The Norfolk streets where drivers are most likely to be hit with parking fines have been revealed.
New figures show that more than 36,000 penalty charge notices were issued to drivers in the 12 months from February 2024 to January this year.
Roads in Norwich, King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth top the table for the streets where parking wardens issued the most fines.
The fines are issued to drivers who ignore restrictions, such as by parking on yellow lines, not buying pay and display tickets, staying too long in time-limited spaces or parking in permit spaces without permits.
The fines are £50 or £70, depending on seriousness and are halved if paid quickly.
The Norfolk Parking Partnership - a collaboration of county, city, district and borough councils - which manages and administers enforcement has revealed the 10 streets where it has issued the most fines.
Drivers who parked in Colegate in Norwich were most likely to return to their vehicle to see a ticket stuck to their windscreen, with 849 fines issued.
South Quay and King Street in King's Lynn took second and third spot, with 691 and 625 penalty charge notices dished out.
Another King Street - in Great Yarmouth - was fourth with 586 fines, while Apsley Road in the town was fifth with 539.
Drivers who parked at Colney Lane in Cringleford fell foul of parking wardens 512 times, while there were 493 issued in Great Yarmouth's Deneside.
Three Norwich roads were in eighth, ninth and 10th place - Rouen Road (462), St Giles Street (387) and Princes Street (383).
The majority of fines (9,329) were for parking in a street without a ticket, but other contraventions included parking in permit spaces without a permit (7,916) and parking for longer than tickets permitted (5,372).
The partnership also produced top 10 lists for each district council area, which revealed that Church Road in Hoveton (351) and Market Street in North Walsham (213) were the places where drivers were most likely to be caught in north Norfolk.
In Broadland, the most fines were at Market Place in Aylsham (159) and Wroxham Road in Coltishall (89).
In Breckland, Market Place in Swaffham (187) and Church Street in Atlleborough (110) saw the most penalty charge notices.
In Great Yarmouth, as well as King Street, Apsley Road and Deneside - which featured in the overall Norfolk top 10 - other fine hotspots included Princes Road and Marine Parade.
Other West Norfolk streets - in addition to the overall Norfolk top 10 streets of South Quay and King Street - where drivers were frequently caught included St James Street and Cliff Parade.
And other Norwich streets where parking wardens punished drivers included Orford Street, Ber Street and Bank Plain.
Other South Norfolk fine hot spots, other than Colney Lane in Cringleford, included Mount Street in Diss and the Wymondham roads of Church Street, Fairland Street and Cemetery Lane.
The money generated by enforcement, along with pay and display receipts and parking permit charges, is supposed to cover the costs of the scheme.
Council officials brought in £1.33m in fines between April 2023 and March 2024.
They are forecasting they will have brought in £1.27m in fines between April 2024 and March 2025.
The partnership estimates it will have a surplus of almost £427,000 by this financial year's end, with councillors set to discuss the situation at a meeting on Tuesday (June 17).
Graham Plant, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for highways, transport and infrastructure, said: "Enforcing parking rules helps to keep traffic moving on our roads and improves road safety for all of us.
"Income from parking fines pay for this service and what is left over is reinvested in improvements to our highways and transport service, that we all depend upon every day."
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