Hi lacb. Sorry but I can't let your comment go unchallenged! I'm an engineer by training and like to think that I made my measurements without bias! For the record, I did round to the nearest 10cm but found my measurements of the pavement in Devonshire Road to be no less than 227 cm wide whereas the one measurement I made in Honor Oak Park was bang on 210 cm.

I don't follow your comment about allowing parking on the pavement in DR but not in HOP. The whole point is that parking IS allowed on the pavement in HOP (on the left side going up the hill) even though, in at least some places, the pavement is narrower than that in DR. In practice pavement IS allowed on the pavement in DR even though it is not technically legal because people are not booked for it. My point is that it would be better if a proper survey was taken to determine where it should and should not be allowed and to mark the maximum distance cars should be allowed onto the pavement. Anyone flouting the markings should then be booked.