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Parking in Chester

Car Parks in Chester

The Council owns and operates 12 pay and display car parks throughout the City centre, supplying 2740 spaces (just over 50% of the total number of parking spaces available in Chester).  In 2007/8, 951,000 vehicles used the councils' car parks.

There are also a number of other car parks which are owned and operated by National Car parks (NCP), The Grosvenor Shopping Precinct, Tesco, Cheshire County Council and the Racecourse Company.

You can download a map of car park locations in Chester (168kb)

Long Stay Car Parks

 

Key Car Park Spaces Payment Cost Sat Nav
1 Northgate
Max Height 2.1m
(from 7am)
429 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Arrivals before 6pm £3.00
Arrivals after 6pm £1.50
Charisma Card Holders between 10am-6pm £2.00
CH1 2BB
 2 St Anne Street
(from 7am)
137 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
up to 1 hour £1.50
1-2 Hours £2.50
2-3 Hours £3.50
Over 3 Hours £4.00
Free for arrivals after 3pm
CH1 3HU
 3 Garden Lane
(from 7am)
126 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
up to 1 hour £1.00
1- 6 hours £4.00
Over 6 hours £4.90
Arrivals after 6pm £1.50
CH1 4EN
 4 Steam Mill Street
Max Height 2.1m
(from 7am)
45 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
up to 6 hours £4.40
Over 6 hours £5.40
Arrivals after 6pm £1.50
CH3 5AN
 5 Little Roodee
(from 7am)
452 Pay and Display (no Change given)

opens 7.30am closes 10.30pm
Cars
up to 3 hours £3.00
3 to 6 hours £4.90
Over 6 hours £5.90
Arrivals after 5pm £1.50

Coaches/Lorries/Large Vehicles
Up to 3 hours £5.40
3-6 hours £7.80
Over 6 hours £9.80
Arrivals after 5pm £4.90

Large vehicles (up to 1.5 tonnes unladen) which exceed the size of a standard size marked parking bay must pay double charges. Overnight halt exit by 9am the next day.
CH1 1SL
 10 Frodsham Street
Max Height 2.1m
(from 7am)
82 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Daily 7am-6pm  reserved for contract permit holders and blue badge holders only. 6pm - 10pm available for public use - cars £1.50 CH1 3JJ
 14 Race Course 500 Pay on Entry Privately Owned  
 15 Castle Car Park
Public parking only after 6pm All day Saturday and Sunday
475 Pay on Entry

Privately Owned  

 

Short Stay Car Parks

 

Key Car Park Spaces Payment Cost Sat Nav
6 Gorse Stacks
Max Height 2.1m
(from 7am)
312 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Up to 2 hours £4.00
2-4  hours £4.90
4-6 hours £5.90
Over 6 hours £7.80
Free for arrivals after 3.00pm
CH1 3EN
 7 Watergate Street Car Park (Formerly known as Crane Street)
Max Height 2.1m
(from 7am)
128 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Up to 2 hours £3.00
2-4  hours £4.40
4-6 hours £5.40
Over 6 hours £7.80
After 5pm - £1.50
 
 8 Cuppin Street
Max Height 2.1m
(from 7am)
21 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Up to 2 hours £4.00
2-4  hours £4.90
4-6 hours £5.90
Over 6 hours £7.80
After 5pm - £1.50
CH1 2BN
 9 Trinity Street
Max Height 2.1m
(from 8am)
148 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Up to 1.5 hours £2.00
Up to 2  hours £4.90
Up to 3 hours £7.40
Over 3 hours £11.70
After 5pm - £2.00
 
 11 The Market Car Park
Low Headroom and Barriers
(from 7am)
650 Pay and Display (no Change given)

opens 7.00am closes 11.30pm
Up to 2 hours £3.70
2-4  hours £4.60
4-6 hours £5.60
Over 6 hours £8.80
Free for arrivals after 3.00pm
CH1 2BB
 12 Christleton Road
(from 7am)
19 Pay and Display (no Change given)

Open 24 hours
Up to 2 hours 20p
Over 2 hours £3.00
Free after 5pm and Sunday
CH3 5UF
 13 Northgate Arena - Arena Users 210 Pay on Exit

Privately Owned  
 16 Browns Yard (NCP) 60 Pay on Exit

Open 7:30am-6:30pm
Privately Owned  
 17 Tesco - Shop hours only 550 Pay on Exit

Privately Owned  
 18 The Mall Precinct (Newgate St) 530 Pay on Exit

Privately Owned  
 19 Pepper Street (NCP) 288 Pay on Exit

Open 7:30am - 10:30pm
Privately Owned  
 20 Sandy Lane Seasonal Pay and display

Open 24 hours
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Blue Badge only parking

Key Car Park Spaces Cost Sat Nav
21 Hamilton Place 9 Free 4 hour parking for Blue Badge holders  

All car parks are regularly patrolled.  Penalty Charge Notices are issued to vehicles found parked in contravention of the conditions of use for the car parks.  Full details of these conditions are detailed on the Pay and Display noticeboards. 

Sat Nav Users

To help you find your way to the Councils Car Parks and Park and Ride sites, we've included details of the relevant postcodes to make your trip even easier.

Where to find us

Cheshire West & Chester Council,
County Hall,
Chester,
Cheshire CH1 1SF

Maps of Cheshire West and Chester

  • Tel: 0300 123 8 123
  • Textphone: 18001 01606 867 670
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