Luggage storage Charing Cross Station

Luggage storage at Charing Cross Station

If you're passing through Charing Cross with time to kill or a bag you'd rather not carry, the station's own left-luggage desk is open every day from 07:00 to 23:00 and charges from £6 per bag. The station itself is a major terminus for Southeastern services to Kent, Dover and Hastings, so it sees plenty of commuters and day-trippers.

Passenger assistance, including help with luggage, can be arranged at the Rail Information Point on the main concourse. For comparison, Waterloo Station's left-luggage facility is opposite the ramp to platforms 20-24, and Lambeth North has no lockers at all. With Stasher, you can store bags from £1.49 per bag per day at 20+ locations near Charing Cross Station.

Some top Stasher locations near Charing Cross Station include:

• Hotel reception, 4 min walk · open 07:00–23:00 most days · rated 5/5 (17,000+ reviews)
• Local shop, 5 min walk · open 09:00–00:00 most days · rated 5/5 (9,000+ reviews)

Nearby points are hosted by hotel receptions and local shops. Of these, 7 stay open late and 1 is open 24/7. There's no strict size limit, though prices can vary with bag size. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to £10,000. Stasher storage near Charing Cross Station can be booked through the website or app.

Getting around Charing Cross with luggage

The main concourse has step-free access to all platforms, but there's no complete step-free route down to the Underground platforms on the Bakerloo and Northern lines. If you're heading west or east along the Strand, TfL buses stop just outside the station and all have step-free access. Taxi ranks are scattered around the station forecourt on the Strand, Whitehall Place, Whitehall Court, Embankment Place and St Martin's Lane.

Nearby museums, theatres and storage

Charing Cross is the nearest overground station to the National Gallery, roughly 200 metres away. The gallery's cloakroom on Level -1 of the Sainsbury Wing takes bags up to 56 x 25 x 45 cm for £3 per item, but wheeled luggage of any kind is refused entry.

The British Museum also turns away wheeled suitcases and anything over 40 x 40 x 50 cm or 8kg, though its cloakroom near the main entrance on Great Russell Street is open daily from 10.00 to 17.00, and until 20.30 on Fridays. If you're seeing a show instead, the Leicester Square Theatre doesn't operate a cloakroom, though small bags are permitted subject to security checks.

The Criterion Theatre on Piccadilly Circus has no cloakroom able to take large bags or suitcases either. The British Museum is served by Holborn, Russell Square, and Tottenham Court Road tube stations, which are 7-minute, 7-minute and 5-minute walks away, respectively.