British Parking Awards 2019 are live!

Annual competition celebrates the best in parking management, design and technology

The 2019 edition of the British Parking Awards is up and running. Now in its 18th year, the competition encourages both public and private sector organisations to nominate people and projects that represent the best in parking management, design and innovation.

The awards encompass both the on-street and off-street sides of the parking sector. The diverse nature of the parking sector means that the competition has categories that cover the design and upkeep of buildings, as well as ground-breaking policies, excellent services and innovative technology. This year there are three new categories:

• The Parking as a Service Award will recognise operations and systems that put the driver and other users at the heart of the parking experience.
• The Green Parking Award recognises environmentally-friendly car park and system design, as well as measures to mitigate the impact of vehicles.
• The Reinventing the Car Park Award will recognise ways in which parking structures can become buildings that offer a real social benefit and host alternative uses.

Besides the recognition given to systems and structures, the British Parking Awards also highlight the human side of parking with a host of categories showcasing team work and celebrating the achievements of individuals.

Entries are judged by a panel of experts made up of parking managers, transport and parking consultants, representatives from the major parking associations and bodies representing the motoring and freight industries.

The British Parking Awards were created and are presented by Parking Review magazine, which has presented them annually since 2002. 

The awards ceremony, which takes place at the Royal Lancaster on London Friday 8 March 2019. 

The event is organised by Landor LINKS, which provides knowledge networks for people working in transport, parking and the urban realm.

Entry to the British Parking Awards is free. 

Entry Deadline: 20 December 2018

British Parking Awards 2019: Categories

• Best New Car Park Award 
• Best Car Park Refurbishment
• Intelligent Parking Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Communication Award
• Parking in the Community Award
• Innovative Parking Technology Award
• Parking Partnerships Award
• Parking Team of the Year Award
• Parking Person of the Year Award
• Young Parking Professional of the Year Award
• Reinventing the Car Park Award
• Green Parking Award
• Parking as a Service Award
• The Parking Matters Prize

Full details of the event can be found by clicking here

The winners will be announced at a lunch held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on 8 March 2018. 

The awards ceremony is an event attended by a wide range of people, including parking managers, parking attendants, car club operators, technologists, app developers, property developers, architects, engineers and building companies.

The 2018 awards ceremony was attended by over 550 people.

A guest compere hosts the awards ceremony, which is one of the highlights of the UK parking calendar. Past hosts have included Ade Adepitan, Alexander Armstrong, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Adrian Chiles, the Revd. Richard Coles, Hal Cruttenden, Jon Culshaw, Hugh Dennis, Richard Hammond, Shappi Khorsandi, Lucy Porter, John Sergeant, Debra Stephenson and Meera Syal. The 2019 host will be announced soon.

British Parking Awards 2019: Sponsors and supporters

The awards are supported by a wide range of organisations, companies and consultancies working in the parking and related sectors. 

• 3C Payment
• Alpha Parking
• British Parking Association (BPA)
• InaParc
• International Parking Community
• Makers Construction
• Parking Matters
• PayByPhone
• PayPal
• Phoenix Commercial Collections
• RingGo
• USL StructureCare and Pitchmastic

Full details of the event can be found by clicking here