Where to park with a resident parking permit
If you have a valid resident parking permit, you can park in
bays displaying "Resident permit holder only" sign.
The parking spaces vary in length from road to road and are not
normally divided into vehicle bays.
Residents displaying valid permits may park in permit
places, depending on the area, during controlled hours as
follows:
- Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 6.30pm or 10pm (depending
on the area),
- Saturday from 8.30am to 1.30pm or 6.30pm (depending on the
area),
- Sunday from 1pm to 5pm in some areas
The actual times are shown on the signs at each parking place.
Check these signs before 8.30am for suspension
notices.
You are not allowed to reserve a specific parking bay and having
a parking permit does not guarantee that there will be space
available for you at any place at any time.
If you have a motorcycle permit, you can park
in bays that display "M/C Permits only" on the ground; the combined
permit allows you to park your motorcycle in both motorcycle permit
and resident permit bays.
Please park your vehicle with consideration to others.
Map of Resident Parking Hours of Control
- for a map of the Borough showing the hours of control on
resident parking download and print a Residents
Parking Map
(Note: these locations may be subject to
change).
Pay and display bays
Permit holders may park free of charge in a pay and display bay
between 8.30am and 9.30am, and between 5.30pm and 6.30pm, Monday to
Saturday.
This means that you can park in a pay and display bay between
5.30pm and 9.30am the following morning free of charge.
If you want to park between 9.30am and 5.30pm, you have to pay
the appropriate charges.
There is no free parking for permit holders between 12.30pm to
1.30pm on a Saturday.
You can view pay and display machines at
street level. Each map lists the machine location, hours of
operation and the fee to park.
Boundary roads
Some of the roads that form the boundaries between the Royal
Borough and the City of Westminster have special parking
restrictions in place. These allow vehicles showing a valid Royal
Borough resident permit to park in certain boundary roads within
the City of Westminster, where you see this sign.
Valid permit holders are also allowed to park on some City of
Westminster meter bays on boundary roads for free between 8.30am
and 9.30am and 5.30pm and 6.30pm. The information plate on the City
of Westminster meter will tell you if this applies.
You should always take extra care when parking on boundary roads
to make sure that you are parked in the bays that allow a Royal
Borough resident parking permit.