Your Parking service
Allerdale Borough Council provides a total
of 2666 Public Parking spaces throughout the
Towns of Allerdale. Of these:
- 2363 are 'Pay & Display'
- 7 are for Coaches
- 223 are 'Free'
- 43 are for Disabled Drivers
- 34 are 'Reserved' for an Annual Fee
Of the 'Pay & Display' spaces 357 are
limited to a maximum stay of 2 or 3 hours. These are situated at
'Udale Street' , 'Ladies Walk' car park(s) at Workington and 'Bell
Close' Car Park at Keswick (2 hours), and at Fairfield car park in
Cockermouth (3 hours). The purpose for this is to provide an
adequate turnover of shopping amenity.
On the other 'Pay & Display' car parks
users may stay for much longer.
Half hour parking opportunities are available at 'Bell Close' and
'Central Car Park' at Keswick and at all Wigton Car
Parks.
The Service also provides:-
- 4 Coach Bays at Lakeside - Keswick
- 3 Coach Bays at Wakefield Road -
Cockermouth
- Strategically Placed, 'special' spaces for
Disabled Drivers.
- Free parking for all Disabled drivers in any
normal publicly available bay on any of its car parks - as well as
in the special disabled bays. (Please note Time Disc
requirements)
- Season Tickets for Allerdale businesses and
workers.
- Reserved bays, on an annual rental basis, at
Workington and Keswick generally for the benefit of small
businessmen and businesses.
- Hotel and Guest House concessions for use by
visitors and guests. It will consider applications for these by any
bona-fide tourism accommodation operator in any Town, (a free is
payable for each 'guest' permit).
- 24 hour CCTV coverage on selected main parking
areas, monitored by the Cumbrian Constabulary - to be extended by
an agreed programme of works and central funding.
- Frequent Security and regulation patrols on all
'Pay & Display' car parks during all charging hours.
There are over 1.5 million vehicle-park
activities on Allerdale's car parks in each year.
To enhance our effectiveness, and value for
money, the service also manages a number of other privately owned
car parks in the Borough and operates these under its Parking
Places Order (as amended). Regulation and Management of other car
parks is performed within existing resources.
Because we are effective, not only is there no
'cost' to any local tax-payer but net 'income' is earned for the
Council by the Service.
Currently the Council uses that (net) income to
help to fund 'other' services before any level of Council Tax is
calculated.
Such 'other' services include, Museums, Sports
& Leisure Centres, Recreation grounds and Parks, grants to
other organisations - and much more.
Allerdale Borough Council
