Parking guide · Richmond upon Thames
Motorcycle & moped parking in Richmond upon Thames
Electric Free bays available Free
Petrol Free bays available Free
Is motorcycle parking free in Richmond upon Thames?
Yes — free, for petrol and electric motorcycles and mopeds alike. A moped parks in the same solo motorcycle bay as a motorbike and pays the same. Unusually generous: free at any time in resident, pay-by-phone and pay-and-display bays without permit or payment. Not in business, doctor, disabled or trader bays. In car parks you must use the free motorcycle bay where there is one — if it is full, you buy a ticket.
Checked against Richmond upon Thames council’s own parking page in August 2026. Councils change these schemes, so the sign at the bay always wins.
What the sign at each bay means
- Solo motorcycle bay
- Free, including free motorcycle bays in council car parks
- Resident permit bay
- Free in CPZ resident bays without a permit
- Pay-and-display bay
- Free in Pay By Phone and pay-and-display bays without payment
- Resident / season permit
- Not needed
Nearby boroughs
- Hounslow Electric: Free Petrol: Free
- Kingston upon Thames Electric: Free in resident and shared-use bays Petrol: Free in resident and shared-use bays
- Ealing Electric: Free in motorcycle and resident bays; stop-and-shop excluded Petrol: Free in motorcycle and resident bays; stop-and-shop excluded
- Hammersmith and Fulham Electric: Free except Caxton Village Petrol: Free except Caxton Village
Frequently asked
Is motorcycle parking free in Richmond upon Thames?
Yes — free, for petrol and electric motorcycles and mopeds alike. In a solo motorcycle bay: free, including free motorcycle bays in council car parks.
Do electric motorcycles and mopeds park free in Richmond upon Thames?
Richmond upon Thames makes no distinction between electric and petrol: free.
Do I need a permit to park a motorcycle in Richmond upon Thames?
Not needed. In resident permit bays: free in CPZ resident bays without a permit.