Over Fifty Parking Areas for E-bikes To Be Set Up in Chiswick
Many will take over existing resident bays
Electronic hire bikes have been parked inappropriately. Picture: Adam Goodchild
May 14, 2023
Details have now been published of where Hounslow Council intends to position bays for the deposit of e-Bikes as part of a new trial.
In all 45 parking bays across the Chiswick area will be repurposed for users of services like Lime to leave their bikes. There will be 56 points at which they can park the electronic bikes with the remainder on the footway, on single or double yellow lines or at sites were there are no existing parking restrictions.
The bays are spread throughout the W4 postcode area with the aim of insuring that there is always a place to leave a bike nearby. Users of e-bike services who fail to deposit e-Bikes within designated pays may be subject to a suspension of their use of the service. A full list of all the locations is given at the end of this article.
The council recently decided to participate in this trial which will allow companies to officially operate in the area. Previously, electronic hire bikes could be ridden within the borough but there was no formal arrangement between the council and the operators. The council says by entering into a formal arrangement with the operators it can raise revenue and more effectively encourage the companies to limit the obstruction caused by carelessly discarded bikes.
Under the proposed scheme from 16 May, the council will be introducing a first phase of bays across the Brentford and Chiswick areas, and this will include alteration of the existing road markings and, where necessary, removal of any existing parking bay signage.
Concerns have already been expressed that the use of designated bays will not be effective in reducing badly parked hire bikes as hacks have been developed to allow the machines to be used without paying. Lime has said in February that this was a limited issue and that it has developed a hardware solution but the distinctive clicking sound from a hacked bike that is being ridden without power can still be heard often around the Chiswick area. This kind of use is unlikely to end with the bike being left in a the offical bay and is believed to account for a significant proportion of the anti-social parking.
Implementation will start in Brentford where only 12 parking spaces are being lost across three wards and then from Monday 22 May the conversion of the Chiswick bays is set to begin. Completion will depend on factors such as the weather and the removal of vehicles parked in the designated zones.
The bays will be introduced in phases, starting in Brentford and Chiswick, and working westwards. The council says this is because the east of the borough is closest to existing e-bike operations in neighbouring boroughs. The intention is to expand westwards across the whole borough in due course.
Prior to these works starting, the council will be placing cones at locations where the bays are to be marked and installing temporary signage to identify that these bays are suspended whilst the works take place.
Should the work be on schedule it is anticipated that e-bikes will be positioned in the bays and will be available for hire from early June 2023.
| Chiswick Gunnersbury ward | ||
| Street Name | Location | Length of Bay |
| Alwyn Avenue | Adjacent to No. 22 Sutton Court Road | 8 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Cambridge Road North | Adjacent to No. 455 Chiswick High Road | 7.5 metres (4 metres of motorcycle bay & 3.5 metres of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Chiswick Common Road (1) | West of the junction with Fishers Lane, adjacent to play area | 7 metres (of pay to park bay) |
| Chiswick Common Road (2) | Opposite No. 37 Windmill Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Chiswick High Road | Footway east of the access to Gunnersbury Tube Station | 7 metres (of footway) |
| Dolman Road | Footway opposite the junction with Kirton Close | 9.5 metres (of footway) |
| Dukes Avenue | Outside No. 2 Dukes Avenue | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Glebe Street | Adjacent to No. 19 Devonshire Road | 7 metres (of single yellow line) |
| Grosvenor Road | Outside No. 24 Grosvenor Road, west of the junction with Harvard Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Harvard Road | South of the junction with Wellesley Road, adjacent to Belgrave Lodge | 9.5 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Heathfield Gardens | Opposite No. 50 Heathfield Gardens | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Heathfield Terrace | Heathfield Terrace service road, east of the junction with Horticultural Place | 9.5 metres (6 metres of pay to park bay & 3.5 metres of single yellow line) |
| Marlborough Road | Adjacent to No. 367 Chiswick High Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Popes Lane | Footway at the junction with Gunnersbury Avenue (A406) | 6 metres (of footway) |
| Power Road | Adjacent to No. 250 Gunnersbury Avenue (opposite Volvo showroom) | 7 metres (5 metres of permit / pay to park bay & 2 metres of double yellow line) |
| Princes Avenue | Adjacent to No. 59 The Ridgeway | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Reckitt Road | Outside No. 47 Reckitt Road | 7 metres (of single yellow line) |
| Wavendon Avenue | Adjacent to No. 47 Dukes Avenue | 7.5 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Chiswick Homefields ward | ||
| Balfern Grove | Adjacent to No. 58 Chiswick Lane | 7 metres (4 metres of permit / pay to park bay & 3 metres of double yellow line) |
| Bolton Road | Adjacent to Mulberry House, Cavendish Road | 9.5 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Chiswick Lane | South Opposite the junction with Netheravon Road South | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Coombe Road | Adjacent to No. 90 Devonshire Road | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Corney Road | Opposite No. 46 Corney Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Cranbrook Road | Opposite No. 2 Cranbrook Road | 9.5 metres (of single yellow line) |
| Edensor Gardens | Adjacent to Chiswick Pool | 9.5 metres (of unrestricted carriageway) |
| Gainsborough Road | Adjacent to No. 60 Bath Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Grantham Road | Opposite No. 23 Grantham Road | 7 metres (of unrestricted carriageway) |
| Hartington Road | Outside Nos. 1-7 The Lindens | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Homefield Road | Adjacent to No. 65 Chiswick High Road | 8 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Kinnaird Avenue | Adjacent to No. 54 Hartington Road | 7 metres (of permit parking area) |
| Netheravon Road | Adjacent to No. 29 Chiswick High Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Prebend Gardens | Opposite No. 35 Prebend Gardens | 9 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Priory Avenue | East of the junction with Woodstock Road, adjacent to church | 8 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Pumping Station Road | Opposite No. 24 Pumping Station Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Spencer Road | Opposite No. 4 Spencer Road | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Stamford Brook Avenue | Opposite the junction with Stamford Brook Gardens | 9.5 metres (of single yellow line) |
| Staveley Gardens | Adjacent to No. 4 Staveley Gardens | 7 metres (of unrestricted carriageway) |
| Staveley Road | Outside No. 44 Staveley Road | 9 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Thornton Avenue | Adjacent to No. 90 Turnham Green Terrace | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Chiswick Riverside ward | ||
| Brooks Lane | Adjacent to No. 27 Geraldine Road | 9 metres (of permit parking area) |
| Brooks Road | Opposite No. 15 Brooks Road | 7 metres (of single yellow line) |
| Clarence Road | Adjacent to No. 61 Wellesley Road | 7 metres (3 metres of motorcycle bay & 4 metres of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Ernest Gardens | Adjacent to No. 54 Magnolia Road | 7 metres (of permit parking area) |
| Gordon Road | Opposite Nos. 2 & 4 Gordon Road | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Grove Park Gardens | Opposite No. 3 Grove Park Gardens | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Grove Park Terrace | Opposite Nos. 1-11 Sutton Court Mansions, Grove Park Terrace | 9.5 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Hazledene Road | Adjacent to No. 76 Hazledene Road | 7 metres (of permit parking area) |
| Lawford Road | Adjacent to No. 152 Sutton Court Road | 9.5 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Park Road | Opposite No. 66 Park Road | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Riverview Road | Adjacent to No. 93 Grove Park Road | 7 metres (of permit parking area) |
| Staveley Road | Adjacent to No. 122 Sutton Court Road | 7 metres (of resident permit bay) |
| Stile Hall Gardens | Opposite No. 1 Stile Hall Gardens | 8 metres (of single yellow line) |
| Strand on the Green (1) | Opposite No. 104 Strand on the Green | 7 metres (of permit holders bay) |
Strand on the Green (2) |
Opposite, and to the west of, the junction with Pyrmont Road | 7 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Sutton Court Road | Opposite No. 196 Sutton Court Road | 9.5 metres (of permit / pay to park bay) |
| Sutton Lane South | Opposite No. 26 Sutton Lane South | 7 metres (5 metres of resident permit bay & 2 metres of double yellow line) |
Like Reading Articles Like This? Help Us Produce More This site remains committed to providing local community news and public interest journalism. Articles such as the one above are integral to what we do. We aim to feature as much as possible on local societies, charities based in the area, fundraising efforts by residents, community-based initiatives and even helping people find missing pets. We’ve always done that and won’t be changing, in fact we’d like to do more. However, the readership that these stories generates is often below that needed to cover the cost of producing them. Our financial resources are limited and the local media environment is intensely competitive so there is a constraint on what we can do. We are therefore asking our readers to consider offering financial support to these efforts. Any money given will help support community and public interest news and the expansion of our coverage in this area. A suggested monthly payment is £8 but we would be grateful for any amount for instance if you think this site offers the equivalent value of a subscription to a daily printed newspaper you may wish to consider £20 per month. If neither of these amounts is suitable for you then contact info@neighbournet.com and we can set up an alternative. All payments are made through a secure web site. One-off donations are also appreciated. Choose The Amount You Wish To Contribute. If you do support us in this way we’d be interested to hear what kind of articles you would like to see more of on the site – send your suggestions to the editor. For businesses we offer the chance to be a corporate sponsor of community content on the site. For £30 plus VAT per month you will be the designated sponsor of at least one article a month with your logo appearing if supplied. If there is a specific community group or initiative you’d like to support we can make sure your sponsorship is featured on related content for a one off payment of £50 plus VAT. All payments are made through a secure web site. |