Parking
To find out more about the existing parking situation and our proposals for the future of the city, download the City Centre Parking Strategy.
Liverpool City Council operates two types of parking facilities in the city centre:
On-street 'pay and display' bays
Off-street 'pay and display' bays
There are over 1500 on-street parking spaces in the city centre which operate on a 'pay and display' basis.
Motorcycles are not allowed to be parked in on-street pay and display bays, however, there are free motorcycle bays located in Brunswick Street, Castle Hill, Old Church Yard and Heathfield Street, with free off-street parking in Victoria Street Car Park, Burgess Street Car Park, Hunter Street Car Park and on Level 3 of Mount Pleasant Car Park.
The charge hours are 8am - 6pm, seven days a week, and the fees are as follows:
Inner zone
Up to ½ hour: £1.00
Up to 1 hour: £2.00
Up to 1½ hours: £3.00
Up to 2 hours: £4.00
Outer zones
Up to ½ hour: 70p
Up to 1 hour: £1.40
Up to 1½ hours: £2.10
Up to 2 hours: £2.80
Off-street parking
The City Council 'pay and display' off-street car parks at the following locations have charges payable seven days
a week:
Beetham Plaza - £1.50 per hour (max charge £9); 7.30am-7.00pm
Burgess Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00); 7.30am-7.30pm
Craven Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00); 7.30am-7.30pm
Dale Street - £1.30 per hour (max charge £6.00); 7.30am-7.30pm
Fontenoy Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00); 7.30am- 7.30pm
Hunter Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00); 7.30am- 7.30pm
Kempston Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00); 7.30am-7.30pm
Lambert Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00); 7.30am-7.30pm
Fraser Street - £1.10 per hour (max charge £5.00) 5.00pm - midnight, Mon - Fri, 7.30am - midnight, Sat - Sun
Mount Pleasant - £1.30 per hour (max charge £6); Mon-Sat 7.00am-midnight, Sun 9.00am-midnight.
Old Haymarket - £1.30 per hour (max charge £6); 7.30am - 7.30pm
Victoria Street - £1.70 per hour (7.30 am-6pm); 70p per hour (6pm-midnight)
There are other car parks in Liverpool city centre which are operated by private companies.
Controlled Parking Zones
The Council operates a number of Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ) across the City. Such Zones form areas where all on-street parking is controlled. Signs at the perimeter of a CPZ indicate when the waiting restrictions within the zone are in force. This means that parking is only permitted in designated parking bays and that kerbside space is subject to yellow line restrictions. There is no requirement within a CPZ to provide individual timeplates for yellow line restrictions as these are referred to on the Entry signs. Below are examples of entry and exit signs at the boundaries of a CPZ:
Residents, businesses and visitors can park in marked parking bays displaying valid parking permits or visitor vouchers.
Motorists who want to park for a short time can use pay-and-display bays. On-street pay and display bays cannot be used by motorcyclists.
Under certain conditions, special parking dispensations can be obtained on a temporary basis to trades people/ site workers allowing them to park on a yellow line adjacent to a particular site, but only when this is absolutely essential to their work. Suspensions of 'pay and display' bays may be granted in special circumstances for a fee of £18 per bay daily plus a £25 administration fee.
Download the Dispensation/ Suspension Application Form![(MS Word [102Kb] opens in new window)](/images/Word.gif)
and view the Eligibility Section.
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Further information on parking can be obtained by calling Liverpool Direct on 0151 233 3011. Alternatively, if you wish to view a table which explains the parking enforcement process, please go to the attached link![(PDF [1.6Mb] opens in new window)](/images/PDF.gif)
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