The London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008,
has given new powers to all London boroughs, to issue parking
tickets to vehicles (ie motorcycles, scooters) parked on the
footpath in alleyways.
The Act also gives powers to:
- allow civil enforcement officers and any other authorised
council officers to remove anything obstructing the vehicles’
number plate. This is to enable them to issue any appropriate
penalty charge notice (parking ticket);
- recover the removal cost of a wheel clamp when someone has
taken it off the vehicle illegally.
From Monday 22 September 2008, the City of London Corporation
began issuing penalty charge notices to vehicles that are parked on
footways in alleyways irrespective of ownership.
Motor cycles and scooters can be parked in all of the off-street
public car
parks in the City of London. Motor cycle and
scooter parking is free in the public car parks operated by the
City of London Corporation and costs £4 per day in the
public car parks operated by National Car Parks Ltd (NCP).
Parking Enquiry Line: 020 7332 1548
Solo motorcycle parking
Free solo motorcycle parking is available in many locations
on-street, see list below, and in the car parks. Motorcycle
combinations or tricycles are not permitted within the solo
motorcycle bays. They should be parked in a standard car space and
pay the charges relating to that space in the normal manner.
On street
- Motorcycles should be parked wholly within the bay
- Motorcycles should not be left for longer than 24 hours in a
bay
- If a bay is suspended overnight and a motorcycle is parked
there, it is liable to be removed in the morning
Car parks
- Motorcycles must be parked in designated bays
- Motorcyclists are requested to take care at car park entries
and exits and allow other vehicles to go first
Motorcycle bay locations:
Find
motorcycle bays on our interactive map
Alderman's Walk, Bartholomew Close, Basinghall Street, Billiter
Street, Blomfield Street ,Botolph Lane, Bread Street, Broad Street
Avenue, Bush Lane, Carmelite Street, Circus Place, College Street
,Creechurch Lane, Crutched Friars, Dorset Rise, Dowgate Hill,
Eastcheap, Fetter Lane, Finsbury Circus, Fore Street, Fredericks
Place, Godliman Street, Golden Lane, Gravel Lane, Great St Helens,
Great Tower Street, Gresham Street ,Gutter Lane, Hammett Street,
Harrow Place, High Timber Street, Holborn, John Carpenter Street,
Laurence Pountney Hill, Lawrence Lane, Lloyds Avenue, London Street
,Mark Lane, Middlesex Street, Mincing Lane, Mitre Street, Monument
Street, Moor Lane, Muscovy Street, New Street Square, Noble Street,
Old Jewry, Pepys Street, Plough Place, Rolls Buildings, Seething
Lane, Smithfield Street ,Snow Hill, Southampton Buildings, St
Brides Street ,St Mary Axe, Sun Street ,Tallis Street, Temple
Avenue, Thavies Inn, Tokenhouse Yard, Tooks Court ,Tudor Street,
West Smithfield, Whitefriars, White Hart Court, Wood Street.
For more information download our
Motorcycle parking information sheet
(15.06.09) (281kb)
Bicycles
Free bicycle parking is provided in designated places on street
throughout the City, see list below, and in all seven car
parks.
On street
- Bicycles should be parked only in designated bays
- Bicycles should not be left for more longer than 24 hours in a
bay
- Bicycles should not be left chained to street
furniture
Car parks
- Bicycles must be parked in designated bicycle bays
- Cyclists are requested to take care in the car parks
Bicycle free parking places
Aldermanbury, Aldgate High Street, Angel Court,Bartholomew Close,
Basinghall Street, Bevis Marks, Bishopsgate, Bishopsgate
Churchyard, Blackfriars Lane, Bolt Court, Bream's Buildings,
Bridewell Place, Bridewell Place/Tudor Street, Brushfield Street,
Byward Street, Camomile Street, Cannon Street, Cannon Street/King
William Street, Cheapside, Cheapside/Milk Street, Devonshire
Square, Dukes Place, Fann Street, Farringdon Street (2), Fen Court,
Finsbury Circus, Fore Street Avenue (2), Godliman Street,
Gracechurch Street, Great Bell Alley, Great Tower Street, Great
Tower Street/Byward Street, Highwalk over Mermaid Theatre, Holborn
(2), Holborn Viaduct ,Houndsditch, Jewry Street, Little Britain,
London Wall, Long Lane, Lothbury, Lower Thames Street, Mark Lane,
Minories, Mumford Court, New Fetter Lane, Newgate Street, Noble
Street, Old Fish Street Hill, Philpot Lane, Pilgrim Street, Pudding
Lane, Queen Victoria Street, Queen Victoria Street/Fye Foot Lane,
Queen Victoria Street/Puddle Dock, Seething Lane, Shorter Street,
Silk Street (2) ,Southampton Buildings, St Botolph Street, St Bride
Street, St Paul's Churchyard, Stonecutter Street, White Kennett
Street, Wood Street (2).