Welcome to the Motorcycle Parking website, the ultimate guide to motorcycling and scootering in London and the UK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Essential maintenance and update :
Due to popular demand we have now added a link on the seach facility page which will link you to our new search facility. We hope to have the whole update and upgrade of the site completed shortly. Will Beeley - Site author
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News Updates and Hot topics see below or click here
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Click on PARKING for a complete overview of the rules and regulations for each London borough, as well a full listing of solo motorcycle bay locations within London, links to the borough council parking pages and motorcycle bay locations in other UK cities including Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Durham, East Hertfordshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gloucester, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Reading, Slough and Winchester.
Travelling abroad? Find out where to park at most of the UK airports including Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted.
Use the SEARCH FACILITY to locate bays / motorcycle retailers / rider trainers and much other useful services for motorcylists. Also find useful tips on parking on the PARKING TIPS page and pointers for new riders on the MOTORCYCLE SECURITY and RIDER SAFETY pages.
Use this site as a quick reference for buying bikes, insurance and accessories, and finding out where you can take a CBT or full motorcycle test. This site is continually evolving, so please keep visiting to see updates and new links.
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www.motorcycleparking.com is continually searching for information of use to other motorcyclists. We hope to make this site UK-wide but until we have time to conduct indepth research in your area, please continue to email us at email@motorcycleparking.com (Please cut and paste the email address, the link has been removed to reduce spam) with parking and motorcycling details which you believe will be of use to others.
Note from site author: I would like to thank all those of you who continue to write in with details of use to other bikers and without whose help it would be impossible to keep all the information current. A big thank you to all. Will Beeley - Site author.
Coming soon: New site design
Westminster announce start date for charging for motorcycle parking - This week Westminster have put up notices giving details about the new charge for motorcyle parking. It is anticipated that charging will start ofn 4th August 2008. The price for a one day ticket (payable by phone - For information on how this works and to register click here) will be £1.50. You can buy a season ticket for £150. The charge will allow you to move between bays in Westminster without further charge. For fill details visit the Westminster website by clicking here. (updated 3 Jul 08)
Gatwick Airport decide to delay the introduction of parking charges for motorcycles until "after the busy summer period" following intervention by Motorcycleparking.com and the British Motorcycle Federation (08 Aug 07)
Petition - To introduce free & plentiful two wheel vehicle parking in all congestion chargeable zones click here - Closes 19 Jul 08.
Gatwick Airport bring in parking charges for motorcycles at the short stay NCP car parks (01 Aug 07)
Kensington and Chelsea to change a proportion of existing free bays to resident permit only parking for motorcycles and increase the permit price from £18 to £50. On a positive note, they plan to increase the number of motorcycle parking spaces from 1600 to 2600 and add secure locking facilities at all permit bays. Click here to read their review of motorcycle parking (21 Mar 07)
Bromley / Woolwich to get more motorcycle space. Click here for the update. (15 Jan 07)
Motorcycleparking.com makes the news with comments on Westminster Council's decision to charge for motorcycle parking... BBC News (03 jan 07) To read the report Westminster Council sent for Cabinet approval (giving their proposals and recommendations) click here (17 Jan 07). Read Motorcycleparking.com's full thoughts on the issue here.
Bikers to be charged to park in the Borough of Westminster from summer 2007... For information click here (22 Dec 06)
Bus lane usage in London by motorcycles still uncertain...Click here for details. (03 Oct 06)
Finsbury Market parking bay: As of 16th September 2006 the road is going to be made private so motorcycles will no longer be able to park there. The estate owners (Broadgate West) have confirmed that no other provisions will be made for the 50+ bikes/scooters who use the bays daily. (14 Sep 06)
Liverpool - As of 4th September 2006 Liverpool Council no longer allow motorcycles to park free of charge in Pay and Display bays... Click here for full details. (13 Sep 06)
Havering parking tickets invalid... Havering Council's parking tickets issued before 4th August 2006 were, last week, deemed illegal by a High Court judge who ruled that they contravened the Road Traffic Act by not containing both the date of the offence and the date of issue. (11 Sep 06)
WARNING OF BIKE THIEVES...
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Swan Lane Car Park, off Lower Thames Street is to close on 31st August 2006.... (25 April 2006) Read here the Corporation of Londons response to emails sent to them about the close. Future plans for increasing motorcycle provision in The City and Central London; what the Councils say... Also notes on the council-owned car parks within the Congestion Charging Zone (25 April 2006).
City of Westminster Enforcement Protocol puts end to avoiding a ticket by covering your VRN and tax disc.... Section 6 of the protocol (published March 2005) states that 'Parking Attendants can and should remove the covers from vehicles to take enforcement action.....'. For full details of the protocol which the enforcement teams should be following, click here. (19 May 2005)
Congestion Charge for bikers?! In response to the Evening Standard article on Thursday 24th March about Transport for London considering the option of making bikers pay for entering the Congestion Charging Zone, TFL has issued a statement from London Mayor Ken Livingstone stating that bikes and scooters will remain exempt from congestion charging in the capital.... 'Both motorcycles and scooters are exempt from the congestion charge as they do not cause congestion. The Mayor wishes to make it crystal clear that he has absolutely no intention whatsoever of making scooters and motorcycles pay the congestion charge...' (29 March 2005)
Read the Government's Motorcycle Strategy (February 2005).
The latest information on pavement parking and covering your VRN and tax disc...Click here (7 January 2005).
Bus Lanes: 22 of the 33 London Boroughs now use Bus Lane Cameras to prosecute drivers / riders who use bus lanes illegally during their operational hours. Find out where these cameras are by clicking through to the Transport for London site (4 January 2004).
Motorcycleparking.com reaches the 1 Million hits mark! Motorcycleparking.com would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written in with positive feedback on the site. It has taken a fair amount of work to make the site what it is, but rest assured it will develop further and become an ever improving resource for bikers (26 November 2004).
A comprehensive list of the secure motorcycle parking locations in the Congestion Charging Zone in London (25 July 2004).
Updated hardcopy (handy pocket-sized booklet) of bay locations in the Congestion Charge Zone now available. Buy yours online now...
Motorcycle safety: New research highlights ways to reduce risk of serious injury and death by up to a third (19 April 2004).
NEW SEARCH FACILITY: Our new search facility to assist you to find motorcycle retailers / servicers / recoverers / trainers is now up-to-date. All locations within the Congestion Charging Zone in London have been checked. More locations throughout Uk are being added weekly. For full details of retailers / servicers / recoverers / trainers in London, please go to the M/Cs and Accessories page and click on the relevant borough on the map (29 March 2004).
Cars breaking suddenly at fixed speed camera locations can be a major danger to motorcyclist; Prepare yourself by knowing where to expect such dangers by visiting the National Safety Camera Liaison website where you can find the location of every fixed speed camera in England and Wales. Alternatively look for blackspots on the Speedcamerasuk.com website.
Corporation of London car parks free for bikers...
Within the past few weeks a joint action by Westminster Council and the Police targeted bikers who parked their bikes with their VRNs and tax discs covered up. A high number of tickets were issued. Note that it is illegal to park without displaying a VRN and valid tax disc - See Footway / 'Pavement Light' parking: General information (5 August 2003).
Car drivers find legal loophole to park in Solo Motorcycle Bays....(5 August 2003).
Footway / 'Pavement Light' parking: General information
Barnet Borough Council - Motorcycles are no longer required to display Resident Permits within the Borough (Updated 21 May 2003).
Hackney Borough Council now allow free motorcycle parking within Resident, Pay and Display and Shared-use bays provided you are parked perpendicular to the curb (Updated 20 May 2003).
City of London announces 600 new motorcycle parking spaces (News release 4 Feb 03).
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