In the global transition from fossil-fuel to electric vehicles (EV), drivers without a driveway or attached garage at home are most likely to be dependent upon public charging options if they adopt an EV. Therefore, to enable an inclusive transition, the current study assesses how public charging might best mimic key attributes of private residential EV charging by investigating the preferences of a sample of 2,001 car drivers from households in the UK without a driveway or attached garage. A stated choice experiment offered on-street or car-park options for overnight, public residential charging (PRC) with seven attributes – charging fee, space guarantee, payment frequency, duration of stay, walk time, security measures and walk experience. Various modelling approaches are used to examine the effects of social identity, residential environment, and parking conditions, perceptions and intentions on preferences for the PRC options and their valuation of those options’ attributes. Walk experience was found to be the most highly valued non-monetary attribute overall, and was shown to be non-negotiable by women participants in particular. Meanwhile, parking-related variables, such as whether participants currently park on-street or pay to park, influences both price-sensitivity, willingness to walk to PRC and the valuation of a space guarantee. Overall, if public residential charging is to be inclusive, diverse options should be designed to offer certainty, reliability and affordability in safe, attractive locations near households without parking on their private property.