Council has introduced free all-day motorbike parking zones in some Newcastle CBD streets.

A list of the on-street locations is shown below:

Hunter Street Newcastle - 8 spaces

(southern side between Watt and Bolton Streets)

Keightley Street, Newcastle - 20 spaces

(southern side between Morgan and Market Streets)

Argyle Street, Newcastle - 9 spaces

(western side between Centenary Road and the railway line)

King Street, Newcastle - 6 spaces

(northern side between Christie and Burwood Streets)

Laman Street, Cooks Hill - 2 spaces

(northern side between Darby and Dawson Streets)

Little King Street, Newcastle West - 4 spaces

(southern side between Stewart Ave and National Park Street)

Scott Street, Newcastle - 10 spaces

(southern side between Newcomen and Market Streets)

Wharf Road, Newcastle - 3 spaces

(northern side between Star Fish Cafe and Scratchleys Restaurant)

Beaumont Street, Hamilton - 5 spaces

(western side at Denison Street opposite the Exchange Hotel)

Lindsay Street, Hamilton - 5 spaces

(on the southern side, west of Beaumont Street outside the hardware store)

Hudson Street, Hamilton - 4 spaces

(on the southern side inside the Hamilton Railway Station carpark)

Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle -  8 spaces

(on the southern side, west of Worth Place)

Wolfe Street, Newcastle - 11 spaces

(on the eastern side between King and Hunter Streets)

Gibson Street, Cooks Hills - 4 spaces

(on the northern side, between Auckland and Charles Street)

Russell Road, New Lambton - 5 spaces

(on the southern side between Regent and Cromwell Streets)

Shortland Esplanade, Newcastle East - 3 spaces

(on the western side, south of Ocean Street)

Wharf Road, Newcastle - 3 spaces

(on the northern side, east of the Brewery carpark)

Darby Street, Cooks Hill - 3 spaces

(on the eastern side, fronting property No 127, opposite Council Street)

Memorial Drive, Bar Beach - 16 spaces

(on the western side between Bar Beach Avenue and Kilgour Avenue)

Dick Street, Newcastle West- 10 spaces

(western side at ends of angle parking)

Steel Street, Newcastle- 6 spaces

(south of Honeysuckle Drive)

Kenrick Street, The Junction- 4 spaces

(northern side between Corlette and Union Streets)

Glebe Road, The Junction- 5 spaces

(between Kenrick and Bruce Streets) 

Lambton Road, Broadmeadow - 6 spaces

(northern side west of Bavin Street)

Union Street, Cooks Hill - 5 spaces

(eastern side between Bull and Parry Streets)

All parking spaces are signposted. Motorbikes can park the whole day and parking is free of charge.

Parking guidelines

Council has also developed Guidelines for Motorbike Parking in Newcastle  for the establishment of motorbike parking zones in Newcastle.

 Guidelines for Motorbike Parking (1.1Mb pdf)