LONDON CAR PARK AND OTHER OFF-STREET PARKING FOR MOTORCYCLES
Car Parks
Parking in council owned multi-storey carparks is often permitted free of charge provided motorcycles are parked within the designated motorcycle parking bays. Motorcyclists should however read the notices on the ticket machines to gain clarification on whether payment is necessary or not.
There is free parking for motorcyclists in designated motorcycle parking bays within council owned multi-storey carparks in the following boroughs:
Barking and Dagenham Bexley Brent Corporation of London Croydon
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Ealing Enfield Greenwich Haringey Kingston |
Merton (2 car parks) Newham Redbridge Southwark Waltham Forest
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Bexley Council-owned Car Parks
Parking for motorcycles is free in all of the council's car parks. Where there are no exclusive motorcycle bays, a standard parking bay can be used. In Avenue Road Car Park there are secured motorcycle facilities. (Updated 28 Jun 08)
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Camden
Designated motorcycle parking in Bloomsbury Square car park (half price of car parking) and Saffron Hill car park (£3 per day) (Updated 11 Sep 08)
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Corporation of London Car Parks
Corporation of London car parks are free for motorcycles which are covered on entry / exit points by CCTV and are manned 24 hours a day (other than Tower Hill). These are as follows:
Baynard House, Queen Victoria Street (Situated between White Lion Hill and Lamb Hill) - Ideal for those who work in and around Blackfriars / Mansion House. Space is allocated on floors 1, 2 & 4 but is limited.
London Wall (Situated underground just east of roundabout junction with Aldersgate. Entry from eastbound carriageway only) - Ideal for those working around Barbican, Moorgate and St Paul's. Good space but heavily used.
The Minories, Mansell Street (Situated between Mansell St and Minories, just south of Googman's Yard) - Ideal for those working around Fenchurch / Tower Hill / Aldgate. Whole of 1st floor allocated for motorcycles.
Tower Hill, Lower Thames Street, opposite Sugar Quay (open Monday - Friday 7.00am - 7.00pm, Saturday 7.00am - 1.30pm, closed on Sundays) - Ideal for those who work in and around Tower Hill / Fenchurch. Space is very limited (24 individual bays).
White's Row in Spitalfields (Entry from North bound side of Commercial St) - Ideal for those working near Liverpool St Station / Spitalfields / Aldgate. Whole of 2nd floor allocated for motorcyclists.
For the City of London Corporation's online motorcycle parking map click here and select ''Driving in the city' then 'City car parks' from the right navigation (Updated 11 Sep 08)
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Croydon
Motorcycle parking is free within the car parks run by or affiliated to the Council. You can park your motorcycle in any bay except disabled bays. The council run car arks are as follows: Ann's Place, Factory Lane, Jubilee Bridge, Purley and West Croydon (Updated 11 Sep 08)
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Ealing Broadway
Motorbikes are welcome in the dedicated motorbike park under the Grove Road car park entrance ramp. To access the motorbike parking area, turn into Grove Road from St Mary’s Road, following the road past the TVU building on the left hand side. Stay in the left hand lane taking the road immediately to the left of the car park entrance ramp. The motorbike parking area is on the right hand side approximately 50 yards from the road entrance. Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre Car Park is not suitable for motorbikes (Updated 11 Sep 08)
There's also free motorbike parking, undercover and in full view of the parking attendants' office, in the council run Springbridge Carpark, Spring Bridge Road, W5 (Updated 24 Feb 09 Thanks to Steve W)
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Greenwich
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Harrow
Free motorcycle parking in the designated motorcycle parking bays in the council operated car parks in Greenhill Way, Chapel Lane (Pinner) and Peel House (Wealdstone)
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Hounslow
There are some designated motorcycle bays within some of the off-street car parks but the council don't know where they are! (Updated 11 Sep 08)
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Kingston
Free in the following car parks: Dolphin St, Wood St (Railway Station), Weston Park, St James Rd, London Rd and Thames Side. (Updated 12 Sep 08)
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Lewisham
Free motorcycle parking in the designated motorcycle parking bays in the council operated car parks in Blackheath Station, Clarendon Rise, Slaithwaite Road and Giffin Street (Updated 12 Sep 08)
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Merton
Morden St and Hartfield Rd in Wimbledon (Updated 12 Sep 08)
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Richmond
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Sutton
There is free motorcycle parking in the council's surface pay and display car parks but payment is necessary in the town centre multi-storey carparks
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Waltham Forest
Free in the council owned car parks in Argall Avenue (Leyton), Bedford Road and Marlow Road (Walthamstow) (Updated 12 Sep 08)
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Westminster
Motorcyclist must hold a Season Parking Permit to park in the car parks with motorcycle parking facilities in Westminster Borough (St John's Wood - 6 bays / Cavendish Square - 20 bays / Church Street - 6 bays / Poland Street - 40 bays / Queensway - 22 bays / Pimlico - 20 bays / Leicester Square - 16 bays). Season Parking Permits are issued (for a cost) to residents or some people who work in the local area (contact City Hall, Westminster for details).
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Other Off-street Parking
There are sections of land dotted around London where you may be able to park your motorcycle without incurring a fine; these are not marked but are often recognised by the parking enforcement teams as unofficial motorcycle parking areas. You may get away with parking your motorcycle in these places provided the parking does not restrict the full use of the pavement or access / egress from a building, and provided you park in a reasonable manner. Motorcyclists must beware that the land owners may call the council to have your motorcycle forceably removed.
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