Half-hour parking vouchers have been introduced to ease difficulties with the new pay-by-phone parking method. From this week, Barnet Council has introduced the £1 half-hour vouchers, which are available for purchase online through its website. A one-hour voucher costs £2. One-hour and half-hour vouchers are also available to buy in the borough’s 16 libraries, with [...]
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Manchester Hospital Scraps Parking Charges
Trafford General Hospital in Manchester has broken ranks to become the first in the country to scrap car parking charges for patients and visitors. Even though the fees are banned in Scotland and Wales, hospitals in England make more than £100million a year from forcing patients to pay before they can park their vehicle. Now, Trafford [...]
Free London Lamborghini Parking?
Here is another benefit of driving a nice car…free parking! The owner of this Lamborghini Murcielago appears to be a model of frugality, however, opting to take the most cost-effective exit from a car park in an audacious move caught on video.
Hillingdon Parking scheme defeated by residents
Business owners have been defeated by residents in their bid to introduce a stop and shop parking scheme outside their shops to boost trade. Residents objected to the plans as it would have meant a loss of several key parking places close to Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, also affecting those living on Denziloe Avenue. One of [...]
Council parking spaces to be auctioned on eBay
Motorists will soon be able to bid for council-owned parking spaces on eBay under a radical new scheme being trialled. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has registered itself as a seller on the online auction site and is putting parking permits under the hammer. Unlike permits already available from the council, the auctioned [...]
Free to Park Texting Service is now Live!
Our SMS text back service is now fully operational. Just text the word “parking” and the name of a tube station outside the congestion charging zone to 80039 and you will receive a text message by return giving you details of where to park for free within walking distance of the station. Please visit the [...]
Free To Park texting service about to launch!
We are nearly ready to launch our unique and new SMS texting service for finding free parking in london near tube stations. We have identified thousands of completely free parking spaces on public roads over the last few months and are now ready to offer our service to anybody wishing to park in Outer London [...]
More than £1.1m raised from Waltham Forest parking permits
Waltham Forest council has received more than £1.1m in income from controlled parking zones (CPZ) permits in the last two years, the Guardian can reveal. The authority has raked in £877,840 from 13,607 residents’ permits and a further £247,331 from 475 business parking permits since April 2007, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show. [...]
Kensington and Chelsea parking charges reduced to beat crunch
Free parking to help businesses through the recession will be provided every Saturday throughout April in Kensington and Chelsea. Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed the proposals last month which will apply to the borough’s 5,600 pay and display parking bays, meaning motorists feeling the pinch of the credit crunch could save up to £6 per week. [...]