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What is the European Blue Badge Scheme?

The National Orange Badge Scheme began in 1971, but has now been replaced by the European Blue Badge Scheme. This new scheme gives national parking concessions for drivers and passengers with severe disabilities. These badges are issued to people with a physical disability, or those who are registered as blind, and who need to be able to park close to their destination.

However, because of the serious parking problems in central London, the Secretary of State for Transport decided when the scheme was introduced that these concessions would not apply in:

  • the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea;
  • the City of Westminster;
  • the City of London; and
  • part of Camden south of Euston Road

Because of this, we and these other boroughs have set up special disabled badge schemes. You can apply directly to these other boroughs for details of their own schemes.

Where can't I park with my blue badge in the Borough?

  • Resident parking bays during controlled hours
  • On double yellow lines
  • On suspended parking bays
  • Diplomatic bays
  • Doctors' bays
  • Personalised numbered disabled bays

Suspended parking bay
Suspended parking bay

Personalised numbered disabled bay
Personalised numbered disabled bay

 

Where can I park with my blue badge in the Borough?

  • Pay-and-display bays. As long as you have made a payment (up to the maximum time allowed) at a pay-and-display machine, you can have one hour's free parking after the time you have paid for has run out
  • Single yellow lines. As long as there is no loading limit and only for 20 minutes to drop off or pick up a disabled person, or to collect goods
  • Special blue badge parking bays. We have provided special European blue badge parking bays if you hold a blue badge, near to places of interest. You can park for free in these bays for up to four hours from Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 6.30pm, and for as long as you want to outside these hours. During the limited hours, you must also display your blue clock in the vehicle. The bays are listed on below

Pay-and-display bay
Pay-and-display bay

Special blue badge parking bay
Special blue badge parking bay

 

List of parking bays for blue badge holders

Parking bays for Blue Badge holders
Street and postcode Number of bays Where are they?
Acklam Road W10 1 Under Westway, opposite Mosque
Allen Street W8 2 Outside 195, Waterstones
Argyll Road W8 3 Junction with Kensington High Street
Barlby Road W10 1 Junction with Ladbroke Grove
Basil Street SW3 4 Outside Harrods
Beauchamp Place SW3 1 Opposite number 29
Bramerton Street SW3 1 Side of number 239 Kings Road
Bute Street SW7 1 Outside number 31
Bywater Street SW3 1 Opposite number 132 junction Kings Road
Cadogan Gardens SW3 1 Outside number 39
  2 Opposite number 39, outside Peter Jones
Cale Street SW3 4 Opposite Royal Brompton hospital
Campden Hill Road W8 2 Outside Bradford and Bingley Building Society, junction with Kensington High Street
Chelsea Manor Gardens SW3 2 Opposite Chelsea Sport Centre
Clarendon Road W11 1 Juction with Portland Road, outside 22-25 The Quest
Collingham Road SW5 1 Outside St Jude's Church
Cranley Place SW7 1 Side of 99 –101 Old Brompton Road
Dalgarno Way W10 1 Outside Block X Peabody Estate
Dovehouse Street SW3 3 Outside Royal Brompton Hospital
Dudmaston Mews SW3 5 Outside Royal Marsden Hospital
Eardley Crescent SW5 1 Outside number 73
Earls Court Road SW5 1 Outside number 284
Earls Court Road SW5 1 Opposite number 29
Egerton Terrace SW3 1 Outside number 5
Elkstone Road W10 1 Outside number 1
Exhibition Road SW7 4 Outside Natural History Museum
  4 Outside Science Museum
  4 Outside Victoria and Albert Museum
Flood Street SW3 1 Outside number 15
Foulis Terrace SW7 3 Opposite number 1-5
Freston Road W10 1 Outside Harrow Club
Fulham Road SW3 2 Outside 111-113
Glebe Place SW3 1 Side of 219 King's Road
Gloucester Road SW7 1 Outside number 68, opposite Elvaston Place
Golborne Road W10 1 Outside number 18, flats 1 to 10
Golborne Road W10 1 Outside the Prince Arthur Public House
Hillgate Street W8 2 Outside number 1
Holland Park Road W14 1 Opposite number 9a
Holland Villas Road W14 1 Opposite number 44
Kenley Walk W11 1 Outside number 29
Kensal Road W10 1 Outside 196 – 200
Kings Road SW3 2

Opposite 492, outside World's End Place near junction Langton Street

  1 Outside number 359, nearest junction Milman Street
Kings Road SW10 1 Outside number 433
Kingsbridge Road W10 1 Outside number 20
Kingsdown Close W10 1 Junction with Bartle Road
Lancaster Road W11 2 Opposite number 160, outside London Lighthouse
  1 Outside number 111 to 117 (London Lighthouse)
  2 Outside number 61, Clinic near Portobello Road junction
  1 O/s Campden Institute, near Ladbroke Grove library
Latimer Road, W10 1 Outside 220
Lawrence Street SW3 1 Junction Cheyne Walk, opposite Cheyne Lodge
Lennox Gardens SW1 1 Opposite number 67 Pont Street
Lincoln Street SW3 2 Opposite number 17, near Kings Road junction
Lots Road SW10 1 Opposite number 12, near junction with Cremorne Road
Lowndes Square SW1X 1 Outside number 48-49
Lowndes Street SW1X 1 Opposite number 20
Malton Road W10 3 Outside Westway Centre, near junction Malton Mews
Netherton Grove SW10 6 Opposite Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Norland Road W11 1 Side of Sikh Temple / opposite 57 Queensdale Road
Old Brompton Road SW5 1 Outside 296, near Warwick Road junction
Old Brompton Road SW5 1 Outside 212, Brompton Library
Oxford Gardens W10 1 Junction with Portobello Road
Palace Gardens Terrace W8 1 Outside number 104-108
Pembridge Villas W11 1 Opposite number 62, outside Library
Penywern Road SW5 1 Outside flank of number 28 Warwick Road
Phillimore Walk W8 2 Junction with Argyll Road
Queens Gate SW7 1 Outside number 90
Radnor Walk SW3 1 Side of 115 Kings Road
Roland Gardens SW7 1 Outside number 46
Royal Hospital Road SW3 1 Outside Army Museum
Scarsdale Villas W8 1 Outside number 2, junction Marloes Road
Sedding Street SW1 1 Rear of Holy Trinity Church
Silchester Road W10 2 Outside Whitstable House
Sirdar Road W11 1 Outside number 91-93
Sloane Terrace SW1 1 Side of 150 Sloane Street
St Helen's Gardens W10 2 Outside number 95, by Memorial Park entrance
St James's Gardens W11 1 Outside number 49
St Mark's Road W10 2 Opposite number 88, outside Memorial Park
St Quintin Avenue W10 1 Outside St Quintin's Health Centre
Stanhope Gardens, SW7 1 At the junction with Stanhope Mews West
Sydney Street SW3 3 Outside Brompton Hospital
Victoria Road W8 1 Opposite number 8
Walmer Road W11 1 Outside number 223
Walton Street SW3 1 Outside number 95
Waynflete Square W10 1 Junction with Bramley Road
  1 Outside number 80, west end of road
Wedlake Street W10 1 Junction with 190 Kensal Road
Westbourne Park Road W11 1 Side of 216 Portobello Road
Wornington Road W10 1 Outside Kensington and Chelsea College
Wrights Lane W8 1 Near junction with Kensington High Street
Young Street W8 3 Near junction with Kensington High Street
     
Total    
80 locations 143 bays  

Blue badge disabled bays with limited parking times

You can park for free in these bays up to the maximum stay indicated during the hours of enforcement from Monday to Saturday, between 8.30am and 6.30pm. You must ensure you display your disabled badge and clock in the vehicle during the hours of restriction.

Maximum stay: One hour only
Street and postcode Number of bays Where to find bays
Hornton Street W8 2 Opposite number 52-54

Maximum stay: Four hours only
Street and postcode Number of bays Where to find bays
Westgate Terrace SW10 1 Outside 10 Redcliffe Street

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