MOTORCYCLE PARKING IN LONDON

Please note: In all boroughs where you are able to park for free in the various types of pay bay (Resident's, Pay and Display, Metered or Shared-use), councils request that you park perpendicular (at a right angle) to the kerb.

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(Click on Solo Bay Locations for details of motorcycle parking spaces or borough name for a direct link through to the specific borough parking page)

Free parking for motorcyclists

Motorcyclists are required to pay

Borough	Resident's Bay	Pay and Display Bay	Metered Bay	Shared Use Bay (Resident's and P&D)	Solo Parking Bay locations (Click link for details)	Off-Street / Car Park Motorcycle Parking (Click link for details)
Barking and Dagenham			No bays		None
Barnet (Updated 10 Sep 11)			No bays
Bexley (Updated 11 Sep 08)					None	Free in council owned car parks in the designated bays
Brent (Updated 11 Sep 08)					None	Free in council owned car parks
Bromley (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	At least one free bay in every car park in Bromley
Camden (Link to bay search updated 10 Sep 11)(Updated 11 Sep 08)					Click here	You need to pay
Corporation of London (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	Free in council owned car parks
Croydon (Updated 11 Sep 08)			No bays		Click here	Free in council owned car parks
Ealing (Updated 11 Sep 08)			No bays		None	Free in council owned car parks
Enfield (Updated 9 Oct 08)						Free in council owned car parks
Greenwich						Free in council owned car parks
Hackney (Updated 17 Aug 11 - thanks JohnR)			No bays		None	You need to pay
Hammersmith and Fulham (Updated 10 Sep 11)					None	None
Haringey (Updated 11 Sep 08)			No bays		None	Free in council owned car parks
Harrow (Updated 9 Oct 08)					Click here	Free in council owned car parks
Havering				No bays
Hillingdon (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	Free in council owned car parks
Hounslow (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	Free in council owned car parks which have dedicated spaces
Islington (Updated 10 Sep 11)			No bays		Click here
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (Updated 10 Sep 11)			No bays	No bays	Click here
Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	Free in some of the council owned car parks
Lambeth (Updated 11 Sep 11)					Click here
Lewisham (Updated 12 Sep 08)			No bays		Very limited number	Free in council owned car parks
Merton (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	Free in council owned car parks. Confirmed bay in Hartfield Road car park
Newham (Updated 10 Sep 11)					None	Free in council owned car parks (except in Stratford Multi-storey)
Redbridge (Updated P&D 6 Apr 11 - thanks Fareedoon A) (Updated Resident 25 Jun 10 - thanks Simon S)						Free in council surface and multi-story car parks**
Richmond-upon-Thames (Updated 10 Sep 11)						Free in council owned car parks (in marked M/C bays only)
Southwark (Updated 9 Oct 08)				No bays	Click here	Free in council owned car parks
Sutton			No bays	No bays		Free in council owned car parks
Tower Hamlets (Updated 10 sep 11)			No bays		Click here
Waltham Forest (Updated 9 Oct 08)			No bays		None	Free in council owned car parks
Wandsworth (Updated 9 Oct 08)			No bays		Click here	Free in council owned car parks
Westminster (Updated 10 Sep 11)					Click here	Free in council owned car parks

*The policy for free motorcycle parking in Resident's Bays in Richmond is under review and is likely to be changed in the very near future. Confirmation of the change will be displayed on this website as soon as the new policy has been passed and that information relayed to the author of this site.

**There are designated motorcycle parking areas within the car parks serving Ilford Town Centre (Updated 6 Apr 11 - thanks Fareedoon A)

Additional information

Alleyway Parking (Also see - Alleyway Parking page)

Soho: There is an alley way that runs parallel between Frith Street and Dean Street W1 which is blocked off to cars and is suitable for motorcycles.

Car Parks

For information on car parks and other off-street parking in London click here.

Secure parking locations within the Congestion Charging Zone

Click here to find a list of the secure parking locations within the Congestion Charging Zone.

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