What is Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and How is it Used at UK Airports?

If you’ve parked at a UK airport recently, you may have noticed there’s often no need to collect a ticket or queue at a barrier. Your car glides up to the entry point, a camera flashes, and the barrier opens automatically — or in some cases, there’s no barrier at all.

This is all thanks to Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology.

But what exactly is A…

How to find the shuttle bus stop for your airport car park (with real examples)

Heading to the airport with a pre-booked car park? Great — the last thing you want is to circle the forecourt searching for the shuttle. Most UK airports run free (or included) shuttle buses between long-stay / park & ride car parks and the terminal forecourts. Below we walk you through how to find the correct shuttle stop, what the forecourts look like, and give clear examples from Heathro…

Airport Parking: A Guide to Key Terms Used to Describe types of airport parking

Travelling through UK airports—Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and many others—means encountering a bewildering array of parking and drop-off options. Knowing what the various terms mean can save time, reduce stress, and often save money. Below, we explain the main types of parking and related terms you’ll see, how they work, and some of the pros and cons.

On-Airport vs Off-Airport P…

Reviews

One of the great advantages of the internet is the access to reviews of products, services, restaurants and indeed almost anything you can think of. There are video reviews, written reviews, star rankings, thumbs up and all manner of ways to express both positive and negative comments.

Research shows that for nearly 9 in 10 consumers, an online review is as important as a personal recomm…

What is park and ride?

There several terms used in the parking industry which can have different meanings depending who is using the words and in what context. In our blog we will take an occasional look at some of these terms and try to provide some clarity.

Park-and-Ride is generally supposed to be used when a driver takes their car to a car park and then leaves it there to continue to their next stop via an…

Putting the Trust Back

The airport parking industry is plagued with mistrust, cowboy operators and endless negative media reports. I Love Airport Parking has been launched to provide UK travellers with a choice of the very best airport parking options from companies that can be trusted. The car park operators we have selected, are well established, reputable airport parking companies who provi…