Parking at meters and in bays

Laws you should know

• Parking bays for specific users

  Residents', permit, disabled, loading, car club and electric vehicle charging bays: who may use them, virtual permits, and the penalties for parking in them.

• Pay and display parking bays

  How to avoid a Penalty Charge Notice in pay and display and pay-by-phone bays: check the signs, display or pay correctly, the 10-minute grace period and no-return rules.

• Meter feeding

  Why buying more time to stay beyond the time you first paid for can result in a Penalty Charge Notice, and the codes used.

• Re-parking in the same bay or set of bays

  Why returning to the same bay or set of bays within the no-return time on the signs can result in a Penalty Charge Notice.

• Blue Badge parking

  Where Blue Badge holders can and cannot park in England and Wales: yellow lines, meters and bays, the blue clock, central London, car parks, misuse and who can get a badge.