About This Camera
Camera Location & Hazard Overview
A wide crossroads that mostly does its job well — until it doesn't. Fulham Palace Road meeting Lillie Road channels traffic between Hammersmith, Fulham Broadway and Earls Court, and it's one of those junctions that runs smoothly right up to the point it very suddenly doesn't, usually without much warning beforehand. That unpredictability is exactly why this particular junction is worth checking before you commit to a route through this specific area. This real-time traffic camera covering Local Routes (A304/A308) is especially useful for checking conditions before committing to a specific route.
Traffic Pattern & Congestion Trends
Morning traffic is heaviest heading north towards Hammersmith; evenings reverse it entirely, with the crossroads itself acting as the main constraint rather than either approach road individually. Tennis events at nearby Queens Club occasionally bring short-lived surges of taxis and general traffic that can genuinely catch drivers off guard. Weekend traffic here is noticeably different, shaped more by leisure trips than by the standard weekday commute pattern.
Traffic Fines & Camera Enforcement
Box junction cameras cover this crossroads given its size, alongside standard bus lane and ULEZ enforcement across the junction and its approaches. Certain right turns are time-restricted and camera-monitored too, reflecting how tightly this junction needs to be managed to keep all four directions moving fairly.
Road Closures & Alternative Routes
North End Road offers a parallel route east for Fulham-bound traffic if this junction's congested; Talgarth Road is the main alternative towards central London instead. Neither is dramatically quicker at peak times, but both keep traffic moving rather than queuing at a single stuck junction unnecessarily. Neither route offers a dramatic time saving, but both provide somewhere to go if this crossroads itself is genuinely blocked nearby. Rear-end shunts at this crossroads are common enough that a no win no fee car accident claim is a realistic option locally, particularly for drivers caught out by the sudden stop-start pattern here.
Driver Safety & Local Tips
If Queens Club has an event on, expect extra taxi and drop-off activity around this junction — worth checking tournament dates if you're passing through in June, since the effect can last for the better part of a fortnight each summer.
ULEZ & Emissions
Hammersmith and Fulham is fully inside the expanded ULEZ, running 24/7 — £12.50 a day for non-compliant vehicles. The borough's eastern edge brushes the Congestion Charge boundary too, so check tfl.gov.uk if you're heading towards central London.
Parking near Fulham Palace Rd/Lillie Rd, Putney and Mortlake
North End Road's market stalls create genuine parking pressure on this stretch, with loading restrictions for traders enforced closely during trading hours — don't expect any tolerance for even a brief stop near the market itself. The surrounding streets fall within H&F's standard emissions-based CPZ, RingGo pay-by-phone or permit only, generally free outside controlled hours and on Sundays. Queens Club tournament weeks aside, this junction has no formal car park backing it up, so the residential permit bays either side genuinely carry the full weight of demand. Given the elevated Talgarth Road above, there's no meaningful street parking directly beneath it either. Locals visiting North End Road's market tend to park a street or two back from the market stalls themselves, where competition is noticeably lighter, rather than trying to find space immediately outside the busiest trading section.
If on-street parking is hard to find, apps like JustPark and YourParkingSpace let you pre-book a private driveway or car park nearby — typically from around £2–£6 per hour or £10–£25 per day depending on how central the location is.
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