Blue Badge Factsheet

Blue Badge Scheme

What is it?

The Blue Badge Scheme provides a national arrangement of on street parking concessions for:

drivers or passengers with severe walking difficulties or who are registered blind
drivers with a severe impairment in both upper limbs who are unable to operate, or who have great difficulty in operating, all or some types of parking meter
children under two with certain serious medical conditions requiring the transportation of bulky medical equipment or who need to be kept near a vehicle at all times in order to be treated in the vehicle or taken immediately to a place where they can be treated

How do I apply for a badge?

Please telephone Royal Borough of Kingston Adult Social Care Contact Centre on 020 8547 5005.

Where can I park?

Parking rules and availability in Kingston, Greater London and nationally and are available from our blue badge page
If you do not have access to the internet, phone 020 8547 5944 or 4683 (for Kingston parking) and 020 8547 5314 (for parking outside Kingston)
For a copy of the ‘London Blue Badge Parking Guide’ call the Crescent Resource Centre on 020 8547 6600
For information about parking abroad, please visit the department of transport website, you will find a link at the bottom of this page

Can I have a blue badge parking space near my home?

There are very strict criteria which have to be observed before a disabled persons’ parking bay can be provided in a residential area.

Phone Parking Services: 020 8547 5911 or 5907
Email parking.schemes@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Visit www.kingston.gov.uk/bluebadge.htm

Where can I get more advice?

Kingston’s Disability Equality and Access Officer: 020 8547 5314
Crescent Resource Centre: 020 8547 6600
Age Concern First Contact Telephone Helpline: 020 8408 8170
Kingston Centre for Independent Living: 020 8546 9603

This factsheet is also available as a PDF for ease of printing- see link below.

‘Stay Independent’ factsheets are produced by a partnership of statutory and voluntary sector organisations providing information and advice for disabled and older people in Kingston.