On-street parking

Newcastle City Council operates approximately 2,200 on-street parking places.

Map of council operated car parks and pay and display bays in the city centre . Please note that due to ongoing changes across our network of parking bays that you should cross-reference the map against the detailed car park information in case of temporary or permanent closure of a car park or the suspension of parking bays.

Parking Charges on street tariffs

Parking charges on the street in Newcastle city centre are operational every day of the week, with charges also applying on certain days in areas outside the city centre. Charges apply throughout the year, including Bank Holidays, with the exception of Christmas Day, 25 December. While parking charges apply for blue badge holders using Newcastle City Council operated car parks from 01 July 2021, blue badge holders can still park in pay and display bays on the public highway free of charge and beyond any maximum stay period as long as a valid blue badge is displayed on the vehicle for checking by the Parking Enforcement Officer.

The method of charging for parking on the street is as follows:

Payment at a ticket machine or by cashless parking at the locations where payment by mobile phone was introduced from Monday 19 September 2016. These charges apply between 8am and 7.00pm, every day in the charged parking locations within the Clean Air Zone. These charges also apply between 8am and 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday outside of the Clean Air Zone. Motorists are required to pay the appropriate fee between these hours. Details of the charges and any maximum stay periods can be found on each ticket machine.

If you encounter a problem or think you have been mischarged whilst using the Paybyphone service, please contact Paybyphone by email to uksupport@paybyphone.com, so they can investigate and arrange to make payment of an overcharge to the account payment was taken from.

Motorists are advised to carry a supply of coins as the ticket machines generally take 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins. The ticket machines do not give change. Ticket machines are subject to an increased frequency of cleaning to help limit the spread of coronavirus and customers are reminded to maintain social distancing if queueing for ticket machines. Many on-street charged parking areas have the option of contactless payment via your mobile phone and motorists are encouraged to use this payment channel.

Current road closures/event parking/suspended bays affecting access to on-street parking areas:

Until further notice/long-term:

Until further notice there is reduced capacity in the loading bay and dual use pay and display/taxi bays on the south side of Shakespeare Street for the introduction of social distancing measures;
Until further notice the capacity of the limited stay bays outside 1 Boyd Street has been reduced due to the introduction of social distancing measures;
Until further notice the taxi rank on The Close outside Tiger Hornsby between 6.30pm and 8.00am is not in service due to the introduction of social distancing measures;
Until further notice 2 pay and display bays on King Street outside Sabatini’s restaurant have been reserved from general use;
Until further notice 5 pay and display bays on High Bridge Square have been reserved for a pavement café to be installed outside Baltic 39;
From 18 September 2022 until August 2025 Market Street will be closed to eastbound traffic with parking bays suspended. These road closures are due to a large scale construction project in the vicinity;
From 31 July 2023 between 9.30 am and 3.30 pm all resident permit holders bays on Chelmsford Grove and Starbeck Avenue have been suspended for a maximum of 3 days within a 2 month period due to a road closure being in operation to allow for resurfacing works to be carried out on the road. Whilst the road closure is in operation permit holders would need to park in the surrounding streets to these 2 streets within the same residents permit zone.
Until further notice, there will be reduced capacity of pay and display bays on Tankerville Terrace due to the introduction of social distancing measures;
Until further notice, the disabled bay on Tankerville Terrace will be suspended from use due to the introduction of social distancing measures. The next nearest disabled bay is located on Burdon Terrace;
Until 31 October 2023 3 pay and display bays on Collingwood Street have been reserved for a skip, material drop off area and hoist landing area for a construction company.
From 8 August 2023 until 7 August 2024 all parking bays on Market Street have been suspended by a construction company for the large redevelopment of this area.
From 6 September 2023 until 15 February 2024 4 pay and display bays on Westgate Road outside of 131 Mascot House have been reserved for a scaffolding company.

September

From 15 September 2023 until 28 September 2023 2 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on St Georges Terrace have been reserved by a utility company;
From 15 September 2023 until 22 September 2023 a space in a loading bay on Ridley Place has been reserved for a vehicle;
From 18 September 2023 until 29 September 2023 8 pay and display bays on Carliol Square outside of no.21-23 have been reserved from general use;
From 18 September 2023 until 6 October 2023 a space in a loading bay on Stowell Street outside of the Chinese Association Building have been reserved by a Building Services company;
From 20 September 2023 until 29 September 2023 2 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Benton Park Road have been reserved by Northumbrian Water;
On 22 September 2023 2 spaces in a loading bay on Orchard Street outside of The Common Room have been reserved for vans;
On 23 September 2023 a loading bay and a pay and display bay on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall;
On 23 September 2023 a loading bay and 11 pay and display bays on Shakespeare Street on the north side of the street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal;
On 23 September 2023 all parking bays loading bays and disabled bays on Ridley Place have been suspended due to a road closure being in operation to support a special event taking place on the street.
- The closest alternative designated Goods Vehicles Only loading bays are located on either, North Street or Northumberland Road.
- The closest alternative designated disabled bays are located on either, North Street or Northumberland Road;
From 24 September 2023 until 26 September 2023 a loading bay and 11 pay and display bays on Shakespeare Street on the north side of the street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal;
On 26 September 2023 between 7.00 pm and 10.00 pm 6 parking bays together a combination of pay and display bays, loading bays and disabled bays have been reserved for the deinstallation of Shaun on the Tyne figures;
On 27 September 2023 there will be reduced capacity of pay and display bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, reduced capacity of pay and display bays on St Andrew’s Street Upper, a loading bay and all pay and display bays on St James Street and all pay and display bays on Terrace Place have been suspended to support a match day event taking place at St James Park.
On 29 September 2023 3 pay and display bays on Broad Chare outside of the Head of Steam have been reserved for loading equipment from vehicles for Dragon boat race event taking place on the Quayside;
On 29 September 2023 a loading bay and disabled bay on Bath Lane have been reserved for a film crew.
On 29 September 2023 and 30 September 2023 between 6.00 pm and 2.00 am a full length of a disabled bay and loading bay on Northumberland Road the closest to it’s junction with John Dobson Street have been reserved by a Traffic events company.
- The closest alternative Goods Vehicles Only loading bays and disabled bays are located on either North Street or Ridley Place;
On 29 September 2023 5 pay and display bays on Rutherford Street outside of Hadrian’s Tower have been reserved for film vehicles.
On 30 September 2023 a loading bay and 11 pay and display bays on Shakespeare Street on the north side of the street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal;
On 30 September 2023 there will be reduced capacity of pay and display bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, reduced capacity of pay and display bays on St Andrew’s Street Upper, a loading bay and all of the pay and display bays on St James Street and all of the pay and display bays on Terrace Place have been suspended to support a match day event taking place at St James Park.

October

On 4 October 2023 and 25 October 2023 there will be reduced capacity of pay and display bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, reduced capacity of pay and display bays on St Andrew’s Street Upper, a loading bay and all pay and display bays on St James Street and all pay and display bays on Terrace Place have been suspended to support a match day event taking place at St James Park;
On 5 October 2023 all pay and display bays on the Cathedral side of The Side have been reserved for a drop off and pick up point for vehicles.
Until 6 October 2023 3 spaces in the loading bay on Nun Street have been reserved by a construction company;
On 7 October 2023 9 pay and display bays on Eslington Road have been reserved by Newcastle Preparatory School for an open day for the school;
Until 9 October 2023 2 pay and display bays on Collingwood Street have been reserved for a skip and a van;
From 15 October 2023 for one week a section of Swinburne Place will be closed to fix a burst water main. Swinburne Place permit holders will need to park in the other streets which are within the WG2 residents parking permit scheme zone area whilst the work is being carried out;
On 21 October 2023 there will be reduced capacity of pay and display bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, reduced capacity of pay and display bays on St Andrew’s Street Upper, a loading bay and all pay and display bays on St James Street and all of the pay and display bays on Terrace Place have been suspended to support a match day event taking place at St James Park.

November

On 4 November 2023 and 25 November 2023 there will be reduced capacity of pay and display bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, reduced capacity of pay and display bays on St Andrew’s Street Upper, a loading bay and all pay and display bays on St James Street and all pay and display bays on Terrace Place have been suspended to support a match day event taking place at St James Park.

Visit our Permit Parking Schemes page for everything you need to know about areas where permit parking schemes operate and how to apply for permits if you live in an eligible property.