Charging an EV without a driveway
Around a third of UK households have no off-street parking. Find out what your council offers – from pavement cable channels to on-street chargers – and how to charge affordably without a driveway.
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Blackburn with Darwen
North West, England
Blackburn with Darwen's cable channel policy lets eligible residents have a council-installed pavement channel, with grant funding to reduce costs.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
South West, England
BCP Council backed a trial of EV charging gullies in 2025 after a growing number of requests from residents without driveways.
Brighton and Hove
South East, England
Brighton and Hove is piloting around 193 pavement charging gullies, with priority for Blue Badge holders.
Bromley
London, England
Bromley has rolled out cross-pavement charging, letting eligible residents fit a flush gully outside their home.
Buckinghamshire
South East, England
Buckinghamshire has trialled in-pavement cable channels and on-street chargers in Wendover to test charging for homes without a driveway.
Clackmannanshire
Scotland
Clackmannanshire Council does not allow charging cables to cross a footway or road, so households without a driveway need to use public chargers.
Cornwall
South West, England
Cornwall Council can fund the pavement channel for eligible on-street households and is rolling out up to 2,000 new chargepoints, including its first on-street charging.
Coventry
West Midlands, England
Coventry has finished a cross-pavement gully trial on seven streets, but the scheme isn't yet open to residents.
Enfield
London, England
Enfield runs a borough-wide footway channel scheme with a £480 resident subsidy, after becoming the first London borough to trial through-pavement charging.
Halton
North West, England
Halton is taking part in a Liverpool City Region pilot of cross-pavement EV charging channels.
Hertfordshire
East of England, England
Hertfordshire County Council licenses cross-pavement charging channels, with installation normally costing £1,200 after a government subsidy.
Kensington and Chelsea
London, England
Kensington and Chelsea has near-complete on-street charging coverage for households without a driveway.
99% near a charger (2024)Kent
South East, England
Kent doesn't currently allow pavement charging channels, but plans a limited trial and is rolling out 10,000 on-street charging sockets.
Kirklees
Yorkshire and the Humber, England
Kirklees has approved a 12-month pavement charging channel trial worth up to £330,000.
Lincolnshire
East Midlands, England
Lincolnshire is preparing a county-wide cross-pavement charging scheme after winning government grant funding.
Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Neath Port Talbot is trialling fully funded pavement charging gullies at 10 homes.
North East Derbyshire
East Midlands, England
North East Derbyshire has some of the lowest on-street charging coverage in Great Britain, so planning ahead matters if you don't have a driveway.
1.3% near a charger (2024)North Northamptonshire
East Midlands, England
North Northamptonshire plans a targeted cross-pavement home charging trial in 2026.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is the one part of the UK where pavement charging channels can be approved region-wide, because a single department controls every public footway.
Oxfordshire
South East, England
Oxfordshire runs one of the UK's largest pavement cable channel schemes, so many households without a driveway can charge from their own home charger.
Redbridge
London, England
Redbridge is piloting pavement charging channels, covering up to £1,200 of installation costs while funding lasts.
Richmond upon Thames
London, England
Richmond runs a borough-wide footway channel scheme and has more than 1,100 lamp-column chargers.
Scotland
Scotland
Around 40% of Scottish homes have no off-street parking. Scotland is piloting funded cross-pavement charging in selected council areas, but rules still vary council by council.
Slough
South East, England
Slough is trialling cross-pavement charging channels, with residents contributing £399 towards installation.
Southwark
London, England
Southwark has excellent on-street charging coverage, with almost every household without a driveway near a public charger.
99% near a charger (2024)St Albans
East of England, England
St Albans residents were the first in Hertfordshire to trial cross-pavement EV charging channels, through the county council's licence scheme.
Surrey
South East, England
Surrey offers pavement cable gullies to all eligible residents for £499, after government funding halved the usual cost.
Swansea
Wales
Swansea is trialling pavement charging channels at up to 10 homes, funded by Transport for Wales and Welsh Government.
Tameside
North West, England
Tameside has drawn up a cross-pavement policy under which the council would own, install and maintain approved pavement channels.
Wales
Wales
Welsh councils are trialling pavement charging channels, often with Welsh Government funding, but there's no Wales-wide scheme yet.
Wandsworth
London, England
Wandsworth Council announced £1,000 grants towards pavement cable channels for residents without a driveway.
Westminster
London, England
Westminster is one of the best-served areas in Great Britain for on-street charging, with almost every household without a driveway close to a public charger.
99% near a charger (2024)
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