Oldham one of top towns to hand out parking fines

Tommyfield Market Car Park

Oldham has been revealed as one of the top ten north west locations where motorists are most likely to receive a parking fine (Penalty Charge Notice), according to a new Freedom of Information request by Compare the Market.

Between July and September, 7,016 fines were issued in in Oldham with a revenue of £117,980 – the hotspots for fines were Prince Street Car Park and Tommyfield Market Car Park.

Paying on average up to £70 per ticket, over 79,890 tickets were issued across the top ten fining councils for the same time period, including seven districts across Greater Manchester - Oldham, Bolton, Salford, Rochdale, Trafford, Stockport and Tameside.

Liverpool topped the north west tables with a revenue of over £607,000 from the 18,948 fines issued in the same time period.