Disabled Parking

Canterbury City Council is committed to making parking facilities as easy to use as possible for everybody. Dedicated bays for disabled badge holders are provided in most of the public car parks. In addition, drivers may use any normal parking bay, (not those dedicated for business use or residents only) provided that a valid blue badge and clock, set at the time of arrival, are displayed. The first three hours are free but it is possible to buy extra time by purchasing a pay and display ticket and displaying it alongside the blue badge. This may be bought upon arrival. All pay and display ticket machines have been modified in order to make them accessible to wheelchair users and are all compliant under the Disability Discrimination Act.

Dedicated Car Parks - Chapel Street car park in Herne Bay and Orange Street car park in Canterbury are provided exclusively for disabled parking. However Orange Street car park is temporarily closed so that the refurbishment of the Beaney Institute can be carried out. The car park will re-open when the work is complete with more disabled parking spaces that it had previously. To accommodate the loss of disabled parking spaces, additional spaces have been created in Pound Lane car park.

Park and Ride - Canterbury's Park and Ride operates using low floor buses which 'kneel' to the kerb and the interior layouts have been specifically designed to accommodate wheelchair users. Special restraining belts are available so that passengers can travel securely in their wheelchairs. Blue Badge holders are required to pay the daily tariff when using the Park and Ride.

On Street - For details on using your blue badge on street please refer to the booklet that was issued to you with your blue badge.