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Parking spaces
As of November 2022, Southwark Council had approximately 28,717 on-street parking spaces and 16,045 off-street parking spaces.
On-street parking
The table below lists the type of on-street parking space and the approximate number of each type of on-street parking space. An on-street parking space is a controlled parking area on the public highway.
Type of on-street parking space |
Sum of spaces |
---|---|
Ambulance Bay |
20 |
Car club bay |
153 |
Coach parking place |
17 |
Disabled Persons Parking Place (DPPP) |
1,260 |
Doctor only |
35 |
Electric vehicles only |
51 |
Free short stay parking place (short stay) |
1,062 |
Loading only bay |
261 |
Free solo motorcycle parking place |
460 |
Pay-by-Phone parking place (pay) |
962 |
Permit-holders only parking place (permit) |
17,618 |
Shared-use (pay or permit) |
6,181 |
Shared-use (permit and short stay) |
17 |
Shared-use (DPPP and loading bay) |
4 |
Taxi only |
23 |
Permit-holders only past this point |
593 |
Total |
28,717 |
Off-street parking
The table below lists the type of off-street parking space and the approximate number of each type of off-street parking space. An off-street parking space is a controlled parking area not on the public highway (for example, within car parks of housing estates or parks).
Type of off-street parking space |
Sum of spaces |
---|---|
Ambulance bay |
6 |
Disabled Persons Parking Place (DPPP) |
488 |
Free solo motorcycle parking place |
36 |
Pay parking place |
450 |
Permit-holders only parking place (permit) |
14,755 |
Southwark Council Children Services |
2 |
Time-limited visitor parking |
308 |
Total |
16,045 |
Unrestricted parking
The council has approximately 50 kilometres of potential on-street parking, which is unrestricted, in the borough.
Cycle parking
The council provides free on-street cycle parking throughout the borough. We also provide 56 cycle hire stations which are maintained by Transport for London and their agents, and over 500 cycle hangars which are provided by Cyclehoop or Falco.
Page last updated: 07 August 2024