Visitor parking

The way we charge for short stay parking changed on 1 April 2024.

Blue badge parking concessions still remain in place and are not affected.

The prices are per hour.

Find your parking zone and see parking restrictions in Hackney.

*Emission based on CO2 emissions g/km. This includes electric vehicles (not hybrid).

In line with the price changes, we are also removing over 200 pay and display machines across the borough where there is little or no demand for them. Visitors have the option of paying via the RingGo app or telephone. Motorists who may need to pay with coins are still catered for where possible. There is a boroughwide network of PayPoint terminals in local businesses.

You can find information on how to pay for short stay parking on terms and conditions signs on posts and lamp columns close to pay and display and shared use bays. We cover the machines and information on how to pay is also found on the covering.

In large parts of the borough, we have cashless pay and display and shared use bays. This means pay and display machines are not available and you must pay for your parking using RingGo. Alternatively, you can make cash payments via PayPoints. You can find PayPoints in shops displaying the PayPoint logo. You can also text Shop (location number)’ to 81025 and you will get a return message with the nearest shop to your location.

See the parking zone (PZ) map for the locations of the bays.

You can park in either a pay and display only or a shared use parking bay during the controlled hours of a parking zone (PZ). Shared use bays are pay and display bays which also allow parking for permit holders.

Pay and display bays and shared use bays offer different parking periods for visitors during the controlled hours (eg 1, 2, or 4 hours). The operating times are on parking signs and on the pay and display machine’s instructions. The parking signs and pay and display machine’s instructions also show:

• the cost of parking
• the minimum return times

You can also see charges for short stay visitor parking by visiting Hackney Traffweb.

You need to pay for the length of your stay during the controlled hours. You can buy a ticket from the machine when you arrive and clearly display it on your vehicle’s windscreen.

Alternatively, you can pay for parking by mobile phone, using RingGo.

• it’s quick and easy to use
• it’s cheaper than purchasing a pay and display ticket from a machine
• register once and you can use the service whenever you need to pay for parking in Hackney
• there is no need to find change for parking machines – use your mobile phone to pay and it will be charged to your credit or debit card
• simple, secure payment – from the comfort and safety of your vehicle
• you can choose to receive text messages when your parking is about to expire
• you can extend your parking without returning to your car (up to the maximum stay permitted)
• smartphone users can use an app or the mobile website

A civil enforcement officer will issue a penalty charge notice if a valid pay and display ticket isn’t clearly displayed during the controlled hours.

If the machine is out of order, users must use the mobile phone parking system instead or use another pay and display machine, if possible. Alternatively users can go to a PayPoint location to make payment by cash, where an alternative machine is not available. You can find PayPoints in shops displaying the PayPoint logo. You can also text Shop (location number) to 81025 and you get a return message with the nearest shop to your location.

If you’ve lost money without receiving a pay and display ticket, you can contact us for further advice.

We try to repair all machines within the shortest possible time.

If you have lost money in a machine and haven’t received a valid parking ticket, please contact us.

We’ll investigate the faulty machine, and if appropriate, issue a refund in the form of a parking voucher.

Our machines don’t give change. Please make sure you use the correct amount.

If you don’t have change, you can use the mobile phone parking system instead.

If you pay for time outside of the parking zone’s operating hours, it will roll over to the start of operational hours of the next day.

This will be shown on your pay and display ticket. This means you can pay for visitor parking time in advance.

The minimum return period is the minimum amount of time before you’re allowed to return to a pay and display or shared use parking bay once you’ve left it.

This will generally be 2 hours depending on the location.

It’s designed to give other motorists the opportunity to use a particular parking space and is shown on the machines and the signs.