Is parking blocking access to the pavement illegal?

[Costarjack]

I mean obscuring around 90% of it?

If reported should the council do something about it?

In parts of Scotland, you get a parking ticket for it.

As in like parking across a dropped kerb?

Diagram?

What happens if you type "is parking on the pavement illegal in England" into Google?

😂😂😂

Thanks for your passive aggressiveness.

I did google it, but I can’t find anything specific about this situation. Diagram now included.

It’s outrageously inconsiderate parking, whether or not it’s illegal - you’re the sort of person I used to curse back when I had a pram or a double buggy - why should pedestrians and people with wheelchairs and pushchairs have to risk walking in the road because of your selfishness?

In all fairness, your OP didn’t describe the issue - I’m sure most people pictured two wheels on the kerb and two on the pavement, which is often done on narrow roads so at least has some logic!

Does the house with the red car have a second car behind it?!

From this (updated April 2025) it doesn’t seem it is illegal except in London and scotland

www.confused.com/compare-car-insurance/guides/is-it-illegal-to-park-on-the-pavement

If it isn’t it bloody should be!

I've researched this quite thoroughly. The key question is who does it inconvenience ?

As long as it's only wheelchair users then knock yourself out.

Anyone else - just don't do it. It might be someone who matters.

The parking per se isn't illegal although I think it might be if it causes a significant obstruction.

However, I would tackle it by getting the driver for driving on the pavement, which is illegal and by definition if you've parked on a pavement you've driven on it. But that's a harder argument to bring if there's a dropped kerb and someone is sticking out of their driveway.

I saw a ridiculous thing the other day - someone parked on the pavement with a charging cable running to their house - at waist height! Not on the floor like some people do.

It really is time that England followed Scotland's lead on this.

There’s a newish housing development down the road from me where the houses have a garage with a parking space in front, then there’s a pavement then a second parking space. A lot of the houses where there are three or more cars tend to tandem park across the entire lot, completely blocking the pavement for everyone. Then further round where there are double yellow lines, people park their cars with all four wheels on the pavement. It’s utterly ridiculous.