Motorists in Penrith were handed more than 5,300 parking tickets in less than ten months, accounting for almost one in five issued by Westmorland and Furness Council.
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal 5,352 penalty charge notices were issued on the town’s streets and in council car parks between 1 January and 23 October this year. That works out at an average of around 18 tickets every day.
Great Dockray topped Penrith’s parking ticket hotspots with 721 notices, followed by Devonshire Street with 375 and Sandgate with 321. Friargate accounted for another 280, while Middlegate recorded 266.
In total, 4,302 tickets were issued on Penrith’s streets, with a further 1,050 handed out in council car parks.
The leisure centre car park had the highest car park figure in the town, with 385 notices. Princes Street followed with 276, ahead of Bluebell Lane with 154, Sandgate with 142 and Drovers Lane with 63. The old town hall car park recorded 30.
Penrith’s total was well above Kendal’s 3,294 tickets for streets and council car parks combined. Penrith’s on-street total alone was almost twice Kendal’s 2,197.
The town’s 5,352 notices represented just over 19 per cent of the 27,847 issued throughout Westmorland and Furness during the period.
The council received £705,369.98 in parking penalty payments between 1 January and 23 October, although that figure includes money paid against tickets issued before the start of this year. The response does not give a separate income figure for Penrith.
The authority also recorded 1,157 notices as successfully appealed or cancelled.
At the time the location figures were compiled, 684 Penrith notices remained marked as open. A separate column recorded 70 at the bailiff stage, including 52 from street parking and 18 from car parks.
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