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Motorcycle parking in Nottingham
Free in ANY pay to park space, not just the bike bays. Nottingham has the most generous published motorcycle policy of any city we hold, and it is worth knowing before you ride in. The tram network cuts across the city centre and several streets are closed to traffic, so plan the last few hundred metres.
The short answer
| In Nottingham | |
|---|---|
| Motorcycle bays we hold | 8 |
| Of those, recorded free | 3 |
| Of those, chargeable | 5 |
| Of those, customer or permit only | 2 |
| Cheapest bay | Free |
| Car parks that take bikes | 246 |
| Council publishes a motorcycle policy | Yes, quoted below |
2 of these are customer parking, private land or permit holders only. 2 sit inside a car park that is marked that way. Being on the map is not the same as being somewhere you may leave a bike, and neither is being free: on private land the risk is a parking charge from the landowner, which cannot be appealed to an independent tribunal the way a council ticket can.
What the council says
This is the part worth reading, because it is the part that is hard to find. Everything below is taken from Nottingham's own published position, not inferred from our data.
On the street
- Nottingham City Council: parking in this dedicated motorcycle space is free of charge for an unlimited period.
- Motorcyclists may also use any other pay to park space in the city free of charge, for an unlimited period.
- Nottingham City Council: dedicated motorcycle spaces in the city centre are free for an unlimited period, and motorcyclists may use any other pay to park space free of charge too.
- But this bay is outside the streets the council lists, in an area with residential parking. In residential parking areas a motorcycle needs a valid permit, so read the sign here before you leave the bike.
In the council car parks
Worth separating, because a council can give a motorcycle a free bay on the street and still charge it in a car park. That is not a contradiction, it is just two different policies.
- Nottingham City Council: free in the designated motorcycle parking area, open 24 hours, 7 days a week. No need to take a ticket.
- Park inside the designated motorcycle area. The free rate applies there, not anywhere else in the car park.
- There is a dedicated secure motorcycle cage here. Access is for registered users only, through the RHParking app, so set that up before you ride in.
The bays nearest the centre
Closest first, measured from the middle of Nottingham. Each has its own page, which is the link to send when you are telling somebody where to meet.
| Bay | From the centre | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Motorcycle bay | 148 m | Free |
| Kent Street | 772 m | Free |
| Convent Street | 774 m | Free |
| Motorcycle bay | 1.4 km | Check signage |
| Motorcycle bay | 2.0 km | Check signage |
| Motorcycle bay | 2.1 km | Check signage |
| Motorcycle bay | 2.2 km | Check signage |
| Motorcycle bay | 2.5 km | Check signage |
Car parks that take bikes
We hold 246 car parks in Nottingham, and a car park always takes a motorcycle, which is the usual answer when there is no bay near where you are going.
The price shown on a car park is the car tariff. That is what the operator publishes, and it is almost never what a motorcycle pays. Plenty of councils let bikes park free in a designated area, some charge a flat daily rate, and some have a separate bike cage. Where Nottingham has told us, the section above says exactly what a bike pays here.
Other cities
Nearest to Nottingham: Sheffield (52 km), Birmingham (73 km), Manchester (93 km).
Riding into the capital instead? Motorcycle parking in London is covered borough by borough, and by destination.
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Open the free web appCounts are every record we hold inside the Nottingham local authority, correct when this page was built. The council position quoted above is taken from Nottingham's own published material. Bay locations outside London are mapped from OpenStreetMap, which is contributed by volunteers rather than published by the council, so treat counts as a guide. Always follow the sign at the bay.