Where you can park with a Blue Badge

You can use your Blue Badge to park if you’re:

• driving and are getting out of the vehicle
• a passenger being picked up or dropped off

Street parking with a Blue Badge

You can park for free in:

• pay and display bays
• disabled parking spaces
• parking meter spaces
• on single or double yellow lines if both:
  • there are no loading restrictions 
  • it’s safe to do so

Car parks with a Blue Badge

There are usually spaces reserved for Blue Badge holders in car parks.

Car parks set their own rules for Blue Badge holders including:

• where you can park
• how long you can park for
• if you need a ticket 
• how much you need to pay
• if you need to use a parking clock

Showing your Blue Badge

When you are parked your Blue Badge must:

• be completely visible from outside the vehicle
• have the side of the card that says “Front – display this way up” facing up

Only these people have the right to check your Blue Badge:

• police officers
• local council parking attendants and enforcement officers