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Badly Parked Oxford

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Highlighting #antisocialparking across Oxford, UK. Tag your #badlyparkedcars @badlyparkedox.bsky.social or email pics to BadlyParkedOxford@gmail.com for anon

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The entitlement. The audacity. The lack of enforcement. #pavementsareforpeople
an SUV parked entirely on the pavement, adjacent to a bus stop.
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This park at the top of Morell Avenue is being used for #badlyparkedcars. AM: 1 car PM: 2 cas (pictured) Google Maps has also captured another example from March (pictured) #antisocialparking #parksareforpeople
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And another Florence Park invader. They drive through Florence Park to store their cars in space dedicated to people and recreation. instead of using a carpark dedicated to safely and considerately storing cars. #parksareforpeople #antisocialparking
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JC @jc-ie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"This is fine(!))" @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Corrie @corriej.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Open Doors in Oxford today. Open Season for shitty drivers on the Cowley Road every day @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
A long wheel based van that has been parked on the footway, alongside traffic light zig zags and, for the chef's kiss, completely over a bollard. Cowley Road, Oxford, 1830, 12/9/26
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rectory Road. Parked for the night. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social this blue Skoda seems randomly left on the pavement outside a pub in Horspath Road. And they're displaying a blue badge!
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Saw this on Knights Road this afternoon.Contractors for Thames Water I think @badlyparkedox.bsky.social #pavementsareforparking
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And again today
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Corrie @corriej.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The filter opposite is, as usual, blocked by a driver too. Its no surprise. The surprise will come when something is done.
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👀 @socialmediaisdumb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Clearly the council needs to tow/impound more badly-parked cars!
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I spotted these in Minchery Farm and Littlemore this morning. The portaloo was a first! @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Knights Road this morning @badlyparkedox.bsky.social One was next to 2 empty parking bays
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Mary W @swift33.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Car parked on THE WHOLE pavement outside 132 Bulan Rd this afternoon, 12.15pm @badlyparkedox.bsky.social @thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social loads of cars and vans blocking pavements in this area this morning. #pavementsareforpeoplenotcars
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Marston St stub can be opened for emergency vehicles. This firefighter says they are often blocked by #badlyparkedcars. #dangerousparking
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#pavementsareforpeople Repeat offender - a business on Windmill Rd parks customer's cars illegally creating hazards for pavement users.
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Your bus service is delayed by #badlyparkedcars" #antisocialparking St Aldates
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘Parking suspended’? Pavement suspended! #pavementsareforpeople Abbey Rd
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Volunteers have been growing a wildflower meadow on the corner of Burdell Avenue and Merewood Avenue. Also see: #antisocialparking
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Where one #badlyparkedcar goes, others follow. Dawson St #antisocialparking #pavementsareforpeople
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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
every single day on the Cowley Road cars are being driven onto the pavement at the pedestrian lights (near Momo Station). Even when the loading only space there that is free, I see vans being driven onto the pavement there to unload deliveries. WHY?
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Danny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sadly using pedestrian crossings to drive onto pavements seems to have been normalised. So we need bollards anywhere there is parking demand, even if they are hazards.
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Barns Road and Blackbird Leys Road this morning. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social #pavementsareforpeople
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There used to be bollards on both sides of the tactile paving here. They got knocked over by cars and as a reward, the council never reinstalled them. Can we have pur bollards back please! Pavements are for people, not for cars!!
A car parked on the pavement next to the newly installed circular bench at Howard St/Iffley Rd Car has clearly entered the pavement via the tactile paving.
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Just metres from the carpark. Shirking parking fees, using recreational areas of Florence Park to store their car and endangering park users. #parksareforpeople #antisocialparking #badlyparkedcars
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Blocking dropped kerb and pavement. Knights Road this morning @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Knights Road this morning @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social Lovely colour BMW. Trading places on the blocked ltn roads. Perhaps they're trying to confuse the enforcement officers.
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Horspath Road today. This van is normally parked on road on the corner double yellows but smarter tho king today, no lines on the pavement. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... When did it become okay to park on pavements?
bbc.co.uk
Nicky Campbell - Fare's fair: are buses working for you? Plus when did it become ok to park on pavements? - BBC Sounds
Fare's fair: are buses working for you? Plus when did it become ok to park on pavements?
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The conversation around #pavementparking is growing. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social is here to highlight your examples of #antisocialparking, including the council-mandated kind with on-pavement parking bays. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #pavementsareforpeople
bbc.co.uk
Pavement parking allowed by half of councils in England
Disability charities say the practice makes streets harder to navigate for wheelchair users and people with limited sight.
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Mary W @swift33.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social @thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social Fantastic (not!) example of pavement parking today on Peat Moors, OX3 - pavement users forced into the road.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It points out “Even unintentional actions, e.g. parking a works vehicle on a footway, can create obstructions that force vulnerable road users to navigate around hazards, increasing their exposure to danger.” OCC warns it may revoke permits for companies that fail to consider walkers or cyclists.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Roadworks contractors are being told to consider pedestrians and cyclists. Oxfordshire County Council has signed off a set of ‘Active Travel Guidance for Street Works’. It discourages ‘Cyclists Dismount’ signs except as a last resort, and says lanes at roadworks should not allow unsafe overtaking.
"Road closed except cyclists" sign
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edlingv3.bsky.social @edlingv3.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social Erm, I guess trying to park in the shade trumps anyone actually being able to use the pavement?
A car parked completely across the pavement next to a hedge, leaving no room for pedestrians.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Oxfordshire pavement parking ban & enforcement can't come soon enough @badlyparkedox.bsky.social (nr. Waitrose, Old High Street, Headington)
Black Mercedes LC62FLE parked on pavement. Children squeezing past. DYL but to not block road, pavement is chosen as landing spot. Silver Vauxhall on opposite side of road is also illegally parked on DYL making real pinch point.
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Cowley Centre Cromwell Rd #pavementsareforpeople #fireexit
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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Another small step on the lengthy journey to removing vehicles from pavements www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2621959...
oxfordmail.co.uk
Plans to ban and issue fines for pavement parking in Oxfordshire
Parking wardens may soon be able to give out fines to drivers who park on the pavement, under plans that look increasingly likely to go ahead.
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Have you heard? Oxford has a new car park on Dawson St Don't park in the bays though. Park on the double yellow lines and blocking the LTN stubs. #antisocialparking #badlyparkedcars
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social only a couple on the pavement today. Horspath Road.
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A nice gathering of pavement parked cars. Horspath Road today. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
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Kate Coldwell @katecoldwell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If a bin lorry can't get through, would an emergency vehicle?
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A new #badlyparked car for us at @badlyparkedox.bsky.social - a bike blocker. #pavementsareforpeople and for bike racks! Submitted by a follower Email us your #antisocialparking at badlyparkedox@ gmail.com Roosevelt Dr Eagle eyes will note we've featured this companys vans before.
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Obviously a grey space for the driver of this parked car. Not in the bus pick up area, not on the road? Perfect. Templars Square. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
What are streets for? When everyone tries to park, no one can get through. Howard St. One way with a counterflow bike lane. The scaffolding truck is on double yellow lines at a bend in the road. Map illustration follows
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social seen this Mercedes here many times. Rectory Road. @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
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Gary @garybrimson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A parent picking up their child from Tyndale School decides that parking on double yellows in a cycle lane at traffic lights is a good place to leave the car whilst they walk to the schools. Cars are banned from driving down the school road at certain times. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
East Ave blocked by #dangerousparking on double yellow lines. Emergency services can remove the bollard but would not fit through. Five more drivers also on double yellow lines. Needless to say, we let traffic enforcement know and they had a busy day. #pavementsareforpeople #banpavementparking
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wallaceowl.bsky.social @wallaceowl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Yet another van on DYL by Blackbird Leys shops this afternoon @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Legislation to enable local leaders to prohibit pavement parking in England has been included in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Some of our supporters have been telling us what new freedoms this will bring them.
A green graphic with a speech bubble and a quote, which reads: I will be able to use my walker at last when visiting my daughter. Before I had to get the bus, as I suffer with extreme arthritis; it’s not helped my daily walking. It’s so scary going on the road to get past these vehicles. - Johnny, Huddersfield. There is a photo of Johnny underneath the quote. A pink graphic with a speech bubble and a quote, which reads:  A ban on pavement parking will make a huge difference to me and those who are blind, disabled or have pushchairs. 
I come across pavement parking on a regular basis. On some occasions, I have to walk out into the road. - Alicia. There is a photo of Alicia underneath the quote. An orange graphic with a speech bubble and a quote, which reads: I have been forced into busy roads on countless occasions with my guide dog, so I welcome that provisions are being put in law which allows people to use our pavements as designed. Keep our pavements clear, keep us all safe - Simon, Suffolk. There is a photo of Simon and his guide dog underneath. A green graphic with a speech bubble and a quote, which reads: Local authorities must make use of these new powers. As a blind person, the frequent menace of pavement parked cars regularly affects the streets I walk on and streets I don't.
For me the issue is black and white - the pavement is for people - Dr Amit Patel. There is a photo of Amit underneath the quote.
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