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Motorcycle parking in Sheffield
Free in city centre pay and display, with a catch. Sheffield is steep, and the city centre sits at the bottom of it, so most approaches involve a hill. The council publishes a city centre motorcycle position that is better than most, with a catch about where it applies.
The short answer
| In Sheffield | |
|---|---|
| Motorcycle bays we hold | 7 |
| Of those, recorded free | 5 |
| Of those, chargeable | 2 |
| Of those, customer or permit only | 1 |
| Cheapest bay | Free |
| Car parks that take bikes | 311 |
| Council publishes a motorcycle policy | Yes, quoted below |
1 of these is customer parking, private land or permit holders only. 1 says so on the bay itself. 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 Sheffield's own published position, not inferred from our data.
On the street
- Sheffield City Council: motorcycles use pay and display parking free of charge in the city centre.
- A solo motorcycle parking place is for solo motorcycles only, so a trike or quad can be ticketed here.
- Sheffield City Council: motorcycles park free in city centre pay and display parking, but that rule is published for the city centre and this bay is outside it. Check the sign here.
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.
- Sheffield City Council: motorcycles have free unlimited parking in this park car park. Cars pay £1 an hour.
The bays nearest the centre
Closest first, measured from the middle of Sheffield. 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 | 192 m | Free |
| Motorcycle bay | 238 m | Free |
| Motorcycle bay | 372 m | Free |
| Motorcycle bay | 424 m | Free |
| Motorcycle bay | 458 m | Free |
| Motorcycle bay | 988 m | Check signage |
| Motorcycle bay | 1.6 km | Check signage |
Car parks that take bikes
We hold 311 car parks in Sheffield, 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 Sheffield has told us, the section above says exactly what a bike pays here.
Other cities
Nearest to Sheffield: Leeds (46 km), Nottingham (52 km), Manchester (52 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 Sheffield local authority, correct when this page was built. The council position quoted above is taken from Sheffield'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.