Parking and Car Parks

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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 Mall Grosvenor, Tesco, Cheshire County Council and the Racecourse Company.

The regulations governing the use of the City Council car parks are set out in Traffic Regulation Orders. These Orders are made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

If you wish to view the Orders or request a copy, please contact the Parking Services Office.

Disabled Badge Holders (Blue Badge Scheme)

Please display your valid blue badge with the serial number and expiry date clearly on view to obtain up to 4 hours free parking in the following car parks:

• Frodsham Street dedicated disabled parking area
• Hamilton Street dedicated disabled parking area
• Any City Council pay and display car parks, with the exception of Trinity Street

If you wish to stay longer than four hours, please purchase a pay and display ticket for the additional time and display the ticket next to your disabled parking badge and clock.

Please ensure you badge and clock are clearly displayed in your vehicle.

For more information see the Blue Badge Scheme pages

Pre-paid Parking

You can pay in advance to park on any of our car parks, as long as sufficient notice is given to enable us to send a permit out to you.

This is ideal if you are visiting the City to attend business or social events, and want to park without the worry of having sufficient change for the pay and display machines, especially if you are staying for several days.

The cost of parking is based on the current fees and payment by cheque, debit/credit card, must be received before we can send the permit out to you.

For further information please contact us:

By telephone: 01244 402633

By email: carparks@chester.gov.uk

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