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More of York’s unofficial car parks revealed

Very convenient for the drivers – not so much for other people wanting to use the pavement on Tadcaster Road
Sat 18 Feb, 2023 @ 9.22 am News, Transport YorkMix

Need to park your car in York, but find official spaces inconvenient?

Don’t worry – these drivers certainly didn’t!

After we reported how Exhibition Square was being used as an unofficial car park, many YorkMix readers said they had spotted more of the same.

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It seems that there are unofficial car parks springing up across the city! Amazingly, some are just yards from official parking bays too.

Here are a few discovered by eagled eyed correspondents.

Cycle lanes, Monks Cross

That’s a big bike… The numberplate has been changed by our reader

Our correspondent writes: “The ‘cycle path’ in Monks Cross – particularly the bit outside Boots – is regularly used as a car park.

“Well, you can understand it. The nearest actual proper car parking is almost TEN METRES away. Too far for some motorists to walk, clearly.”

Clarence Street pavement

Clarence Street, York
‘Very annoying’

Our reader writes: “This is Clarence Street, beside bus stop…..very annoying as in winter mud all over the pavement because of this parking.”

Tadcaster Road Pavement

Two excellent spaces

“Repeated pavement parking at this point on Tadcaster Road is annoying a lot of people who live in the area. This photo says it all,” says our reader.

Trafalgar Street pavement

The perfect spot

Even if you don’t have access to a nice broad pavement, you can still squeeze across half a footpath. This sort of thing happens across South Bank, according to our correspondent.

Copmanthorpe foot and cycle path

Loads of room here…
…all along the designated foot / cycle path!

At first glance, these look like official parking bays. But actually all these cars are parked in what is meant to be the foot and cycle path alongside Smithson Court in Copmanthorpe.

Have you spotted an unofficial York car park, where people are leaving their vehicles where they shouldn’t? Send your pix to [email protected], via WhatsApp or on our social media channels.

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