Parking in Carlisle

Can someone tell me if there is cheaper parking in Carlisle for
motorcycles or do you have to pay full parking prices?
If so is the parking restricted to certain areas?
Cheers

 

emerged from their own little world to say

Everything's cheap in Carlisle

 

Ask a traffic warden

 

For cars most street parking in Carlisle is residents only and you need a
disc.
It's difficult to park anywhere near the city centre if you don't have a
disc, unless you use the multi storeys (which fill up very quickly).

For bikes I dunno, I suspect there's no difference.

 

http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/carlislecc/main.asp?page=158

Contact
Telephone: 01228 625090
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When I emailed my local council (not Carlisle) they wrote back a few
hours later with a list of all the car parks with free motorcycle bays
(and said that I could park in a car bay if I bought a car ticket). IIRC
they've since updated their web page to show the information on there.

 

Thanks everyone - David may do the same as you did and email Carlisle
because the link supplied does not mention bikes. I know in the past I
have used motorcycle bays in Scarborough which were free. Went into the
lanes in Carlisle but no mention of prices for bikes either so just
paid full.

 

Motorcycles park for free in designated areas of off-street car parks.
DO NOT use The Lanes multistorey car park; it's a pay-to-exit thing
with barriers etc. and all vehicles pay regardless of type. There is
an area in front of the main railway station which is popular for
bikes, and they don't mind you chaining your bike to the railings
there.

 

Thought everyone who is interested in this issue might like details of
an email I recieved from the council:
I can advise you that there are designated motorcycle bays in the
Devonshire
Walk
Long stay car park (beside the Castle) Please find enclosed a list of
the
charges,
unfortunately there is no reduction.

 

Really? I thought bikes parked for free - the tickets dispensed by
the machines aren't even stick-on ones, so where are we supposed to
put them? Twats.

 

DR emerged from their own little world to say

I've come across some P&D parks but I've never bought a ticket. I've never
been issued with a parking ticket either: if it happened I would just claim
I purchased a ticket and that their community must be inhabited by thieving
scum.

 

Same here. Although I would point out that the fine is for "failure to
display" so claiming it's been nicked isn't a sure get out.

 

MattG emerged from their own little world to say

I've never had to test the idea fortunately.

I have asked wardens in both Herefordshire & Monmouthshire. Both councils
provide m/c bays and theoretically expect someone parking in a car bay to
pay whatever the vehicle. The wardens in both counties, when asked, said
they don't check bikes parked in car bays. Like Carlisle, the tickets in
Mon. are not sticky anyway.