PARKING ticket machines at two car parks are to be replaced this week.

Machines in Water Eaton and Thornhill will be replaced and Oxfordshire County Council encourage drivers to pay for their parking online instead.

ALSO READ: New short stay car park at Oxford station could open in July

Although there will be some working machines at each site, you can pay online via parkreg.co.uk.

You can also pay via mobile phone by pre-registering on the same website and texting PARKREG and your location code to 67766.

The location code for Water Eaton is 27362 and the location code for Thornhill is 27361.