To complement the on-street operation of marshals, we use fixed traffic enforcement cameras and mobile traffic enforcement camera units to encourage compliance with moving traffic regulations.
Traffic Enforcement Cameras are the only means available to deter drivers from carrying out dangerous manoeuvres on Westminster's roads, improve safety and reduce congestion.
On-street marshals cannot enforce these contraventions.
As of 1 April 2015, the only parking restrictions the City of Westminster enforces by Traffic Enforcement Camera are bus stop clearwayand school-keep-clear restrictions.
To find out why Parking Services needs to collect and store personal data, how this is used, and your rights to access your information, please refer to our privacy notice.
Traffic camera enforcement penalty charge notices (PCNs)
PCNs issued via traffic enforcement camera are sent by post to the registered keeper of the vehicle and will include a photograph of the alleged contravention being committed.
You can do the following online:
- pay your parking ticket
- challenge your parking ticket if you feel the ticket has been issued incorrectly
- view traffic camera enforcement PCNfootage
Mobile traffic enforcement camera units
The primary role of mobile traffic enforcement camera units is to complement on-street enforcement by:
- enforcing bus stop clearway and school-keep-clear parking restrictions
- monitoring and carrying out site visits of special enforcement locations (areas under special arrangement as a result of complaints)
- providing coverage when fixed traffic enforcement cameras are down
Contraventions enforced by traffic enforcement camera
View contraventions enforced by traffic enforcement cameras in Westminster.
Locations of traffic enforcement cameras
We currently have fixed traffic enforcement cameras enforcing moving traffic contraventions at the following locations:
- Amberley Road - ARK Atwood Academy Primary School Street (code 53)
- Bayswater Road / Brook Street (code 31)
- Bishops Bridge Road / Gloucester Terrace (code 31)
- Bishops Bridge Road / Westbourne Terrace (code 31)
- Brook Street / South Molton Street (code 51)
- Cambridge Square / Southwick Street (code 32)
- Carlton Hill / Maida Vale (code 52)
- Charing Cross Road / Cranbourn Street (code 31)
- Chepstow Road / Chepstow Place (code 31)
- Conduit Street / Saville Row (code 32)
- Craven Terrace - St John & St James RC Primary School Street (code 53)
- Denbigh Street (code 52)
- Devonshire Place Mews / Marylebone High Street (code 50)
- Droop Street - Queen's Park Primary School Street (code 53)
- Eastbourne Terrace / Bishops Bridge Road (code 31)
- Fermoy Road (code 51)
- Fernhead Road / Saltram Crescent (code 51)
- Green Street / Park Street (code 31)
- Harrow Road / Elgin Avenue / Great Western Road (code 31)
- Harrow Road / Sutherland Avenue (code 31 and code 52)
- Hyde Park Street / Bayswater Road (code 31)
- John Islip Street / Ponsonby Place (code 50)
- John Islip Street / Ponsonby Terrace (code 50)
- Lanark Road / Clifton Road (code 32)
- Langham Place / Mortimer Street / Regent Street (code 31)
- Lower Belgrave Street - St Peter's Eaton Square CE Primary School Street (code 53)
- Marlborough Hill - George Eliot Primary School Street (code 53)
- Mill Street / Maddox Street / New Bond Street (code 32)
- Mortimer Street / Great Portland Street (code 31)
- New Cavendish Street / Harley Street (code 50)
- New Cavendish Street / Portland Place (code 31)
- Park Street / North Row (code 31)
- Piccadilly / Dover Street / Arlington Street (code 31)
- Piccadilly/ Berkeley Street (code 31)
- Piccadilly / Bolton Street (code 31 and code 51)
- Piccadilly / Brick Street (code 31)
- Piccadilly / Half Moon Street (code 31)
- Porchester Road / Porchester Square (code 31)
- Praed Street / Eastbourne Terrace (code 31)
- Shaftesbury Avenue / Denman Street (code 32)
- ShaftesburyAvenue /GerrardPlace (code 50)
- Shaftesbury Avenue / Great Windmill Street (code 32)
- Shaftesbury Avenue / Greek Street (code 31)
- Shrewsbury Road - St Mary's of the Angel RC Primary School Street (code 53)
- Soho Street / Soho Square (code 32)
- St George's Drive / Elizabeth Bridge (code 52)
- St George's Drive / Hugh Street (traffic management monitoring purposes only)
- St Martin's Lane / St Martin's Place (code 50)
- Strutton Ground / Victoria Street (code 31)
- The Strand, outside Charing Cross Station (code 31)
- Upper MontaguStreet / Marylebone Road (code 52)
- Victoria Square / Beeston Place / The Goring (code 51)
- Victoria Street / Palace Street / Thirleby Road (code 31)
- Westbourne Street / Bayswater Road (code 31)
- Westbourne Terrace / Chilworth Street (code 50)
- Westbourne Terrace / Craven Road (code 31)
Mobile traffic camera units may alsoenforce moving traffic contraventions.
For information about parking enforcement by traffic camera, seeDeregulation Act and changes to parking enforcement.
The Traffic Camera Enforcement Governance Group and the 'Test of Appropriateness'
Our Traffic Enforcement Camera Governance Group has approved the locations of traffic enforcement cameras used for traffic management purposes in Westminster and passed a test of appropriateness.
Our Traffic Enforcement Camera Governance Group acts as a single point of decision-making and accountability in relation to the deployment or removal of our traffic enforcement cameras or the commissioning or decommissioning of traffic enforcement camera sites at locations across the borough. It ensures that the use of traffic enforcement cameras is consistent, proportionate and coordinated in accordance with a test of appropriateness.
This test ensures that traffic enforcement cameras will only be deployed when:
- there is a clearly identified and evidenced issue of concern in terms of compliance with traffic management regulations at a specific location
- the use of traffic enforcement cameras is considered to be the most effective and appropriate intervention to address that issue
The test of appropriateness also requires an exit strategy to be in place before any new deployment is approved, such as when traffic enforcement cameras are decommissioned as a result of sustained improvements in compliance levels.
Surveillance Camera Commissioner Self-Assessment Tool - City of Westminster July 2019 (PDF, 275KB)
