Worst road for parking in Wallingford revealed

Oxfordshire County Council’s Parking Enforcement has issued 153 penalty charge notices in the last three months and most of them were for vehicles parked in Wood Street.

The road runs up the east side of Market Place and has yellow lines on both sides down the whole road.

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Wood Street (Google Maps)

Enforcement officers visited the town 652 times in the last three months totalling 36.5 hours from Wednesday, February 16 to Tuesday, May 17.

A total of 96 vehicles drove away when a charge was arising and 366 vehicles were logged overall.

An enforcement contractor provided the town council with the latest statistics labelling Wood Street as the “worse area”.

To report an illegally parked car, visit: oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/parking/illegal-parking

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This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford and Didcot.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

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