Practical
Left luggage in London: where to put your bags, and what it should cost
Station lockers, the app networks and the 24-hour options — real prices, real locations, and the difference between paying £1.49 a bag and £15.
You have checked out at eleven and your train is at eight. Nine hours in London carrying a suitcase is a miserable way to see a city.
There are two completely different systems for solving this, and they differ in price by about ten times. Knowing which is which is worth a lot of money and a sore shoulder.
System one: the official station facilities
Most of the big London terminals have a staffed left luggage office. They are secure, obvious, and expensive.
Where to find them at the main stations:
| Station | Where the office is |
|---|---|
| St Pancras International | Staffed facility, typically 07:00–23:00 daily |
| Waterloo | Near Exit 6 |
| Liverpool Street | Near platform 10 |
| London Bridge | Near the taxi rank |
| Victoria | On platform 8 |
What it costs. Considerably more than the alternative. Waterloo, as a published example, charges around £10 for up to 3 hours and £15 for up to 24 hours per item.
When it is still the right choice. If you are running for a train, if your bag is enormous or awkward, or if you want a staffed counter and a formal receipt rather than a shop’s back room — pay the money. Being fifty metres from your platform has real value when you are tight on time.
The catch: these are station opening hours, not 24 hours. St Pancras closing at 23:00 is the sort of detail that ruins an evening.
System two: the app networks
A completely different model. Companies partner with hotels, shops, cafés and gyms that have a secure back room, and you book a slot through an app. The bag sits behind the counter, insured, and you scan a code to collect.
The two big ones in London:
- Bounce — the larger network, with well over 500 locations across the city, from around £1.95 per bag per day.
- Stasher — around 250 “Stashpoints”, from around £1.49 per bag per day.
LuggageHero and Radical Storage run comparable networks.
Why they win on price. A flat daily rate per bag, rather than a per-item station tariff. For two people with two bags for a full day, the difference against a station office is routinely twenty or thirty pounds.
Why they sometimes win on hours. Because the host is a hotel or a 24-hour venue, some locations are available far outside station hours. That is location-by-location, so filter for it when you book rather than assuming.
Prices and hours here were checked on 27 August 2026 and both move. Treat them as the shape of the market, not a quote. Book through the operator's own site or app, and read what the location's actual hours are before you walk there.
Choosing between them, quickly
- Under 3 hours, and you are near the station anyway? The station office is simple and you are already there.
- A full day, or more than one bag? The app networks, without much argument. The saving is large.
- Very early or very late? Filter an app network for a location with long hours. Station offices close.
- Something valuable, fragile or irreplaceable? Do not leave it. Neither system is designed for it, and the insurance limits are lower than people assume.
Things worth knowing before you hand a bag over
Check the insurance limit. Both systems include cover, and both cap it. If what is in the bag is worth more than the cap, the cover is decoration.
Photograph your bag and its contents before you drop it off. Thirty seconds, and it settles any argument about what went in.
Take out what you will actually need. Medication, chargers, passport, tickets, a layer for the evening. Going back for a phone charger costs more than the storage did.
Nothing prohibited. Both networks refuse perishables, anything flammable and anything hazardous. Read the list — being turned away with a suitcase is a bad start to the day.
Note the collection deadline. Overstaying triggers another day’s charge, and at a shop-based location it can mean arriving to a closed door.
The airport question
All the major London airports have their own left luggage facilities, run separately from the stations. Prices are airport prices.
If you have a long gap before a flight, compare a city-centre app location against the airport desk. Storing bags centrally and travelling out unencumbered is usually cheaper and always more comfortable — see getting to and from London’s airports at night for the transport side.
The genuinely free option nobody mentions
If you have a hotel booking that day — either checking out this morning or in tonight — ask them to hold your bags. Almost every hotel does this for guests, on the day of arrival or departure, at no charge.
It is not advertised because it is not a product. It is just a thing hotels do. Ask at the desk before you pay anyone.
Sources
- Visit London — baggage and left luggage
- Bounce — London luggage storage
- Stasher — London luggage storage
We take no commission from any operator named here. Prices and locations checked 27 August 2026.