About Parking Services

Parking in Islington

There are more cars than parking spaces on our roads and every council has to try and tackle the problems that this causes.

Islington, like many other London borough, is made up of areas where parking is prioritised for residents and local businesses called controlled parking zones (CPZs).

CPZs reduce commuter parking to help local residents and their visitors park near their homes. Spaces are allocated for business parking and there are over 3,000 pay and display parking spaces for short-term parking.

We maintain and enforce Islington's CPZs and deliver services in line with the council’s key parking objectives:

• ensure our roads are safe
• enable traffic to flow freely
• give residents and local businesses priority over commuters
• provide parking for disabled people and health care workers
• ensure that the parking rules are enforced fairly

In addition to keeping Islington moving, the revenue generated from all parking charges contributes to street related schemes such as highway improvements, road safety training in schools and concessionary fares, such as the freedom pass and the London taxi-card scheme, which benefit elderly and disabled residents.

Time and trouble payment

In the event it is found that a ticket has been issued due to an avoidable error by one of our civil enforcement officers, consideration will be given for an award of a time and trouble compensation payment from the council’s enforcement contractor NSL.

Where to Park in Islington

For a map showing where you can park safely and legally in Islington click the Park-Up link on the right or follow the link to Interactive Maps.

Parking Service Annual Report

To improve the openness and accountability of the parking service we publish an annual report detailing enforcement activities . You can download the parking annual report from this page.  

Contact Parking Services

You can call Contact Islington for all parking enquiries at any time on 020 7527 2000. You can also call this number to make permit enquiries and query or pay a penalty charge notice.

If you would like to appeal a parking ticket please follow the instructions on the How to Appeal a Parking Ticket page. Appeals not made in this way could result in delays that mean your ticket will escalate.

If you would like to make an enquiry or comment about parking enforcement in Islington please email public.realm@islington.gov.uk.