Parking in Wareham

Wareham Town Council and Dorset County Council also provide pay and display car parks in Wareham. These are not administered by the District Council.

 

Unless specified otherwise, charges apply between 10.00am and 7.00pm on all days of the year, including Sundays and Bank Holidays.  Parking is free before 10.00am and after 7.00pm.

 

Pay and display charges – coaches and lorries (up to 7.5 tonne)

 

Up to 1 hour                                          50 pence

Over 1 hour and up to 2 hours             £1.00

 

Up to 1 hour                                          50 pence

Over 1 hour and up to 2 hours             £1.00

Over 2 hours and up to 3 hours           £1.50

Over 3 hours and up to 4 hours           £2.00

 

Up to 1 hour                                          50 pence

Over 1 hour and up to 2 hours             £1.00

Over 2 hours and up to 3 hours           £1.50

Over 3 hours and up to 4 hours           £2.00

 

Streche Road – maximum stay 23 hours

Up to 1 hour                                          50 pence

Over 1 hour and up to 2 hours             £1.00

Over 2 hours and up to 3 hours           £1.50

Over 3 hours and up to 4 hours           £2.00

Over 4 hours                                        £2.50

 

Connegar Lane (off Church Lane) – maximum stay 23 hours

Up to 4 hours                                        £2.00

Over 4 hours                                        £2.50

 

Westport House, Worgret Road

The District Council’s main office car park has a limited amount of public car parking and is free during business hours and at other times when meetings are being held.

Westport House car park may also be open for public car parking for one-off events, and charges may apply on these occasions.  Pay and display tickets should be purchased from the Streche Road parking place opposite.  The charge for parking at Westport House will be the same as the charge for Streche Road.

 

Payment must be made and a parking ticket obtained immediately on arrival in a parking place. 

The ticket machines do not give change, but accept 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1.00 coins.

If a vehicle is parked without a valid parking ticket whilst changing money for the ticket machine, the driver will be running the risk of incurring a penalty charge notice.

 

Parking tickets are only valid for the car park where the ticket is purchased. Parking tickets are not transferable between car parks, nor are they transferable to other vehicles. It is an offence to give a parking ticket to another person to use up unexpired parking time.

 

Disabled” Blue Badge holders may park free of charge for up to 3 hours in all of the District Council’s pay and display car parks, provided the badge is displayed in a prominent position in the front windscreen and the clock has been set correctly.

 

Charges apply to motor cycles and are the same as the charges for cars. Motor cycles should be parked in the designated parking spaces (where available) or unused car parking spaces. Motorcyclists are advised to tear their parking ticket in half, sticking one half on their motor cycle and taking the other half with them. They should then be able to prove the purchase of a parking ticket if the part of the ticket stuck on the motor cycle becomes detached or is removed.

 

A small number of annual car parking permits for reserved and unreserved parking are available. Permits are allocated to residents whose sole or main home is within the district (as defined for Council Tax purposes). Additionally, the Head of Revenues and Social Support Services is authorised to exceptionally allocate permits on appropriate terms for parking spaces that would otherwise be vacant.

 

A reserved parking permit ensures a space is provided at all times and may have a lockable bollard fitted to prevent it being used by other people.

 

An unreserved parking permit allows the permit holder to park in all available parking spaces in the designated car park, but does not guarantee the use of a particular space or the use of any space at all times. In the busiest times it is possible no space is available and permit holders would have to park elsewhere at their own expense. 

Unreserved parking permits are not transferable to other parking places.

In recognition of the extra parking charges that unreserved permit holders could potentially incur, a discount of approximately 25% is allowed (as compared to the price of a reserved parking permit).

 

(inclusive of VAT)

 

Unreserved                                           £225.75

Unreserved                                           £225.75

Reserved                                              £300.98

Unreserved                                           £225.75

Reserved                                              £300.98

Unreserved                                           £225.75

 

There are times when waiting lists exist for reserved parking permits and spaces are allocated strictly on a first come first serve basis.     New applicants can normally expect to wait for one year or longer before being offered a reserved parking permit.

 

Unreserved parking permit can normally be issued immediately.

 

Further information about parking in Wareham and an application form for a resident’s car parking permit can be obtained from the Income Assistant, Purbeck District Council, Westport House, Worgret Road, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4PP. 

 

Wareham Car Park Map Document size: 81kb Adobe Acrobat Document

 

Telephone: (01929) 557236 or email: shirleycragg@purbeck-dc.gov.uk