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.

A document outlining what was considered and who we engaged with for the proposal to go fully cashless for parking charges can be found here.

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

Until further notice/long-term:

From 12 January 2025 until 29 June 2025 there will be various dates and times when road closures will be in operation on Shakespeare Street to allow the Theatre Royal to load and unload equipment into the theatre.
- For the list of dates and times the road closures are in operation and for details of alternative parking locations whilst these road closures are in operation, please see details here.
Until further notice there is reduced capacity in the loading bay and dual use charged parking/taxi bays on the south side of Shakespeare Street.
Until further notice 5 pay to park bays on High Bridge Square have been reserved for a pavement café to be installed outside Baltic 39.
Until 2 May 2025 all parking bays on Market Street have been suspended by a construction company due to a large redevelopment of this area.
Until 11 May 2025 a disabled bay, taxi rank and 4 pay to park bays outside of the Head of Steam Public House on Broad chare have been reserved by Northern Gas Networks.
Until 25 May 2025 all pay to park bays on Horatio Street have been suspended due to a road closure being in operation to allow traffic lights to be enforced.
Until 14 June 2025 a loading bay on Northumberland Road has been reserved for a contractor working on behalf of the Highways section of Newcastle City Council.
Until 22 June 2025 3 spaces in a loading bay on Nun Street have been reserved for skips and storage of materials for a construction company.
Until August 2025 Market Street will be closed to East bound traffic with parking bays suspended. These road closures are due to a large scale construction project in the vicinity.
Until 1 October 2025 4 pay to park bays on Lombard Street have been reserved in connection with the restoration work that is being carried out on the Tyne Bridge.
Until 26 July 2026 17 pay to park bays on Pottery Lane have been reserved to allow for major construction works to be carried out adjacent to the pay to park bays.
Until 6 November 2026 on Carliol Square all parking bays on both sides of the street adjacent to the building site have been reserved by a contractor.
Until 31 December 2025 6 pay to park bays on Library Service Area have been reserved for contractor vehicles working on Northumberland Street.

April

On 24 April 2025 a loading bay on Cloth Market outside of Revolution D’Cuba has been reserved for a skip.
Until 25 April 2025 2 pay to park bays on Nun Street outside of no.24 have been reserved for a construction company.
From 25 April 2025 to 27 April 2025 all 10 pay to park bays on Fenkle Street have been reserved from general use.
On 25 April 2025 and 26 April 2025 a space in a loading bay on Hood Street the loading bay is the nearest to Grainger Street has been reserved for a van.
On 26 April 2025 there will be reduced capacity of pay to park bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, all pay to park bays on Barrack Road, a loading bay and all pay to park bays on St James Street and all pay to park bays on Terrace Place have been suspended due to a match day event taking place at St James Park.
Until 5.00 am on 24 April 2025 all pay to park bays on Pottery Lane will be suspended due to a road closure being in operation
- The closest alternative on street pay to park bays are located on either, Forth Banks, Forth Street, Ord Street or Quayside West. 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 on street location is printed on the front of each payment machine. If a motorist requires a longer time period to park their motor vehicle in a pay to park bay, the closest off street car parks are either Forth Banks NE1 3PN, Merchants House NE1 1EE or Pottery Lane NE1 3SQ
On 25 April 2025 a loading bay and 2 pay to park bays on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall.
From 25 April 2025 until 1 May 2025 a space in a loading bay on Scotswood Road outside 66-76 Jack Brodie has been reserved for a skip by a Waste Management company.
On 26 April 2025 a loading bay and 4 pay to park bays on College Street have been reserved by the O2 City Hall
From 27 April 2025 to 7 May 2025 between 7.00 pm to 2.00 am the Taxi Rank on Marlborough Crescent will be suspended due to a road closure being in operation to allow for road resurfacing work to be carried out.
- The closest alternative Taxi Rank are located on either, Churchill Street, Clayton Street and Westmorland Road.
On 28 April 2025 a loading bay and a pay to park bay on Shakespeare Street on the north side of the street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal.
On 28 April 2025 2 spaces in the resident permit holders bays on North View Heaton have been reserved for a removals vehicle.
On 29 April 2025 a loading bay and 5 pay to park bays on Shakespeare Street on the north side of the street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal.
From 29 April 2025 until 2 May 2025 3 pay to park bays on Thomas Bewick Square adjacent to Thomas Bewick House have been reserved from general use.
On 29 April 2025 a motor cycle bay and 2 spaces in the disabled bay on Higham Place have been reserved by the Laing Art Gallery.
From 29 April 2025 until 1 May 2025 2 spaces in a loading bay on St Andrew’s Street Lower the loading bay is outside of the Tyneside Irish Centre have been reserved for vehicles.
From 29 April 2025 until 1 May 2025 5 pay to park bays on St Andrew’s Street Lower have been reserved for vehicles.
From 29 April 2025 until 1 May 2025 3 spaces in a loading bay on St Andrew’s Street Lower have been reserved for vehicles.
Until 30 April 2025 all pay to park bays on Watergate have been reserved in connection with the restoration work that is being carried out on the Tyne Bridge.
On 30 April 2025 and 1 May 2025 between 9.30 am to 3.30 pm all resident permit holders bays on Lartington Gardens have been suspended due to a road closure being in operation to allow Northumbrian Water to carry out essential maintenance work to the sewage network.
- Whilst the road closure is in operation, permit holders will need to park in adjacent streets which are within the same permit scheme zone.

May

On 1 May 2025 4 limited stay bays on Acorn Road the limited stay bays are the closest to Osborne Road have been reserved by a Traffic Solutions company to gain access to a telecoms mast.
On 3 May 2025 a loading bay and 5 pay to park bays on Shakespeare Street on the north side of the street have been reserved by the Theatre Royal.
On 11 May 2025 there will be reduced capacity of pay to park bays on Leazes Terrace adjacent to the East Stand of St James Park, all pay to park bays on Barrack Road, a loading bay and all pay to park bays on St James Street and all pay to park bays on Terrace Place have been suspended due to 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.