Driving to Weston-super-Mare is simple with the town being easily accessible from the M5 at junctions 21 and 22.
Weston-super-Mare has a mixture of North Somerset Council-run car parks and privately run car parks – both are normally ‘pay and display’. Many opted to go cashless during the Coronavirus pandemic, so mipermit.com app is recommended for payment.
If you’re coming on holiday and want to save money on car parking stay in one of North Somerset Council’s long stay car parks. You have options of a 24 hour, weekend or weekly tickets. Further details on parking in Weston-super-Mare, including parking locations and charges, can be found on the North Somerset Council website here.
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Driving to Weston-super-Mare is simple with the town being easily accessible from the M5 at junctions 21 and 22.
Weston-super-Mare has a mixture of North Somerset Council-run car parks and privately run car parks – both are normally ‘pay and display’. Many opted to go cashless during the Coronavirus pandemic, so mipermit.com app is recommended for payment.
If you’re coming on holiday and want to save money on car parking stay in one of North Somerset Council’s long stay car parks. You have options of a 24 hour, weekend or weekly tickets. Further details on parking in Weston-super-Mare, including parking locations and charges, can be found on the North Somerset Council website here.
Motorhomes and high vehicles have the option of day parking on Marine Parade or on the beach subject to tides and weather conditions. The Melrose Car Park has been fitted with height restrictions and is no longer available for motorhome parking.
There are ‘Pay and Display’ car parks run by private operators. Many have automated number plate recognition systems, which have little flexibility or timing tolerance, so please adhere to the rules of those car parks.
Town Centre Parking
There are several pay and display car parks in the town centre. Many of them take cash/card but also operate the MIPermit payment scheme where you can pay via an app.
The MIPermit Parking Portal or payment App makes paying for your parking easy even if you don't have cash on you. You can download it here
It is available to use at these car parks in Weston:
708024 - Birnbeck Pier Car Park
708001 - Carlton Street Car Park
708003 - Grove Park Car Park
708004 - Hampton Car Park
708006 - Knightstone Causeway Car Park
708007 - Locking Road Long Stay Car Park
708009 - Locking Road Long Stay Car Park (Goods vehicles)
708008 - Locking Road Long Stay Car Park (PSVs)
708010 - Madeira Car Park
708011 - Madeira Car Park (PSVs)
708012 - Melrose Car Park
The Sovereign centre
There are 800 spaces available at the Sovereign shopping centre. This provides a central location between the High Street and seafront where visitors can park.
Parking charges are
1 Hour - £1.30
2 Hours - £2.30
3 Hours - £3.50
4 Hours - £4.50
12 Hours - £6
24 Hours - £10
Early Bird In By 9am / Out By 6:30pm £3
Overnight In After 5pm / Out By 10am £5
Bills, Coins, MC/Visa
Car park opening times are Sunday to Thursday 8am – 9pm and Friday to Saturday 8am – Midnight
Carlton Street
The Carlton Street car park is surrently operating at reduced capacity with the top floors being closed.
Marine Parade and Royal Sands Beach car park is ideally located if you want to go enjoy the beach, see The Grand Pier or visit other local attractions.
Location: Marine Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1BE. Contact Number: 01934 626982. Hours of enforcement: 9am – 10pm
Accessible Parking: Blue Badge holders can park here for 1 hour free when displaying a Blue Badge.
Marine Parade itself provides 330 spaces. If the weather is good and tide times permit parking can spill onto the beach itself but only as directed by parking staff,
Parking prices
Charges apply between 8am to 6pm Monday to Sunday (including bank holidays)
Cars peak season (2 March to 31 October)
- up to four hours - £7.00
- all day - £14.00
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low season (1 November to 1 March)
- up to four hours - £2.70
- all day - £4.00
To discover the locations of North Somerset Council car parks please click here for their car parking map
Blue Badge Parking Bays
If you are a blue badge holder then you can park in any of the disabled parking bays across the town. Please note that these are not always free so do check the signboards. A full list of streets with disabled parking in Weston-super-Mare town centre are:
Grove Lane
Boulevard
South Parade
Burlington Street
Meadow Street
Salisbury Terrace
North Street
Alexandra Parade
Longton Grove Road
Marine Parade, Weston Seafront
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Official tourism information site for Weston-super-Mare
