Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Where you can and can not park

This section tells you where you can park (such as in car parks), information for specialist parking (such as caravans and unloading for businesses), and where you are not allowed to park.

You can not park in the following, unless you drive a certain type of vehicle, or have a permit:

You may not park in the following:

From time to time we invite you to comment on proposed change to parking restrictions. These are available as Statutory notices.

Contact Parking Services

Email parkingservices@durham.gov.uk
Telephone 03000 263 985