These sensors detect vehicle movements in and out of individual parking bays, so this data indicates whether bays are available or unavailable, the allowed length of time for each bay, and whether a bay is restricted to those holding a disabled parking permit.

Currently the data set updates approximately every two minutes.

As with all our open data, this parking sensor data set is available from our Open Data Platform for developers, entrepreneurs and members of the public to access and use at no cost.

Interested parties are encouraged to extract and use this data to create apps, products or services that detail parking information such as available and unavailable on-street parking, and areas and times of high and low parking demand.

Having this information will help people park more efficiently, reducing time spent looking for an available parking bay, which means improved traffic flow and lower emissions.

To demonstrate the possibilities of this data set, we’ve developed a parking map that shows allowed length of time for each available parking bay, and whether a bay is restricted to those holding a disabled parking permit. Hover your cursor over or tap a parking bay to see the bay's status and the parking restrictions that apply.



The map uses the current time to work out which restrictions apply right now, as some parking bays have restrictions that change, depending on the time of day or the day of the week.



Three data sets are included in this release:



On-street Parking Bay Sensors: the current status of each sensor.

On-street Car Park Bay Information: restrictions that apply to each bay with a sensor, at various times of the week.

On-street Parking Bays: the location and shape of every bay, including the nearly 20,000 without sensors.



Map of on-street parking data

