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#Post#: 92221--------------------------------------------------
Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays Inn
Rd
DIR By: Dizzy
Date: September 30, 2025, 12:34 pm
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Hi there, I have just received a TFL penalty charge for entering
the congestion zone.
I tried to be extra careful when i was driving in London and
thought I had avoided the centre, but I have received this note
in the post
HTML https://i.ibb.co/DHY71rzc/Screenshot-2025-09-30-182717.png
HTML https://ibb.co/KpD95Kb4
The location they have given on the left of the page is Grays
Inn Rd, this is a 1 way street leading out of central london.
The screen shot has a location of Swinton St / Grays Inn Rd
This is outside the congestion zone, as referenced here
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As you get to the end of Swinton st,
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ka2Rq6PNuPaXZBZH6
you can only turn
right and head away from central London.
Does anyone have any thoughts on whether I should appeal on this
aspect?
Thanks
#Post#: 92224--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: Princeperch
Date: September 30, 2025, 12:41 pm
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WC1X 9NP (south side of Swinton Street) is listed as inside the
zone; WC1X 9NX (north side of the street) is listed as outside
the zone?
#Post#: 92225--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: Princeperch
Date: September 30, 2025, 12:44 pm
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Also to add, I have driven from Islington down Swinton street
and onto Euston road before to head out of town and I did not
receive a PCN for doing so. Assuming you didn't come from
further down Grays inn road and you also came down via
Islington, Swinton st and then right onto Euston road to go out
of town I am not sure why you've received a ticket as I never
did.
#Post#: 92226--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: Dizzy
Date: September 30, 2025, 12:51 pm
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--- Quote from: Princeperch link ---
>
> WC1X 9NP (south side of Swinton Street) is listed as inside
the zone; WC1X 9NX (north side of the street) is listed as
outside the zone?
>
--- End Quote ---
It is a strange one, entering Swinton St by turning right here
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/zbYvEELa3ZFxnq8P6
doesn't have any congestion signs.
The congestion notice is for straight ahead, on Kings cross rd,
all the roads that come off Swinton St, to the left, have the
congestion signage in the road.
#Post#: 92244--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: September 30, 2025, 3:56 pm
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What was your route.
If you came down Pentonville Road a common mistake is to miss
Swinton Street and take the parallel Acton Street by mistake
which is in the zone.
#Post#: 92254--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: Dizzy
Date: September 30, 2025, 5:08 pm
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I honestly don't know, it was my first time driving in London
for a few years, so I was very vigilant for the congestion zone
markings.
I was travelling from Stratford to White City following Google
maps.
I would have thought that the camera for the congestion zone
would catch me entering, where as this location is marking my
exit from the congestion zone as you can't enter it on this
junction
Is there any point in appealing as the location isn't an
entrance to the congestion zone?
#Post#: 92647--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: Dizzy
Date: October 3, 2025, 1:52 am
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I think I will just appeal saying it's my first time driving in
London for a long time, I thought I was hyper vigilant, and I am
confused as to why the location they give is outside the
congestion zone.
Do TFL re-offer the discount if the appeal fails?
#Post#: 92736--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: October 3, 2025, 11:47 am
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You can ask for the video which they send on DVD, sadly.
Did you have a journey timeline on the satnav or phone.
If you came down Pentonville Rd and simply missed Swinton and
went down Acton instead it's a mistake I think they see often
and should give consideration to.
#Post#: 92754--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: Dizzy
Date: October 3, 2025, 2:51 pm
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Getting the google timeline isn't easy nowadays, but looks like
I may have went down Acton
HTML https://i.ibb.co/GvKXBkD0/Screenshot-2025-10-03-185017.png
HTML https://ibb.co/3yDwGWb7
Depends on how accurate google maps is whilst driving, but it
does show that if I did stray into the congestion zone, it was
only slightly
HTML https://i.ibb.co/TMCzmRpq/Screenshot-2025-10-03-185115.png
HTML https://ibb.co/fdcm4tBG
#Post#: 92797--------------------------------------------------
Re: Congestion charge - incorrect location? Swinton st / Grays
Inn Rd
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: October 4, 2025, 7:19 am
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Yes it looks like you went down Acton. The two streets are very
close and both one-way going east-west.
Draft something saying you were puzzled to receive the PCN as
you were following the edge of the congestion zone along
Pentonville Road to Euston Road but can see from your travel
timeline you may have accidentally travelled down Acton Street
instead of Swinton Street with only a minor and very brief
incursion, and would they kindly exercise discretion on this
occasion as you were trying to be careful having not driven in
London for some time.
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