Riddlesdown Open Space (end of Riddlesdown Rd) – Car Parking Charges commenced on 25 January 2021

The City of London brought in new parking charges to both Riddlesdown and Farthing Downs car parks from Monday 25 January 2021. A number of residents contacted us and Ward Cllrs about this and particular about the concern of further on street parking to nearby roads, particularly close to Riddlesdown Open Space.

We have taken some information below from the C of L website. There are also some ‘frequently asked questions’ on their website

“How much is it to park? – ANPR cameras will monitor vehicle movement into and out of the car parks. There is a 10 minute grace window before charges apply.

Costs will be:

Monday – Friday (excluding bank/public holidays)

    Up to 2 hours: £1.50

    All day: £3

Weekends and bank/public holidays

    All day: £3

Coaches and minibuses*

    All times £18

*17 seats or more

Parking is free for disabled visitors displaying a correct blue badge and registering their vehicle via email or telephone (01785 336780).

Season tickets; Season tickets can be bought through RingGo (external link) from Wednesday 20th January (note: you may find it simpler to do this if you have first registered with RingGo).

How to pay: You can pay a number of ways:

    Contactless cards and debit/credit cards at the payment machines by the car parks

    Via the RingGo app (external link)

    RingGo pay by phone system (details on the side of the machines).”

Beware if paying by the RingGo app that there are extra charges which are 25p for a text confirmation of your booking and a 25p reminder charges and are optional, which if you don’t want to pay, you need to turn off by going to the account settings section of the app. Also if you wish to register 2 vehicles that belong to the same address use the 2 Car Season Ticket permit – a charge per additional vehicle applies £20 per year or £2 per month.

The RRA and local Riddlesdown Ward Cllrs have been in correspondence with the C of L about these charges since November 2019, as we believe, especially for Riddlesdown Open Space, users will possibly park in nearby streets and cause inconvenience to those residents. This is in addition to all the parking, during school weekdays, for the nearby Riddlesdown Collegiate.

Whilst some may support the parking charges, we believe many residents living in the streets nearby to Riddlesdown won’t. Certainly resident feedback we have received so far about the proposed charges is one of dismay.