City centre access for vehicles

Find out more about ways to access the city centre including:

• Footstreet restrictions
• City centre access for businesses and deliveries
• City centre access for residents
• Exceptions to access restrictions

Footstreet restrictions

Vehicle restrictions are in place on city centre footstreets, including bollard controlled access during footstreet hours.

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City centre access for businesses and deliveries

To avoid congestion on the roads around the city centre, business owners must ensure deliveries are completed outside of footstreet hours.

Each day:

• delivery vehicles must have left the footstreets area before 10.30am
• delivery vehicles must not arrive until after 5.00pm

Any vehicles remaining in the Pedestrian Zone during footstreets hours could be delayed significantly due to restrictions.

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City centre access for residents

If you are a resident living in the city centre footstreets area, you should keep your vehicle outside the area if you need to make journeys during footstreets hours.

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Exceptions to access restrictions

There are a limited number of exceptions for exceptional circumstances, including access for:

• emergency services
• emergency utility works
• vehicles being used in connection with medical requirements
• Blue Badge holders, via Goodramgate and Blake Street
• community transport vehicles

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Also see

• City centre disabled access
• Blue Badge parking in York
• Footstreets