Parking on very wide "pavement"

[qoheleth22]

Hello everyone. My house is located on a quiet-ish through road, all residential. Outside my front garden fence is a 4-5 metre wide paved area, then the pavement, then the road.

 

My landlord says it is fine to park on the paved area, but I am a bit worried, as someone else pointed out that I have to drive over the pavement to reach it.

 

Once I am parked on the big paved area, I am not causing an pbstruction, as it is so wide that I can park there and 2 large prams/buggies could still get by. But the pavement next to it does not have a dropped kerb, so "officially/legally", am I allowed to park there? In practice I normally drive up the dropped part which is outside my neighbour's house and then drive onto the paved area outside my house.

 

I just want to avoid getting a ticket if an over-zealous traffic officer comes by one day!

 

I'll try and post a picture soon.

 

Thanks for any advice

[qoheleth22]

http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/11788088

 

 

Hopefully, this shows what I am talking about?

Edited October 23, 2012 by qoheleth22

[Michael Browne]

This probably shows it a bit better:

 

http://goo.gl/maps/UbJ3L

 

I'd say you're perfectly Ok there.

[qoheleth22]

Thanks Michael

 

On a related matter; if I am parked there where the blue MPV is, I guess I can't do anything about people parking on the road parallel with me, effectively blocking me in though, as it is not a dropped pavement there?

[dx100uk]

correct

 

dx