Parking in this area is generally pretty tight, and the streets are patrolled regularly by traffic wardens. Much of the street parking space is designated as Permit Holders Only (Zone A). Between 8am and 8pm (recently changed from 10am-6pm) Mon-Sat you will need a visitor day permit to park in these areas and we have plenty in the house, you just need to mark the date and car registration on it and display on dashboard. Please note that if leaving your vehicle overnight you will need to have a new permit in place by 8am next morning (except for Sunday morning) – it’s ok to anticipate this and on the first day leave two permits displaying, one postdated for the next day.

There are usually spaces available nearby during the day as local residents come and go – after 8pm you won’t need a permit until the next morning but after around 5pm it does get progressively harder to find a space close by.

There are some single yellow line areas around, notably immediately outside No.1 – you can park on these evening/overnight 6pm-8am Mon-Sat and all day Sunday (although avoid blocking the dropped-kerb areas). They can also be used any time for loading, so our normal approach is to first see if we find a permit holder bay very close, and if none available stop right outside No.1 on the ‘single yellow’ to unload any luggage, grab a permit if needed, and then head off to find a space.

There are also a few short-stay bays nearby where the restriction only applies Monday-Saturday during the day so these can be used to park overnight:

• Cannon Street outside the pub where the restriction is 1hr max 10am-4pm, meaning parking there is effectively free/unrestricted after 3pm until 11am next morning.
• St. Johns St. – At the end of Orchard St, turn right and immediately there are a few short-stay (30min max) spaces. Check the restriction times as they’re not all the same – some end at 4pm and some at 5pm. However, they do all start again at 9am so any overnight stays need to move on by 9.30am.

In the unlikely event that you are unable to find a space, there are car parks in easy walking distance (including overnight stay) that are very reasonably priced (more info on local car parks)