Public EV charging in Sevenoaks is in three council car parks, Tesco Riverhead and Waitrose, with rapid chargers at Clacket Lane. Checked November 2026.
EV charging in Sevenoaks is in three town-centre council car parks, Otford’s village car park, Tesco Riverhead, Waitrose and a hotel at Dunton Green. The fastest public chargers nearby are at Clacket Lane services on the M25. We checked every site against the council’s or the operator’s own page on 12 November 2026.
Two things are worth knowing before you set off. The council’s two biggest charging car parks have carried a warning since 4 August that charging may be disrupted while it changes supplier. And at a council car park you pay twice: the parking ticket, plus whatever the charging network charges. Our parking in Sevenoaks page has every car park tariff.
Every public charger in Sevenoaks, compared
| Where | Charge points | Network and how to pay | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevenoaks Town car park (the multi-storey), TN13 1LW | 8 bays, ground floor | Polar/Chargemaster, per the council | Bring your own cable; parking charges apply; possible disruption since 4 August |
| Bradbourne car park, TN13 3YD | 2 | Not named by the council | Parking charges apply; possible disruption since 4 August |
| Council offices, off Gordon Road, TN13 1HG | 4 | Carbon3 app | Public only from 6pm Friday, at weekends and on bank holidays; bring your own cable |
| Otford Village Car Park, TN14 5PQ | 2 | ChargePoint app | Parking charges apply Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 6pm |
| Tesco, Aisher Way, Riverhead, TN13 2QS | Not published | Pod Point | Only during the charger's hours: 6am to 11.59pm, Sundays 10am to 4pm |
| Waitrose, 58 High Street, TN13 1JR | Not published | Shell | No count, speed or price on the store page |
| Donnington Manor Hotel, London Road, Dunton Green, TN13 2TD | 8 Tesla Superchargers | Tesla | Check in the Tesla app whether your car can use it |
| Clacket Lane services, M25 (both sides) | 11 each side | GRIDSERVE, 89p per kWh | Only reachable from the M25 |
The council car parks
Sevenoaks District Council lists chargers at three of its car parks. None of its other car parks in town, or its three Westerham car parks, list any. We checked every council car park page on 12 November.
Sevenoaks Town multi-storey: eight bays
This is the 480-space multi-storey once called Buckhurst 2. The council says there are eight electric vehicle bays on the ground floor, on the “Polar/Chargemaster” network. You need your own cable.
You pay the normal parking charge as well as the network’s charge. On weekdays that is £4.80 for up to five hours or £5.80 all day. At weekends it starts at £1.10 for an hour. Charges apply 8.30am to 8.30pm, and parking is free on public and bank holidays. The headroom is 2.1 metres.
The council’s page carries this warning: “From 4 August 2026 until further notice, there may be disruption to EV charging facilities at this car park while we change supplier.” It has not said who the new supplier is. Check the bays are working in your app before you rely on them.
Bradbourne: two points
Bradbourne is the 420-space car park near the station. The council lists two electric charging points and the same supplier warning since 4 August. It does not name the network.
Parking here is charged every day from 8.30am to 6.30pm. It is £1.60 for an hour, £5.80 for five hours on a weekday and £8.50 all day on a weekday. At weekends, anything over four hours is £5.30.
The council offices off Gordon Road: evenings and weekends only
The council offices car park has four charging points. The public can use them from 6pm on Fridays, at weekends and on bank holidays.
They run on Carbon3. You download the Carbon3 app, follow its instructions and bring your own cable. The council says “standard Carbon 3 charges will apply” but does not publish the rate, and we could not find it on Carbon3’s own pages either.
This is the cheapest place in town to charge at a weekend, because the parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays from 7am to 7pm. Our free parking in Sevenoaks page covers the car park’s other quirks.
Otford: two points by the memorial hall
Otford Village Car Park has two charging points run by ChargePoint, paid for through the ChargePoint app, according to Otford Parish Council. The district council runs the car park.
Parking is charged Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 6pm. The first hour is free, two hours cost 50p and three hours cost £1. Sundays and bank holidays are free. There is more on the village in our guide to things to do in Otford.
The supermarkets
Tesco, Riverhead
The Tesco on Aisher Way, Riverhead, lists an electric vehicle charging point run by Pod Point among its services. The charger keeps the store’s hours:
- Monday to Saturday, 6am to 11.59pm
- Sunday, 10am to 4pm
Tesco does not publish how many chargers there are or what they cost. Pod Point says prices are set per location and shown in its app. Charging at Tesco stopped being free on 1 November 2022.
Waitrose, High Street
Waitrose’s page for its Sevenoaks branch at 58 High Street lists “Shell electric vehicle charging” among the facilities. It gives no number of chargers, speed or price. The Shell Recharge app is where to check before you go.
The fastest chargers: Clacket Lane and Dunton Green
Nothing in Sevenoaks town lists its charging speed. For a fast top-up, there are two options just outside it.
Clacket Lane services, M25
Clacket Lane, between junctions 5 and 6 near Westerham, has GRIDSERVE chargers on both sides. Roadchef lists the same set on the eastbound and westbound sides:
- 6 high power chargers, up to 360kW
- 4 medium power chargers, up to 60kW
- 1 AC charger
Roadchef gives the price as 89p per kWh. GRIDSERVE’s own pricing page says DC charging costs 85p to 92p per kWh depending on the site, and its Plus membership takes 25% off for £7.99 a month. The services are open 24 hours, every day. You can only get there from the M25, so it works on a journey rather than as a trip out from town.
Donnington Manor Hotel, Dunton Green
Tesla’s map lists a Supercharger at Donnington Manor Hotel on London Road, Dunton Green, with eight stalls of up to 250kW. Tesla’s page blocked our checks, so we could not confirm whether the site is open to other makes or what it charges. The Tesla app shows both.
What charging costs
Only GRIDSERVE publishes a price that applies to a Sevenoaks area site. For everything else, the live price is in the network’s app.
bp pulse publishes a national price list for its own network, useful as a guide to what rapid charging costs elsewhere:
- fast 7kW: 65p per kWh, pay as you go
- rapid and ultrafast: 79p to 93p per kWh, pay as you go
- subscribers: 52p for fast, 63p to 74p for rapid
At a council car park, add the parking ticket on top. An hour’s charge at Bradbourne costs £1.60 in parking before the electricity.
Where there is no public charger
The council told councillors in July that 11 of the district’s 26 wards have no public EV charger at all. The council car park pages bear that out for the places we checked. None of these lists a charger:
- Blighs, Suffolk Way, Buckhurst 1 and the Stag Theatre car park in Sevenoaks town
- St Johns and St James
- Darent, Quebec Avenue and Vicarage Hill in Westerham
- Eynsford
Frequently asked questions
Where can I charge an electric car in Sevenoaks town centre? At the Sevenoaks Town multi-storey (eight bays), Bradbourne car park (two), the council offices off Gordon Road (four, evenings and weekends only) and Waitrose on the High Street. Tesco in Riverhead also has Pod Point charging.
Are there rapid chargers in Sevenoaks? None of the town’s chargers publishes its speed. The nearest listed rapid chargers are at Clacket Lane services on the M25, up to 360kW, and the Tesla Superchargers at Donnington Manor Hotel, up to 250kW.
Is EV charging free anywhere in Sevenoaks? We found no free public charging. The nearest to it is the council offices off Gordon Road at a weekend, where parking is free but Carbon3’s charges still apply.
Do I pay for parking while I charge? Yes, at council car parks. The council says usual parking charges apply on top of the charging network’s own charge.
Do I need my own cable? At the Sevenoaks Town multi-storey and the council offices, yes, the council says so. The other operators’ pages do not say, so carry one if you have it.
Is Sevenoaks Town car park charging working? The council has warned since 4 August 2026 that charging there, and at Bradbourne, may be disrupted while it changes supplier. Check the bays in your app before you go.
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