Electrical vehicle parking and charging

There are two on-street charging points in the Royal Borough, one in Knightsbridge and one near Portobello Road market both are part of the Source London scheme. There are also Source London charging points in Sainsbury’s car park in Cromwell Road and Tesco’s car park in Warwick Road.

See here for more information about electric vehicles in the Royal Borough

Charging points in the Town Hall car park

There are six 13amp sockets in the car park under Kensington Town Hall offering reduced cost parking while you charge your car. These are not part of the Source London scheme so they are available to any electric vehicle driver. Electric vehicles, for charging purposes, are defined as wholly electric cars and mopeds. The discount does not apply to hybrid vehicles.

The entrance to the car park is in Hornton Street to the rear of the Central Library. The charging points are located on level B2. 

Charges

Charging tariff from 1 April 2013

Time period Tariff
Up to 3 hour £1.50
3 to 4 hours

£5.40

4 to 6 hours

 £9.80
6 to 8 hours £11.90
8 to 10 hours £16.30
Overnight rate 6pm to 9am £3.10
Sunday rate 9am to 6pm £3.10

Operational details

When arriving at the car park please take a ticket at the barrier as normal. Park your vehicle in an electric vehicle bay and go to the kiosk before you start charging. the parking attendant will note your vehicle registration, time of arrival, bay number and date and give you an information slip.  when you finish charging return to the kiosk to have your ticket coded for the discount rate then pay at the ticket machine as usual.

If you have an electric motorcycle or moped please use bays 5 and 6 if these are available.


Terms and conditions

  • bays are provided on a first come first served basis.
  • discounted tariffs for electrically propelled vehicles do not apply when parked in any other part of the car park - electric vehicles parked in any other part of the car park will not receive a discount
  • please note that electric vehicles, for charging purposes, are defined as wholly electric cars and motorcycles/mopeds - the discount does not apply to hybrid vehicles (vehicles are deemed wholly electric if they can be plugged in and charged - however if the attendant is not sure a vehicle is electric you may be asked to show that your car has a socket instead of a fuel tank)
  • the Council reserves the right to change these conditions without prior notice - please note that the standard car park terms and conditions also apply
  • download the: Terms and Conditions [PDF] (file size 395Kb).

Further information

For comments on the electric vehicle scheme please email transportation@rbkc.gov.uk or contact the Transportation and Policy Team on 020 7361 3238