Plymouth City Council has one of the highest percentage of Blue Badge holder spaces in England

Research has revealed which English city councils have the most accessible parking for both families and blue badge holders.

Findandfundmycar.com looked at data gathered through freedom of information requests sent to over 43 English city councils to find out which one is the most accessible for parking.

Out of those contacted, 27 were able to provide the information requested, revealing the following data:

In these 27 areas, there are 139,195 council parking spaces, 3.89% of which (5,414 spaces) are for blue badge holders.

Plymouth City Council takes second place with 7.52% (260) spaces being deemed as blue badge friendly, almost twice as high as the national average.

Chelmsford City Council was revealed as the most accessible with 21.67% (710) of its total 3,276 parking spaces being allocated for blue badge holders.

Oxford City Council is the least accessible district with only 1.7% (90) of its total 5,295 spaces being allocated for blue badge holders.

Phil Morgan, Head of findandfundmycar.com said: "It’s always a guessing game when travelling to any city and sometimes we may not be able to park our beloved cars in a safe space. This can leave them prone to all sorts of damage, or cause added stress for at-risk drivers.

Now that lockdown is lifted and those who were shielding come back into our cities, it's imperative that they have somewhere safe and accessible to park, and we wanted to shine a light on the cities doing it best."    

View the rest of the data in findandfundmycar.com’s blog post.