Yellow lines are provided where there is a need to restrict parking to help alleviate traffic flow and to prevent obstructions on the highway.
There are only two types used:
- double lines usually to mark lengths of road where there is no waiting at any time.
- single lines usually indicate a shorter period of restriction such as daytime working hours. Restriction signs fixed to lighting columns or posts will tell you what the actual restriction is. In a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) the restriction times may appear only on signs at the boundary of the zone.
Loading restrictions are shown by yellow markings on the kerb and on the supplementary plates.
See our Parking pages for more details about restrictions and enforcement within Waltham Forest.
Other road markings
White lines on the road are provided to help road users by giving different types of information on lane use and directions.
Road markings are as important as signs. Longitudinal markings inform and warn road users of approaching situations that will require them to take some form of action (ie. solid white line - do not cross, or lane line - turn right).
Transverse lines also give instruction (ie. stop or give way).
The Highway Code website gives examples of the lines in normal use and their associated rules.
All lines on the highway must be authorised by the Authority. Special signs or markings may be allowed with prior approval of the Department for Transport, or if they are experimental and under trial.
Contact us
Public Realm
Environment and Regeneration
Low Hall
Argall Avenue
London E10 7AS
Tel 020 8496 3000
Email wfdirect@walthamforest.gov.uk
