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On-street parking

On-street parking restrictions and charges differ across the city according to the requirements of the locality.

Check the on-street signs and pay and display machines for details:

  • Inside the city centre - chargeable (pay and display)
  • Outside the city centre - non-chargeable

We manage on-street parking to ensure there is a regular turnover of parking bays so that residents, shoppers, visitors and workers have access to the city.

New charges from 24 April 2023

Norfolk County Council has made the decision to increase the charges with effect from Friday 24 April 2023.

Notice of on-street parking charges 31 March 2023

  Current charges New charges from 24 April
Band A – for the first 15 minutes £1.20 £1.30
Band A – per 15 minutes thereafter 60p 70p
Band B –  for the first 15 minutes 95p £1.00
Band B – per 15 minutes thereafter 35p 40p

Band A charging bays can be found in Bank Street, Ber Street, Bethel Street, Chapelfield East, Crown Road, Greyfriars Road, Magdalen Street, Prince of Wales Road, Princes Street, Rouen Road and St Giles Street. 

Band B charging bays can be found in Bedding Lane, Ber Street, Bishopgate, Blackfriars Street, Calvert Street, Cathedral Street, Colegate, Cow Hill, Elm Hill, Fishergate, Garden Street, King Street, Mountergate, Muspole Street, Oak Street, Recorder Road, Rouen Road, St Benedicts St, St Faiths Lane, St Margaret’s Street, St Martin's at Palace Plain, St Marys Plain, Surrey Street and Upper St Giles.

Payment information

  • Card payments either contactless or chip and pin
  • Coins accepted 5p, 10p, 20p, £1 and £2 (no change given)
  • Ensure your ticket is displayed
  • Blue badges holders - no charge for parking in pay and display bays but valid badges must be displayed

Other uses for pay and display bays

In the city centre some pay and display bays may have different functions or restrictions at different times of day eg a pay and display in operation daytimes may be used as a taxi rank, no waiting restriction or permit parking at other times.

Always check on street signs and pay and display machines to avoid receiving a parking fine.

Parking enforcement

Download the Civil Parking Enforcement Guidance Manual 656 Kb pdf (Norfolk County Council)