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Public Charging Points
As yet there aren’t that many charging points in the UK, but don’t worry electric bike batteries are designed to be removed from the bike’s frame so they can be charged at home or at the workplace. Some electric scooters – such as the brand new E-Max City also have detachable batteries making them viable for people who live in flats.
London leads the way in offering on-street or public car park charging points – there are 12 on-street and 48 car park charging points in the City of Westminster alone. But things are getting better! The Energy Technologies Institute’s £11 million Joint-Cities Plan aims to help roll-out a national network of charging points – Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow, London, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Oxford and Sunderland will be the first to benefit – the plan is to go nationwide.
Already some towns and cities have charging points – this is our non-definitive list of public charging points outside the capital:
Bristol Cabot Circus BS2 9AB - Map
Bristol Cribbs Causeway Underground Car Park 'K' BS34 5DG - Map
Bromley, Kent The Glades Shopping Centre BR1 1DN - Map
Gateshead Metrocentre NE11 9YG - Map
Glasgow Braehead Shopping Centre G51 4BN - Map
Glasgow St Enochs Shopping Centre G1 4BW - Map
Hayling Island, Hampshire Waratah Lodge Bed & Breakfast PO11 0LJ - Map
Leicester Highcross Shopping Centre LE1 4AN - Map
Milton Keynes 63 Church Green Rd MK3 6BY - Map
Norwich Chapelfield Shopping Centre NR1 3SH - Map
Nottingham Victoria Shopping Centre NG1 3QN - Map
Sheffield Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Service Area 7 S9 1EP - Map
Sheffield Norfolk Park Green Homes S2 2SJ - Map
Southampton Romsey Road SO16 4GU - Map
Stoke-on-Trent The Potteries Shopping Centre ST1 1PS - Map
Uxbridge The Chimes Shopping Centre UB8 1LA - Map
Watford Harlequin Shopping Centre WD17 2UB - Map
West Thurrock Lakeside Shopping Centre RM20 2ZP - Map
In July 2011 it was announced that Polar, a scheme suporting the Government’s Plugged-in Places (PiP) programme, will be rolled out to Swindon as well as Basingstoke, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Exeter, Gloucester, Guildford, Newbury, Reading and Taunton.
