Using your blue disabled badge

Guidelines on how to use your badge in the borough.

Please find below the guidelines on where you can use your blue badge and any rules that apply.

On all occasions you must display your badge face up, alongside the parking clock on your dashboard. The clock should be set showing the time of arrival.  All information on the badge and clock must be clearly visible from the outside of the vehicle.

You must always check any restrictions before parking.

The blue badge is not a licence to park anywhere. If you park where it would cause an obstruction or danger to other road users you could be fined, receive a Penalty Charge Notice or have your vehicle removed.  Please do not park where it would inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users.

Examples of dangerous or obstructive parking include the following - please note that this is not the full list:

  • School entrances, bus stops, on a bend, near the brow of a hill or humpback bridge.
  • Entrances to hospitals, fire stations or other emergency vehicles parking or manoeuvring areas
  • Pedestrian crossings including the zig-zag lines.
  • Opposite a traffic island or roadworks where it would make the road narrow.
  • Parking opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, unless you are in an authorised parking space.
  • Where it would hold up traffic, blocking vehicle entrances or narrow roads.
  • Where the kerb has been lowered or the road raised to help wheelchair users on a pavement, unless specific signs allow this.
  • On a pavement unless signs permit it.

For more information:  Please see the Gov.Uk website. 

Where can I park

On street parking

You can park for Free in:

  • Limited waiting bays  -  Any time limit also applies to Blue Badge Holders.
  • Disabled persons bays - There is no time limit in these bays unless stated on the signage. If the signage shows a six digit or full Blue Badge Number  - parking is only allowed for that designated badge holder.
  • Pay and display bays - Any time limits on the signage or pay and display machines, must be adhered to.
  • Yellow Lines  -  Maximum stay three hours, and must not cause an obstruction.

Parking is not allowed:

Within Loading Bays, Resident Bays/Zones, Suspended Bays, Bus Stops / No Stopping Areas, Taxi Ranks/Bays, Clearway, on Dropped Kerbs or Access Protection Markings (white line).

Some roads are private you must check the signage before you park.

Parking on the Guard Change Route (Sheet Street, High Street, and Thames Street in Windsor) is also prohibited between the times of 9am - 12pm on the days it is taking place.  Further information can be found: the Changing of the guards website. 

Off street parking / Car parks

You can park for Free in:  (Information for RBWM Car Parks Only)

  • Pay and display days  - Any time limits on the signage or Pay and Display Machines, must be adhered to.
  • Disabled persons bays - Any time limits on the signage must be adhered to.

If the disabled bays are full you may park in any non-reserved bay for free, providing your badge and clock are displayed.

Parking is not allowed in Reserved Bays or on Double Yellow lines in a car park.

Some car parks are privately owned and therefore you must carefully check the signage before parking, to ensure that you are complying with their regulations, as the rules may differ from other car parks.

For further information, please contact us:
Email
Blue.Badges@RBWM.gov.uk
Phone
01628 683800
Address

Blue Badge Administrator
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
United Kingdom