Parking on pavement

[DUCAUDI]

I thought I'd post this here as many new riders may not be aware of this, whereas there's a chance more seasoned riders may well be.

It's something I've heard being banded about but never actually bothered to look it up in law to establish whether it's fact or just an old wives' tale. But this video refers to the highway code and the legal legislation it relates to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO69N9G_9Iw

Skip to 09:17

In short you can park on the pavement anywhere in the UK (or possibly just England and Wales?) except in London. It's illegal to drive or ride a motorbike on the pavement so dismount and push the bike onto the pavement in order to park it.

I'm going to get a barrage of messages about pushing a motorcycle is technically being in charge of a motor vehicle now... whether that is or is not the case you're highly unlikely to be prosecuted for that by a copper and there's nothing a traffic warden can give you a ticket for in that regard. I think there's a separate rule somewhere about not obstructing the pavement so just to be on the safe side only park on a pavement that is wide enough not to cause an obstruction to potential wheelchair / mobility scooter / double pushchair users.

I hope this helps people feel comfortable in being able to park for free in more locations that they thought they were able to previously.
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[yen_powell]

It's Greater London so goes further than some people expect, Romford, Upminster etc. It isn't just pavements either, it's anything other than carriageway, so grass verges, central reservations etc.
Here's the section that applies
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1974/24/section/15

I've had two parking tickets in my lifetime, both for a motorbike and the second was for just this, I was parked on the footway at work and a warden swooped whilst I was about 150 yards away pointing at important stuff, I couldn't be arsed to run over and try and talk to him. Luckily I was able to appeal on one of the listed exemptions and after a bit of arguing got the ticket and another ticket for a colleague at the same location over turned without going all the way to the adjudicators.
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[Ste]

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Living just outside of London I can say ppl park bikes on pavements all the time, when there's plenty of space available.
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[DUCAUDI]

[stinkwheel]

The highway extends to the edge of the road, including the footway, the parking restriction applys to the highway. I have had parking tickets on a pavement before in Edinburgh and they weren't for parking on the pavement, they were for parking on double yellows.

Although not all footways are entirely part of the highway. Often in towns part of the footway belongs to the building and they pay council tax/rates on it. You will often see those are kind of sectioned off with a different type of paving or metal road studs or have cellar doors on them. I did successfully appeal one of said tickets because I showed I was actually parked on private property belonging to the building I was next to.
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[Barnoe]

Love how London has its own rules overriding everywhere else.

stupid place
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