 50% and with more and more travellers opting for this option early booking is recommended to get the best price and avoid having to park on airport where prices are exhorbitant.

Book your Heathrow Airport Parking or Gatwick Airport Parking online for a super choice of car parks close to both airports with free tranfers.

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