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London: London's most expensive car park was revealed on Monday: the Pavilion Road multi-storey in Knightsbridge.
Drivers must pay 43.20 pounds (Dh313) for a six-hour stay at the National Car Parks (NCP) facility, a survey by the Evening Standard shows.
One motoring organisation called the fee "mind-boggling".
The findings come as Westminster announced it is slashing the cost of staying at its Masterpark car parks with an "easyJet"-style pricing policy.
Motorists will be able to park for only 20p an hour under the new scheme, which links fees to demand. This compares with NCP's Pavilion Road site, near Harrods, where an hour costs 7.20 pounds.
Our survey gauged the cost of parking for one hour or for six hours, the length of a typical shopping trip plus lunch.
Precious pound
The car park with the highest hourly fee was the NCP in Berners Street, Bloomsbury - 8 pounds.
The second most expensive in central London over six hours was the NCP at Welbeck Street, W1, where drivers must pay 32 pounds. One hour's parking costs 6.40 pounds.
By contrast, in nearby Oxford Street, Westminster's Masterpark charges 24.50 pounds for six hours and 5 for an hour - and it is not even included in the council's budget scheme yet.
The fee to park at a roadside meter in the Welbeck Street area is 4 pounds per hour.
AA president Edmund King said: "In most car parks in central London it costs more to park your wheels for an hour than it does to employ a babysitter - the difference being that the car is often not looked after in car parks.
"Some of the charges are mind-boggling and certainly keep many shoppers out of central London."
Westminster council's most expensive hourly rate is 6 pounds at its Trafalgar Square car park. Its most expensive for six hours is 25 pounds at Leicester Square and in Soho.
The City of London's most expensive fees are at its London Wall facility, where it costs 3 pounds for an hour's stay and 18 pounds for six hours.
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