'Pay and display' ticket-regulated parking place

On-street parking

‘Pay and display’ ticket-regulated parking place

A blue square with white P and the words 'pay and display'. Indicates a parking area where you must buy a ticket from the machine and display it on your dashboard. Free parking outside the hours shown on the sign, but check carefully — many councils now use ANPR rather than physical tickets, so the same sign may apply.

Shape
Rectangular
Background
White
Border
Grey/Black
Text type
Other
Primary symbol
Parking [P]
Secondary symbol
Arrow
Diagram reference
661.21

Where you'll see this sign

Town centres, hospital car parks, transport interchanges, and pay-and-display zones in urban residential areas.

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