District Council Pay & Display Car Parks

For charges click on either the Long Stay, Short Stay or Combined link.

Buckhurst Hill

Queens Road (Lower) —— Long Stay —— 100 Spaces

Queens Road (Upper) —— Short Stay —— 18 Spaces

Chigwell

Hainault Road —— Free —— 39 Spaces

Epping

Bakers Lane —— Combined Stay —— 141 Spaces

Cottis Lane —— Combined Stay —— 213 Spaces

Civic Offices (Saturdays) —— Short Stay —— 28 Spaces

Loughton

Burton Road —— Combined —— 99 Spaces

High Beech Road —— Short Stay —— 29 Spaces

Old Station Road (Sainsburys) —— Short Stay —— 270 Spaces

Smarts Lane —— Long Stay —— 21 Spaces

The Drive —— Short Stay —— 41 Spaces

Traps Hill —— Combined —— 188 Spaces

Ongar

Bansons Lane —— Short Stay —— 52 Spaces

Sainburys (Bansons Lane) —— Short Stay —— 56 Spaces

The Pleasance —— Long Stay —— 73 Spaces

Roydon

Harlow Road —— Free —— 42 Spaces

Waltham Abbey

Cornmill —— Combined —— 197 Spaces

Darby Drive —— Combined —— 69 Spaces

Quaker Lane —— Short Stay —— 109 Spaces

Charging hours and days

Car park charges apply between 8am and 6pm Monday to Saturday in short stay car parks, Monday to Friday in long and combined stay car parks excluding Public Holidays.

Charges do not apply on Sundays and charges do not apply on Saturdays in the month of December only.

Purchasing a Ticket

When using any of the Councils’ pay and display car parks, it is requirement that a ticket, for the required period of parking, is purchased immediately after the vehicle has been parked.
All of the Councils’ pay and display machines accept the following coin denominations: 5p; 10p; 20p; 50p; £1; and £2. The machines do not give change but will accept an overpayment if the exact tariff in change is not available.

Motorists who do not have sufficient change to purchase a ticket from the pay and display machine are advised NOT to leave their vehicle in the car park.

Penalty Charge Notices

    A Penalty Charge Notice may be issued for one of the following reasons:
  • Parked after the expiry of time paid for in a pay and display car park
  • Parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket
  • Parked in a disabled person’s parking space without clearly displaying a valid disabled person’s badge
  • Parked beyond the bay markings

Sainsbury’s Refund Scheme

At both of the public car parks that are adjacent to a Sainsbury’s store in Old Station Road, Loughton and Bansons Lane, Ongar there is a refund scheme available for shoppers spending £5 or more (excluding kiosk purchases) in Sainsbury’s.

The pay and display tickets in these car parks come in 2 parts. One part should be displayed as normal on the vehicle windscreen or dashboard, whilst the other part should be presented to the Sainsbury’s cashier for a refund of the parking fee of ‘Up to 2 hours’ parking.

Disabled Persons Badge

A number of bays in each car park are set aside specifically for the exclusive use of people (vehicle driver or passenger) who hold a registered disabled persons badge (a Blue Badge).

Use of these bays is free of charge for any period of each day providing that a valid registered disabled persons badge is clearly displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle with the expiry date and serial number clearly on view to anyone outside the vehicle.

Season Tickets

Monthly, Quarterly and Annual season tickets are available in all car parks except the Civic Offices and Old Station Road (Sainsburys). Whilst the cost is less than the cumulative total of the normal daily car park charge for the period of the season ticket, spaces are NOT guaranteed.

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Contacting Us

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices
High Street
Epping
Essex CM16 4BZ
Main switchboard
(01992) 564000

Main email address
ContactUs@eppingforestdc.gov.uk