Check parking restrictions with the TRO Map
You can use the Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO) map to check parking restrictions in any area. Use the ‘Zoom to’ dropdown on the left-hand side to search for a location, or navigate the map manually. Click on a coloured box on a street to view details of any parking restrictions in place.
Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO) map
Important enforcement information
- We only take action against vehicles if parking restrictions are in place.
- You can report vehicles causing an obstruction to the police on their non-emergency number - 101
- Unless specific restrictions apply to pavements, we are unable to take action against pavement parking.
Why parking restrictions matter
On-street parking restrictions help maintain traffic flow and improve road safety. We regularly patrol most roads with restrictions in place. Drivers are responsible for checking all parking restrictions—including temporary ones—before leaving their vehicle.
Common parking restrictions
Double yellow lines
Loading/unloading is permitted as long as there is not also a loading ban (as indicated by single or double kerb markings (see Loading ban below)). In order for loading to be considered, the activity must be adjacent, reasonable and constant. Adjacent is self-explanatory, the vehicle must be parked as close as is practicable. Reasonable means that the goods must be of a nature that they cannot be easily carried by hand, and finally, the activity must be constant.
Vehicles correctly displaying a valid Blue Badge and clock can park for up to 3 hours (please see GOV.UK - Blue Badge handbook for exceptions to this). The double yellow line restriction also applies to any adjacent pavement or verge.
Single yellow lines
This means ‘No Waiting’ and is the same as double yellow lines, except it only applies at the times shown on the sign.
The single yellow line restriction also applies to any adjacent pavement or verge.
Loading ban
These markings may be present where there are double or single yellow lines and mean that a loading ban applies at all times, or at the times shown on the sign.
When a loading ban applies, no parking is permitted for any vehicle (Blue Badges are not valid for parking on a loading ban).
Limited waiting bay
These bays allow parking for a certain period of time, as specified on the sign.
For example ‘1 hour, No return within 2 hours’. This means that the maximum stay is 1 hour, and when you leave you cannot return to the same location (including other bays on the same street) within 2 hours.
There may be an exception for permit holders, in which case the sign would also state ‘permit holders’ and identify the relevant permit (for example L0).
Blue Badge holders can park as long as needed so long as their valid Blue Badge is correctly displayed.
Loading bay
Vehicles can park for as long as needed while loading/unloading is actively being carried out.
In order for loading to be considered, the activity must be adjacent, reasonable and constant. Adjacent is self-explanatory, the vehicle must be parked as close as is practicable. Reasonable means that the goods must be of a nature that they cannot be easily carried by hand, and finally, the activity must be constant.
Images are sourced from the Highway Code and the Department for Transport, used under the Open Government Licence for public sector information.