Parking public notice 2025

Notice of variation of on-street pay and display parking charges and tariffs

Notice is hereby given that Reading Borough Council in exercise of its powers under Section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Regulation 25 of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 and all other enabling powers is varying its on street pay and display on-street parking charges in accordance with the Schedule below. Please also take note that the existing tariff categories will be simplified into three main areas: Inner Central, Outer Reading and Out of Town.

These changes will come into effect from 1 March 2025.

New parking areas:

Inner Central – This area covers central Reading including:

Abbey Street, Blagrave Street, Castle Street, Cheapside, Eldon Square, Fobney Street, Friar Street, Great Knollys Street, Greyfriars Road, Hosier Street, Howard Street, Kenavon Drive, Kings Road, Oxford Road, Sackville Street, St Mary’s Butts, Stanshawe Road, The Forbury, Vachel Road, Valpy Street, Weldale, Street, West Street.

Outer Reading – This area includes location just outside of the town centre:

Addington Road, Alexandra Road, Allcroft Road, Crossland Road, Deansgate Road, Denmark Road, East Street, Elmhurst Road, Erleigh Road, Kendrick Road, London Street, Mill Lane, Morgan Road, Northfield Road, Oxford Road, Redlands Road, Sidmouth Street, South Street, Upper Redlands Road

Out of town – This area covers locations further from the town centre:

Cintra Avenue, Wokingham Road, Pepper Lane, Wokingham Road

Inner central Reading

Existing tariff Pre increase and changes	Proposed tariff
Tariff 1	Inner Central 2hrs Max stay
20 mins for £1.00	20 mins for £1.00
40 mins for £2.00	40 mins for £2.00
1 hr £3.00	1 hr £3.00
80 mins £4.00	80 mins £4.50
100 mins £5.00	100 mins £5.00
2 hrs £6.00	2 hrs £6.00
Tariff 2	Inner Central 3hrs Max Stay
20 mins for £1.00	20 mins for £1.00
40 mins £1.50	40 mins for £2.00
1 hr £2.00	1 hr £3.00
80 mins £2.50	80 mins £4.50
100 mins £3.00	100 mins £5.00
2 hrs £3.50	2 hrs £6.00
140 mins £4.00	140 mins £7.00
160 mins £4.50	160 mins £8.00
3 hrs £5.00	3 hrs £9.00
RINGO ONLY Tariff 3	Inner Central 3hrs Max Stay
30 mins £0.50	20 mins for £1.00
1 hr £2.00	40 mins for £2.00
90 mins £2.50	1 hr £3.00
2 hrs £3.50	80 mins £4.50
–	100 mins £5.00
–	2 hrs £6.00
–	140 mins £7.00
–	160 mins £8.00
–	3 hrs £9.00

Outer Reading

Existing tariff Pre increase and changes	Proposed tariff
Tariff 4	Outer Reading 2 hours Max stay
20 mins £0.70	30 mins £1.00
40 mins £1.40	1 hr £1.50
1 hr £1.50	90 mins £2.50
80 mins £2.20	2 hrs £3.50
100 mins £3.00
2 hrs £3.50
Tariff 5	Outer Reading Day Rate
30 mins £0.80	30 mins £1.00
1 hr £1.50	1 hr £1.50
90 mins £2.50	90 mins £2.50
2 hrs £3.50	2 hrs £3.50
2.5 hrs £4.00	2.5 hrs £4.00
3 hrs £5.00	3 hrs £5.00
3.5 hrs £5.30	3.5 hrs £5.50
4 hrs £6.00	4 hrs £6.00
6 hrs £9.00	6 hrs £9.00
Max £12.00	Max £12.00
RINGO ONLY	Outer Reading 4 hour Max stay
Tariff 6
1 hr £1.00	1 hr £1.50
2 hrs £2.50	2 hrs £2.50
3 hrs £3.50	3 hrs £3.50
4 hrs £4.50	4 hrs £4.50
Max £6.00	Max £6.00

Out of town

Existing tariff Pre increase and changes	Proposed tariff
Tariff 7 (RINGO ONLY)	Out of Town Tariff
30 mins free	Withdraw
1 hr £1.00	1 hr £1.00
2 hrs £1.50	2 hrs £1.50
3 hrs £2.00	3 hrs £2.50
4 hrs £2.50	4 hrs £3.00
7 hrs £3.00	7 hrs £4.00
Tariff 8	Out of Town Tariff
30 mins free	Withdraw
1 hr £1.00	1 hr £1.00
2 hrs £1.50	2 hrs £1.50
3 hrs £2.00	3 hrs £2.00
4 hrs £2.50	4 hrs £3.00
7 hrs £3.00	7 hrs £4.00

Notice of variation of on-street pay and display parking charges and tariffs

This notice varies the previously published notice dated 6 February 2025 which outlined proposed changes to on street pay and display on-street parking charges and the simplification of tariff categories into three main areas: Inner Central, Outer Reading and Out of Town.

It was identified that charges for Wokingham Road were omitted from the initial notice and some streets were incorrectly assigned to the wrong parking areas.

Notice is hereby given that Reading Borough Council in exercise of its powers under Section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Regulation 25 of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 and all other enabling powers is varying parking charges in accordance with the Schedule below. The revised parking areas are also set out below.  

These changes will come into effect from 1 April 2025.

New parking areas

Inner Central – This area covers central Reading including:

Abbey Street, Blagrave Street, Castle Street, Cheapside, Cintra Avenue, Crossland Road, Deansgate Road, East Street, Eldon Square, Fobney Street, Friar Street, Garrard Street, Great Knollys Street, Greyfriars Road, Hosier Street, Howard Street, Kenavon Drive, Kings Road, London Street, Mill Lane, Northfield Road, Oxford Road, Sackville Street, Sidmouth Street, South Street, St Mary’s Butts, Stanshawe Road, The Forbury, Thorn Street, Vachel Road, Valpy Street, Weldale, Street, West Street, Wokingham Road

Outer Reading – This area includes location just outside of the town centre:

Addington Road, Alexandra Road, Denmark Road,Elmhurst Road, Erleigh Road, Kendrick Road, Morgan Road, Oxford Road, Redlands Road, Upper Redlands Road

Out of town – This area covers locations further from the town centre:

Wokingham Road, Pepper Lane

Current Tariff Zone 9	New Tariff
Up to 2 Hours Free	Withdraw
Up to 1 Hour	1 hr £1.00
2 hours	2 Hr £1.50
3 Hours £0.50	3 hrs £2.00
4 Hours £1.00	4 Hrs £3.00
5 Hours £1.50	Remove
6 Hours £2.00	Remove
7 Hours £2.50	up to 7 Hrs £ 4.00
8 Hours £3.00	Remove
9 Hours £3.50	Remove
10 Hours £4.00	Remove
11 Hours £4.50	Remove
12 Hours £5.00	Remove
13 Hours £5.50	Remove
14 Hours £6.00	Remove
15 Hours £6.50	Remove
16 Hours £7.00	Remove
17 Hours £7.50	Remove
18 Hours £8.00	Remove
19 Hours £8.50	Remove
20 Hours £9.00	Remove
21 Hours £9.50	Remove
22 Hours £10.00	Remove
23 Hours £10.50	Remove
24 Hours £11.00	Remove