Two hours in Cedars rises from £2.00 to £3.40 for HillingdonFirst cardholders after Cabinet cut the resident discount to about 10%. New prices by car park.
Parking in Hillingdon’s council car parks will cost residents about 70% more from April 2027. Two hours in the Cedars or Grainges multi-storey in Uxbridge goes from £2.00 to £3.40 for a HillingdonFirst cardholder.
The council’s Cabinet agreed the new charges on Thursday 22 October. Visitors from outside the borough pay about 15% more. The gap between the two shrinks because the resident discount falls from roughly 40% to about 10% (Hillingdon Council, Cabinet minutes and decisions, 22 October 2026).
Two resident concessions stay: the first 30 minutes free with a HillingdonFirst card, and three hours free at Ruislip Lido.
What changes in the car parks
Every price below is from the council’s new schedule of charges (Hillingdon Council, Appendix A, Proposed Fees and Charges). The resident rate is what you pay with a HillingdonFirst card.
Cedars and Grainges multi-storeys, Oxford Road, Uxbridge
| Stay | Resident now | Resident from April | Non-resident now | Non-resident from April |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 2 hours | £2.00 | £3.40 | £3.30 | £3.80 |
| Up to 4 hours | £3.40 | £5.90 | £5.70 | £6.60 |
| Up to 8 hours | £9.10 | £15.70 | £15.10 | £17.40 |
| Over 8 hours | £13.10 | £22.60 | £21.80 | £25.10 |
| Sunday, all day | £2.50 | £4.30 | £4.20 | £4.80 |
Local car parks: Blyth Road in Hayes, Community Close in Ickenham, Fairfield Road in Yiewsley, Long Lane in Hillingdon, Linden Avenue in Ruislip Manor, Devon Parade and Devonshire Lodge in Eastcote, and Green Lane in Northwood.
| Stay | Resident now | Resident from April | Non-resident now | Non-resident from April |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 30 minutes | Free | Free | £1.00 | £1.20 |
| Up to 1 hour | £1.30 | £2.30 | £2.20 | £2.50 |
| Up to 2 hours | £2.80 | £4.90 | £4.70 | £5.40 |
| Up to 4 hours | £4.40 | £7.60 | £7.30 | £8.40 |
| Over 9 hours | £10.50 | £18.10 | £17.50 | £20.10 |
The same resident rates of £2.30 an hour and £4.90 for two hours apply at the Kingsend North and Oaklands Gate car parks in Ruislip and Northwood.
Grainges Yard, the small surface car park on Oxford Road, goes up the same way. Its four-hour maximum rises from £13.20 to £22.80 for residents and from £22.00 to £25.30 for everyone else. Our parking in Uxbridge page explains why it costs so much more than the multi-storey next door.
Street parking and Ruislip Lido
On-street pay and display bays with 30 minutes free go up like this for residents:
- up to 1 hour: £1.50 to £2.60
- up to 2 hours: £3.30 to £5.70
- each 20 minutes after that: 80p to £1.40
Uxbridge town centre street bays, charged per 15 minutes with no free period, go from 80p to £1.40 for residents and from £1.30 to £1.50 for everyone else.
At Ruislip Lido, the main car park, Willow Lawn and the Breakspear overflow stay free for residents for up to three hours. A longer stay in summer (May to August) rises from £11.20 to £19.30, and in the rest of the year from £5.50 to £9.50. Visitors pay £11.30 for up to three hours in summer, up from £9.80.
Leisure centre car parks rise by about 4% only, in line with the council’s contract with its operator. One hour there goes from £1.30 to £1.40.
Permits and season tickets
Residents’ parking permits rise by 15%:
- first car: £92.40 to £106.30 a year
- second car: £132.90 to £152.80
- 10 visitor vouchers: £15.60 to £17.90
The biggest jumps are for people who commute into Uxbridge with a season ticket. A resident’s annual ticket for Cedars and Grainges goes from £1,507 to £1,902. A quarterly one goes from £352 to £478, up 35.8%.
Why the council is doing it
The council says it will not receive £65 million of government funding it has been assessed as needing over the next two years, because a new funding formula is being phased in. It has a £50 million budget gap (Hillingdon Council, Discretionary Fees and Charges 2027/28 report).
Consultants Lyon Local Government compared Hillingdon’s charges with other London boroughs. They found many were in the lowest quarter, and recommended rises of about 15% across most services. The report says parking in the council’s car parks and bays is cheaper than in much of outer London, and the new charges “move the cost closer to outer London averages”. Altogether the new fees could raise about £3.3 million.
At the meeting, the Leader said benchmarking showed many of Hillingdon’s charges “remained amongst the lowest in outer London”. He said charges would stay under review, with resident discounts and free parking kept where they apply.
Other charges going up
Most of the council’s other discretionary charges also rise by about 15% from 1 January 2027, or by 1 April at the latest. Some that residents use:
- bulky waste collection of 4 to 6 items: £53 to £70 (1 to 3 items stays at £53)
- fridge or freezer collection: £53 to £60.95
- the £39 over-65s rate for bulky collections: marked “removed” in the schedule
- junior 11-a-side football pitch: £25.10 to £30 a match for residents
- senior football or rugby pitch: £33.80 to £45 a match for residents
Leisure centre prices, set under the council’s contract with GLL, rise by 4% from 1 December. A peak adult swim with a resident card goes from £5.55 to £5.77. Wedding venue fees are frozen. The Cabinet minutes say the garden waste charge is the £69 a bin agreed earlier in the meeting, covered in our garden waste story.
What it means for you
- Nothing changes yet. Parking charges rise from April 2027, according to the Cabinet minutes.
- Get a HillingdonFirst card if you do not have one. It still keeps the free first half hour and the three free hours at the Lido. It also gives free parking on four Saturdays and Sundays before Christmas: 12, 13, 19 and 20 December. That offer does not cover the Lido or leisure centre car parks (Free festive parking, Hillingdon Council).
- If you buy a season ticket, renewing before the new prices start may save money. Check the start date with the council’s parking team.
- We can find no call-in. Scrutiny councillors had until 5pm on Friday 30 October. The council has published no call-in, and its November calendar shows no extra scrutiny meeting, as of 5 November. It has not yet published an exact start date in April 2027 for the new prices.
Our parking in Uxbridge page carries today’s prices until the new ones start.
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