Wimbledon, Twickenham, Lord's: the drop-off, the exit, and the crowd that all leaves at once

The sport is the easy part. The hard part is that forty thousand people want the same road at the same minute, and that most grounds will not let a car wait anywhere near the gate. We plan the drop, the hold and the pickup, so you are not standing on a closed street hoping to spot your car.

A cricket match at Marylebone in a late-18th-century painting — cricket at Marylebone, the old London game

What we actually do

The drop that is actually allowed. Wimbledon closes the roads around the club; Twickenham and Lord's choke on match days. We know the set-down points that work and the ones that get moved on, and we use the first kind.

The walk, planned not pretended. Where the car cannot reach the gate, we drop at the nearest point that works and tell you the walk honestly, rather than promising a kerb we cannot deliver.

The hold, out of the zone. The car waits well clear of the closures, not circling. That is what lets the pickup actually happen when you call.

The exit, timed to the crowd. We stagger the pickup off the final whistle, from a point away from the surge, so you are not in the worst of it.

How we prepare

no ground lets a car wait at the gate. the drop and the pickup are the whole service.

WHEN YOU BOOKThe ground sets the rules. Tell us the fixture and your seats, and we tell you the honest drop-off, the walk, and where the car will be for the pickup.

THE DAY BEFOREClosures and kick-off. We check the road closures, the start time and the forecast, because a late finish or a roof changes the whole exit plan.

ON ARRIVALDrop and clear. We set you down at the point that works and move the car out of the zone straight away, so it is free to come back cleanly.

AT THE FINAL WHISTLEA fixed point, a fixed time. The pickup is agreed before you go in and staggered off the crowd, not a hopeful wave at a closed junction.

Honestly, though

The tube is often faster. Southfields for Wimbledon, the trains out of Twickenham, St John's Wood for Lord's: on a packed day the railway usually beats the car out. We are worth it for arriving fresh, for a group, and for a planned ride home, not for racing the Underground.

The car cannot wait at the gate. At most grounds there is nowhere legal to sit nearby. What we sell is a planned drop and a planned pickup, certainty and comfort, not a car idling outside.

for the fixture

Tell us the ground, the day and your seats, and we will plan the drop, the hold and a staggered pickup, with a fixed price back within the hour.

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