Disabled parking

Disabled parking bays may be used by anyone with a Blue Badge, the original applicant does not have exclusive use.

Read about the Blue Badge scheme in Wales.

Not all car parks have disabled parking bays. 

Disabled parking charges

In pay and display car parks parking is free for disabled drivers as long as the blue badge and clock are displayed.

In multi-storey car parks normal parking charges apply with a blue badge.

City centre disabled parking bays

• Railway Street
• Station Street
• Skinner Street (numbers 14 – 17)
• Upper Dock Street (numbers 17 – 19)
• Talbot Lane (2 separate bays)
• Ivor Street (outside Salvation Army building)
• Hill Street (2 separate bays)
• Commercial Street (numbers 127 – 134)
• Commercial Street (outside St Paul’s Church)
• Cardiff Road (near Mariners Green public toilets)
• Service road to Kingsway Centre (near Dolman Theatre/Kingsway Centre)
• Fothergill Court (near Dolman Theatre rear access)

• Market – entry off the Kingsway road, Upper Dock Street (underneath the fly-over). There are five Shopmobility bays and eight disabled bays.

Parking in resident permit parking areas  

Blue badge holders should make sure the clock parking disc is always displayed.

• areas for resident permit holders only: Blue badge holders may park in these areas for a maximum of 3 hours, i.e. the same as parking on double yellow lines, as long as no obstruction is caused.
• areas where waiting is limited between certain hours except for resident permit holders: there is no waiting limit for blue badge holders 

Contact

Contact Newport City Council for further information.