Verge Parking Laws

[BigRooster]

I was chatting to a mate about parking laws specifically parking on verges paths now I’m sure I’ve seen some where that a law to deal with this existed since late 1800’s I’m I right ?

[Buenchico]

I know nothing about any laws from the late 1800s but the following rules apply:

1. Any restrictions applying to a public highway also apply to any verge or footpath adjacent to it. So, for example, if there are double yellow lines along a road, you can receive a parking penalty if you park on the verge next to it.

2. In London, 'footway parking' can lead to a Penalty Charge Notice:
https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/services/parking-services/parking-and-traffic/parking-advice-members-public/footway-parking

3. Elsewhere in the country, parking on a verge or footpath (where there are no yellow lines or other parking restrictions on the adjacent road) is neither an offence under criminal law nor a violation under civil law unless the vehicle causes an obstruction. However that might change soon:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51844446

[jourdain2]

Well, in a lot of places here (and in W. Yorkshire where I lived for ages) if cars didn't park partly on the pavement/verge then the roads would block. Here, agricultural machinery edges past as it is and replacing wing/door mirrors is a standard hazard. Practicality required. One side of the road tends to be left alone, by a sort of common osmosis, for prams,kids' bikes etc..

[barry1010]

It is an off

[barry1010]

It is an offence to park a HGV on the footpath or verge, though s.19 Road Traffic Act 1988