Penrith car parks and parking charges
Penrith pay and display car parks
See the car park locations on our online mapping.
Blue Badge holders:
Blue badge holders may park free of charge for up to 24 hours in a 'pay and display' car park, in a designated disabled or standard parking bay. Some car parks may have a time restriction in a standard bay. See below for different regulations for Princes Street car park.
Sandgate car park CA11 7TP
- Car spaces: 120
- Blue badge spaces: 10
- Motorcycle spaces: 6
- Coach spaces: 6
- Length of stay: Cars, bikes and light goods vehicles up to 168 consecutive hours.
Motorhomes, caravans and coaches up to 24 consecutive hours. - Near to: Toilets, Bus station, Taxi rank and Burrowgate Post Office.
Bluebell Lane car park CA11 7LX
- Car spaces: 127
- Blue badge spaces: 3
- Motorcycle spaces: 0
- Coach spaces: 0
- Length of stay: Cars, bikes and light goods vehicles up to 168 consecutive hours.
Motorhomes, caravans and coaches up to 24 consecutive hours. - Near to: Toilets
Drovers Lane car park CA11 7QL
- Car spaces: 104
- Blue badge spaces: 0
- Motorcycle spaces: 0
- Coach spaces: 0
- Length of stay: Unlimited waiting time.
- Near to: Penrith Town Hall.
Princes Street car park CA11 7BJ
- Car spaces: 21
- Blue badge holders may park for free, in any of the 4 allocated spaces for a maximum of 2 hours, when displaying a clock disc set to the time of their arrival.
- Motorcycle spaces: 2
- Coach spaces: 0
- Length of stay: Up to 2 hours (excluding Sundays and Bank Holidays).
Mansion House car park weekends only CA11 7YG
- Car spaces: 50
- Blue badge spaces: 1
- Motorcycle spaces: 0
- Coach spaces: 0
- Length of stay: Up to 24 hours.
- Near to: Penrith Library and Burrowgate Post Office.
Town Hall car park weekends only CA11 7QF
- Car spaces: 38
- Blue badge spaces: 3
- Motorcycle spaces: 0
- Coach spaces: 0
- Length of stay: Up to 12 hours.
- Near to: Penrith Tourist Information Centre and Penrith and Eden Museum.
Problem with a Penrith car park
Report a car park problem online if you have problems with a vehicle, parking charges, parking payment machine, traffic warden or a general complaint with any of the car parks above.
Pay in advance for a long stay parking
Yes, you can buy a permit for any period up to the maximum stay time in either Blue Bell Lane, Drovers Lane or Sandgate car parks as shown above.
Pay online long stay parking in a Penrith car park.
Pay by telephoning 0300 373 3300 during office hours 9am to 4pm.
Once you have paid you will be issued with a temporary permit.
PayByPhone
PayByPhone using your mobile phone in selected car parks in the Eden area. Each car park has its own unique Location Number you will need to quote when paying.
See parking with PayByPhone for details.
Car parking charges
| Hours | Charges |
|---|---|
| Up to 1 hour | 1.50 |
| Up to 2 hours | 2.20 |
| Up to 4 hours | 3.90 |
| Up to 10 hours | 5.50 |
| Sundays and Bank Holidays | 1.10 |
| 6pm - 8am | Free |
| Hours | Charges |
|---|---|
| Up to1 hour | 1.50 |
| Up to 2 hours | 2.40 |
| Sundays and Bank Holidays | 1.10 |
| 6pm - 8am | Free |
Season tickets
Car parking season tickets are available for Bluebell Lane, Mansion House, Penrith Leisure Centre, Sandgate and Drovers Lane car parks. However there may be a waiting list for these.
Other car parks and parking in Penrith
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New Squares' multi storey car park next to Sainsbury's CA11 7HA
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Penrith Leisure Centre CA11 8JH parking is for leisure centre users and season ticket holders only. Leisure users must obtain a ticket from the leisure centre reception to be displayed in their vehicle windscreen.
Caravans, camper vans and motorhomes
Camper vans less than 3,500Kg in weight are permitted to park in all of the Pay and Display car parks.
Motorhomes, and cars pulling caravans, which are too large to fit in the standard parking bays, are permitted to park within a parking bay marked for coaches, in Sandgate car park, Penrith.
Drivers of motorhomes and caravans are advised to purchase multiple tickets to cover the number of spaces the vehicle occupies. It is not permitted for people to sleep or camp overnight in motorhomes and caravans in the car parks.
Motorcycles
Motorcycles can park free in the designated motorcycle bays in Sandgate and Princes Street car parks in Penrith. Motorcycles parked in standard bays must buy and display a valid parking ticket. Solo motorcycles (two wheeled motorcycles with no side car) parked in an on-street disc area are exempt from displaying a disc, a motorcycle with a side car will need to display a valid disc.
Lorry parking in Penrith
Lorries and other commercial vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are not permitted to park in our pay and display car parks. Lorries over 7.5 tonnes are not permitted to enter the town centre between the hours of 7pm and 7am.
Lorries leaving the M6 motorway at Junction 40 should head for Penrith Industrial Estate, CA11 9EH.
Visit AW Jenkinson Penrith Truck Stop website for more details.
