A frustrated Bath resident has compiled a map highlighting places around the city where motorists can park for free.
Ross Stone came up with the idea because, as a non-driver who lives in the central zone, he was fed up with having nowhere for his friends and family to park when they visited him.
He was also responding to Bath and North East Somerset Council's plan to withdraw the free parking in Royal Victoria Park, which is used by many commuters and visitors.
Writing on his blog, Mr Stone said: "As the high ups in our council have decided that Victoria Park should become pay and display from possibly mid 2013 onwards, I found that as I don't drive and live in the central zone I am not eligible for visitor parking permit so friends and family now have nowhere to park (cheaply) when they want to visit me.
"To find a solution to this I have consolidated all of the Bath parking zone information from that B&NES website and entered it onto a single Google map so I can more easily identify the closest free street parking."
Under the new parking permit rules, central zone is the only zone where residents are not able to apply for visitor permits.
And Mr Ross believes that is unfair.
He said: "The stupid situation is that while I can get a resident parking permit and park my car (if I had one) in the centre every day, I am not allowed to pass on that right and instead get visitor parking permit where a car would only be parked in the centre a few times a year.
"It's also unfair that if I lived a mere 100 metres up the road, I would be in zone 7 and thus be allowed to get a visitor permit. I am on the edge of central zone, which is frustrating."Click here to view the map
