18 September 2026
Royal Lancaster, London
Created and presented by Parking Review magazine, the British Parking Awards are an independent competition.
The awards recognise the leading examples of car park management, enforcement, design and team work.
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2026 Headline Award
The recipients will be selected by the jury from either the field of entries or wider parking sector.
Go2Sim Inspiration Award
Sponsored by Go2Sim
The Go2Sim Inspiration Award recognises individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to improving parking. Inspiration Award recipients are exemplars of excellent practice that have inspired colleagues, clients and the wider parking community.
2026 Competitive Category Finalists
These are competitive categories that have been assessed by the jury.
The entries are published as a long list which is whittled down to a shortlist.
Parking Team of the Year
Sponsored by CDER Group
The Parking Team of the Year Award recognises the excellent work of both on-street and off-street parking operations. It is open to teams working in both the public and private sectors.
The finalists:
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Brighton & Hove City Council Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Team
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Cheshire East Council Parking Services
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Lambeth Council Parking Fraud Team
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London Borough of Newham Parking Service
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Nottingham City Council Parking Services
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Perth & Kinross Council Community Support & Enforcement Team
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Swansea Council Parking Services
Parking Partnerships Award
Sponsored by Arvoo
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The Parking Partnerships Award recognises the importance of partnership working in the parking sector. The partnership may involve pairings or groups of local authorities, companies, professional bodies, campaign groups and other stakeholders.
The finalists:
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BCP Council and WSP
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Brighton & Hove City Council and Taranto Systems
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Enfield Council, Project Centre and NSL
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London Borough of Brent, DSSL, St. Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls and TES
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and Blue Badge Fraud Investigations (BBFI)
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and ScanNeo
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London Borough of Islington and Taranto Systems
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London Borough of Newham Joint Enforcement Programme
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London Borough of Waltham Forest, NSL and the Metropolitan Police
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Mobility Vehicle Hire Group and Maple Parking
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NSL, Watford Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council and Watford Schools
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Ocean Parking, Royal Pavilion Llangollen and Anchor Group Services
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Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Marston Holdings
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Swansea Council and Unity5
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Westminster City Council and Marston Holdings
Parking Operator of the Year
Sponsored by Stripe Consulting
The Parking Operator of the Year Award recognises an organisation providing car parks that are managed and maintained in a way that makes the start and end of a driver's journey a pleasant experience.
The finalists:
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APCOA
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Intelli-Park
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Ocean Parking
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Q-Park
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RCP Parking
Rising Star Award
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The Rising Star Award shines a spotlight on emerging talen in the sector. The recipients may be young employees or recent joiners of any age. Local authorities and private operators can nominate an individual parking employee, consultant or external contractor who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to their team and the wider parking sector.
The finalists:
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Abu Akhtar, BIM Leader & Architectural Designer, Stripe Consulting
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Nicola Allen and Catherine Miguel, Senior PCN Processing Officers, Swansea Council
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Brent Bautista, Policy and Project Officer, Hackney Council
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Emma Bowtle Transport Enforcement Team Leader Brighton & Hove City Council
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Caryn Goodwin, Parking Services South Supervisor, Cheshire East Council
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Katie Hamlyn, Supervisor, PermitSmarti Team, Imperial
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Kevin Lowndes, Parking Services Project Officer, Cheshire East Council
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Habiba Muhibun Nessa, Policy and Project Officer, Hackney Council
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Ashna Sharma, Compliance Director, Euro Parking Services
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Varsha Suresh, Traffic Order Engineer, WSP
Parking Technology Award
Sponsored by Go2Sim
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The Parking Technology Award recognises advances in the systems used to manage parking. The innovation will be a piece of parking hardware, a device or a wider system that makes the management of parking more efficient and/or customer-friendly.
The finalists:
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Euro Parking Services – Omne Technology
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MAV Systems – MAV AiQ
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National Blue Badge – Digi-Badge
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RTA Associates – RTA OrderPro
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ScanNeo – The ScanNeo Street Signs Catalogue
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Stripe Consulting – Helping parking operators protect and upgrade infrastructure
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Transfer 360 – Digital exchange platform
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Twin – Pay Anytime
The Front Line Award
Sponsored by National Blue Badge
Parking can be a challenging profession. The Front Line Award is dedicated to parking personnel who engage with drivers and the general public as a part of their day-to-day activities. This award will recognise excellent customer service, communication skills and community engagement.
The finalists:
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Tufael Ahmed, Parking Warden, Euro Parking Services
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Charlie Ambler, NSL Civil Enforcement Officer, Durham County Council
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Anthony Antilles, Customer Service Supervisor, NSL Brighton & Hove
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Marcus Hall, Compliance and Fraud Officer, Nottingham City Council
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Tristan Kenny, APCOA Parking and Security Supervisor, NHS Humber Health Partnership
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Daniel Mitchell, Field Based Regional Support, Intelli-Park
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Irfan Ullah, Road and Traffic Enforcement Officer, Hackney Council
The Back Office Award
Sponsored by Jobs-in-Transport.com
The Back Office Award recognises the essential work of back office teams working for local authorities, private parking operators, transport consultancies and civil enforcement agencies.
The finalists:
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Cambridgeshire County Council Notice Processing Team
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Derby City Council Blue Badge Team
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Euro Parking Services Operations Team
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Hackney Council Road & Traffic Parking Enforcement Support Team
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London Borough of Haringey Council Permit Processing Team
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London Borough of Newham Parking Back Office Team
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ZZPS
Traffic Team Award
Sponsored by Local Transport Today
The Traffic Team Award recognises the skills and achievements of organisations responsible for implementing traffic and parking schemes such as controlled parking zones, TROs, permit schemes, payment systems, EV charging and a host of other essential services - including planners, engineers, consultants and contractors.
The finalists:
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RTA Associates
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Stripe Consulting
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WSP
Communication Award
Sponsored by MiPermit by Unity5
The Communication Award recognises imaginative, engaging and informative approaches adopted by parking organisations to communicating with the public and other organisations. It encompasses advertising campaigns, websites, social media and publications.
The finalists:
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Dukes Bailiffs – Redefining communication in debt resolution
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JustPark – Summer of Sound
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London Borough of Newham Parking Service – Transforming Newham’s digital experience
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New Forest District Council and Ethos – Giving every community a voice
Parking in the Community
Sponsored by The International Parking Community
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Parking is an essential public service and can be a positive contributor to local communities. The Parking in the Community Award recognises people working within the parking sector who have engaged with and supported their local communities.
The finalists:
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Cheshire East Council Parking Services Team – Working for and with the wider community
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European Parking Association – European Women in Parking Network (E-WIP)
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Lake District National Park – Working with local communities
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London Borough of Newham Parking Service – Funeral Parking Scheme
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National Persistent Evader Database (NPED) – Tackling persistent evaders
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NSL Manchester and Barnabus Homeless Shelter – Tackling homelessness
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Swansea Council Parking Services – Parking at the heart of the community
Best New Car Park
Sponsored by PayByPhone
The Best New Car Park Award is a site-specific recognition of how outstanding design and high quality construction techniques can create car parks that are landmark structures. It is open to local authority and private car park operators, landowners, architects, developers and construction companies. The car parks entered may be multi-storeys, underground facilities or surface sites.
The finalists:
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Central Quay Multi-Storey Car Park, Cardiff
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Mermaid Quay Multi-Storey Car Park, Cardiff
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Car Park 6, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby
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Q-Park The Forum, Gloucester
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Multi-Storey Car Park 1, Whipps Cross Hospital, London
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Freckleton Street Multi-Storey Car Park, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan
Best Surface Car Park
Sponsored by PayByPhone
The Best Surface Car Park Award is a site-specific recognition of an outstanding grade-level facility. It is open to local authority and private car park operators, landowners, architects, developers and construction companies.
The finalists:
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Motorhome Aire within Thrunscoe Land, Cleethorpes
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Holgate Engineering Works, Network Rail, York
Car Park Renovation Award
Sponsored by TransportXtra​
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The Best Car Park Renovation Award recognises how ageing car parks can be transformed into useful buildings with a genuine social value and can host a variety of uses.
The finalists:
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St Mary's and St John's Multi-Storey Car Parks, Colchester
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Bell Street Green Transport Hub, Dundee
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Royal Victoria Place Car Park, Tunbridge Wells
Wellbeing Award
Sponsored by Empira and Gladstones Solicitors
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The Wellbeing Award recognises work being done to enhance the physical and mental health experiences of people in the parking sector. Wellbeing initiatives creative a positive, supportive and inclusive environment where employees can thrive, feeling valued and fulfilled in their roles.
The finalists:
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Agena Group – The Diversity Committee
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Dukes Bailiffs – Creating a workplace where wellbeing drives performance
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Greener Ealing – Putting staff wellbeing at the heart of everything we do
Parking in Action
Sponsored by Landor LINKS
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The Parking in Action Award recognises targeted projects and programmes that seek to improve the parking experience of drivers or tackle antisocial and unauthorised parking behaviours.
The finalists:
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Enfield Council, NSL and Blue Badge Fraud Investigations (BBFI) – Protecting disabled parking spaces
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Greener Ealing – Tackling persistent parking issues for a cleaner, safer Ealing
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National Persistent Evader Database (NPED), Colchester City Council and Unity5 – Intelligence is transforming enforcement across Essex
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NSL Manchester – Disabled Badge Enforcement Team
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ScanNeo and London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham – Match day: Taking control of the hardest enforcement day in the calendar
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Swansea Council Parking Services – A collaborative approach to parking enforcement, persistent evader action and abandoned vehicle management
Parking Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Alpha Parking
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The Parking Manager of the Year trophy will be presented to a persion with a record of effective delivery and who is held in high regard by colleagues, colleagues and peers across the parking sector.
The finalists:
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Ann Cunningham, Former Head of Highways & Parking, London Borough of Haringey
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Ras Dewan, Senior Director of Accounts, Marston Holdings
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Brett Edmond, Service Manager, Nottingham City Council
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Andrea Faur, Senior Account Manager, Ocean Parking
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Mehmet Hassan, Senior Parking Manager, London Borough of Waltham Forest & Senior Metropolitan Police Officer, Special Constabulary
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Rabina Iqbal, Parking Customer Relations Manager, Newham Council
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Fazal Kirwan, Road Traffic & District Manager, North District, Hackney Council
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Carolyn Noonan, Processing Operations Manager, Cheshire East Council
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Lorraine Rushton, Parking Services Manager, Cheshire East Council
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Charmaine Sweeney, Head of Landside Operations, London Stansted Airport
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Patricia Wilkinson, Parking Manager, Manchester City Council
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Alison Willingale, Interim Parking Services Manager, Swansea Council
The parking sector is playing a key role in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), as reflected in the launch of Parking Review's special EVolution section and website.
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The EV Charging Awards recognise the development of innovative approaches to providing EV charging infrastructure, systems and services in car parks and at the kerbside. The category is open to parking providers, chargepoint operators and technology developers.
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This year there are three EVolution Awards:
EV Charging Provider Award
Sponsored by VREO Innovation
The EV Charging Provider recognises chargepoint operators, car park operators, facility managers and/or destinations that are actively supporting the transition to electric vehicles through providing accessible and well planned EV charging infrastructure.
The finalists:
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InstaVolt
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Q-Park at Liverpool ONE
EV Charging Technology Award
Sponsored by EVolution
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The EV Charging Award recognises hardware manufacturers and software developers that have developed innovative, transformative and best-in-class EV charging systems.
The finalists:
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InstaVolt – Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Programme and Intelligent Energy Management Platform
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Unity5 – MiPermit ParkRecharge
The EVolution Award
Sponsored by EVolution
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The parking sector is playing a key role in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). The EVolution Award recognises initiatives that aim to improve the operation of EV charging infrastructure.
The finalists:
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Disabled Motoring UK – Accessible EV Road Trip
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Stripe Consulting – EV infrastructure design for car parks
2026 Special Awards
The recipients will be selected by the jury from either the field of entries or wider parking sector.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsored by the British Parking Association
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to a parking professional who has made an outstanding contribution to the sector over the course of their career. Parking organisations and professionals are invited to nominate an individual who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to the industry and represents a 'model of excellence' across their entire career.
