Parkes is remembered in several locations: the Plastics Historical Society placed a blue plastic plaque on his home in Dulwich, London, in 2002. The Birmingham Civic Society erected a Blue Plaque commemorating him in 2004 on the original Elkington Silver Electroplating Works (The old Science Museum), Newhall Street, Birmingham.[10] There is also a plaque on the wall of the site of the Parkesine Works.[11] In September 2005, Parkes was posthumously inducted into the American Plastics Academy’s Hall of Fame.[12] He is buried in West Norwood Cemetery, London, although his memorial was removed in the 1970s.