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.

Until 21 June 2021 NHS workers on operational duty can continue to park without charge in pay and display bays in on-street charged parking areas with a NHS permit displayed on the dashboard, which can be obtained via their Line Manager.

The COVID 19 parking pass, which was established following agreement between the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to provide free parking for NHS health, social care or Volunteer responder staff on operational duty was intended for temporary use during the COVID 19 emergency response period.

As the Government outline their roadmap for the lifting of COVID restrictions, with increased mobility expected to result in an increase for demand for parking spaces, it is no longer sustainable to allow this free parking arrangement to continue. The gov.uk website guidance is being updated to reflect the recommendation that the parking permit will no longer be valid. From 22 June 2021 the NHS COVID 19 permit will no longer be accepted, so NHS staff on operational duty would need to pay the relevant parking charge if using charged parking areas.

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 January 2023 until 31 March 2023 a loading bay on North Street has been reserved for a cabin to be placed in the bay for the Highways section of Newcastle City Council;
From 08 August 2022 until 07 August 2023 Market Street all parking bays between John Dobson Street and Pilgrim Street for Carliol House facade retention work for Bowmer and Kirkland;
From 9 January 2023 until 14 May 2023 3 spaces in the loading bay on Nun Street have been reserved by a construction company;
From 25 August 2022 until further notice access into all of the parking bays on St Andrew’s Street Upper will only be via it’s junction with Gallowgate due to a road closure being in operation for Strawberry Lane between its junctions with Strawberry Place and St Andrew’s Street Upper;
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;
Until 31 August 2023 6 pay and display bays on Park Terrace have been reserved for an exclusion zone for a footpath diversion;
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;
From 10 January 2022 until 01 July 2023 3 pay and display bays on Collingwood Street have been reserved for a skip, material drop off and hoist landing area for a construction company;
From 08 August 2022 until 07 August 2023 all parking bays on Market Street have been suspended by a construction company for the large redevelopment of this area;
From 18 November 2022 until 5 May 2023 2 limited stay bays on Acorn Road have been reserved by a utility company;
From 31 December 2022 until 31 March 2023 4 pay and display bays on Worswick Street in front of Worswick Chambers have been reserved as part of a foot path closure to install site hoardings;
Until 28 April 2023 14 pay and display bays on Dean Street have been reserved by the Highways section of Newcastle City Council;
Until 8 July 2023 3 pay and display bays on Fenkle Street the closest to the entrance to the O2 Academy have been reserved for asbestos works to be carried out.

March

From 20 March 2023 until 9 April 2023 4 pay and display bays on Pudding Chare outside of Revolution Bar have been reserved by Northern Gas Networks;
From 20 March 2023 until 24 March 2023 2 spaces in the resident permit holders bays in the rear of Milton Place Shieldfield have been reserved for a skip for asbestos removal;
From 21 March 2023 until 24 March 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;
From 22 March 2023 until 24 March 2023 3 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Burdon Terrace have been reserved by a utility company;
On 24 March 2023 a loading bay and 7 pay and display bays on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall;
On 24 March 2023 5 pay and display bays on Kensington Terrace the nearest bays to side hoarding to the roller shutter on the Stephenson Building have been reserved from general use;
Until 24 March 2023 a pay and display bay on Melbourne Street outside of the main entrance door to the City Church has been reserved from general use;
On 24 March 2023 3 pay and display bays on Northumberland Road outside of the City Hall have been reserved by the O2 City Hall;
Until 24 March 2023 the loading bay on Neville Street has been reserved from general use;
Until 24 March 2023 2 spaces in a loading bay on Bigg Market have been reserved for a van and to put a skip in the bay;
On 24 March 2023 4 pay and display bays on Shakespeare Street on the south side of the street have been reserved for a trailer for the Theatre Royal;
On 25 March 2023 8 pay and display bays on Fenkle Street have been reserved from general use;
From 25 March 2023 until 27 March 2023 1 space in a loading bay on Bigg Market has been reserved to put a skip in the bay;
On 25 March 2023 a loading bay and 3 pay and display bays on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall;
On 25 March 2023 all parking bays pay and display bays, loading bay and disabled bay on Shakespeare Street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal.
- The closest alternative on street pay and display bays are located on either, Carliol Square, Dean Street or Library Service Area. In these on street locations there is only a short time period a motorist would be able to park in the on street location. The maximum time period in each location is printed on the front of the pay and display machine. If a motorist requires to park for a longer time period to park their motor vehicle in a pay and display bay, there are a number of alternative off street car parks and multi storey car parks to park in these are either, Dean Street multi storey, Eldon Garden multi storey, Eldon Square multi storey, Oxford multi storey, Heywood’s Court or Saville Place car parks.
- The closest alternative designated disabled bays are located at either, Hood Street on street or in Saville Place or Eldon Square multi storey car parks
- The closest alternative designated Goods Vehicles Only loading bay are located at either, Carliol Square, Dean Street or Pilgrim Street.
From 25 March 2023 until 28 March 2023 a space in a loading bay on Bigg Market has been reserved to put skip in the bay;
On 26 March 2023 and 27 March 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 March 2023 a limited stay bay on Chillingham Road has been reserved by Northumbrian Water;
On 26 March 2023 8 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Fernwood Avenue closest bays to its junction with Osborne Road have been reserved by Northumbrian Water;
On 26 March 2023 all parking bays on Union Street have been suspended ahead of resurfacing work being carried out on the street.
From 27 March 2023 until 31 March 2023 Union Street will be closed between 9.30 am to 3.30 pm due to road resurfacing work being carried out by the Highways section of Newcastle City Council. The work will be carried out unless weather conditions prevent this.

o The closest alternative limited stay bays are located on Stoddart Street.

On 27 March 2023 1 space in the resident permit holders bays on Goldspink Lane has been reserved by a utility company;
From 27 March 2023 until 2 April 2023 a space in the resident permit holders bays on Fern Avenue in the back lane has been reserved as part of a T.R.O. for the Traffic Management section of Newcastle City Council;
From 27 March 2023 until 7 April 2023 4 pay and display bays on Kensington Terrace have been reserved for two way traffic lights;
From 27 March 2023 until 7 April 2023 16 pay and display bays on Park Terrace have been reserved for two way traffic lights;
From 27 March 2023 until 14 April 2023 6 pay and display bays and an electric charge bay on Melbourne Street outside of City Church from Trafalgar Street to Pandon Bank have been reserved by a Traffic Movements company;
On 29 March 2023 8 pay and display bays on Fenkle Street have been reserved from general use. The closest alternative on street pay and display bays are located at either, Clayton Street, Clayton Street West, Cross Street or Westgate Road. In these on street locations there is only a short time period a motorist would be able to park in the on street location. The maximum time period in each location is printed on the front of each pay and display machine. If a motorist requires a longer time period to park their motor vehicle in a pay and display bay the closest alternative multi storey car park is Grainger Town multi storey car park NE1 4DP;
On 29 March 2023 and 30 March 2023 2 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Fern Avenue have been reserved for a removal van for a removals company;
On 30 March 2023 a loading bay and 6 pay and display bays on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall;
Until 30 March 2023 a space in the taxi rank at the bottom end of South street has been reserved for a storage container to be placed in the bay;
From 31 March 2023 until 17 April 2023 2 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Benton Road have been reserved by Northern Power Grid;
Until 31 March 2023 all pay and display bays and disabled bay on North Street have been reserved by the Highways section of Newcastle City Council.
- The closest on street pay and display bays are either on College Street, Durant Road and Northumberland Road.
- The closest off street car parks are located at either College Street, Sandyford Square, Saville Place or St Georges car parks.
- The closest designated disabled bays are located in either College Street car park, Northumberland Road on street or Saville Place car park.

April

On 1 April 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 2 April 2023 and 3 April 2023 a loading bay and 7 pay and display bays on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall;
On 2, 16, 23 and 30 April 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, all pay and display bays and a loading bay on St James Street and all of the pay and display bays on Terrace Place have been suspended due to a match day event taking place at St James Park;
From 4 April 2023 until 19 April 2023 3 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Holly Avenue have been reserved by a utility company;
On 6 April 2023 3 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on Hawthorn Road have been reserved for a removal van for a removal company;
Until 16 April 2023 all pay and display bays on Westgate Road Lower outside of the Lit and Phil have been reserved by Northern Gas Networks.

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.