Parking at Drake Circus & The Barcode

Drake Circus

Customer notice: From Tuesday 10th September we have a new car parking system in place at Drake Circus. In the instance your vehicle number plate cannot be read by our Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras on entry, you will be issued with a paper ticket. Please scan this at the payment machine before you leave to pay for your parking.

Please ensure you keep your ticket safe. If you lose your ticket a fixed charge of the full daily rate will apply, or in the instance the vehicle has been in our car park for multiple days, the equivalent multi-day parking rate will apply.

Cashless parking

We have a cashless parking system at both Drake Circus and The Barcode.

This means that all of the pay machines in our car park accept payment via card or Apple Pay only, and you are not able to pay by cash.

The change was made to help make the process quicker, easier and safer for our customers and we’re sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

There are 1,270 parking spaces including bays for disabled drivers and parents with children situated on Levels 1, 2 and 3. Please note that disabled spaces are for blue badge holders only and you must display your badge. Standard tariff applies for disabled users. There is a 2m height restriction for the car park.

Electric Vehicle Charging

There are six electric vehicle charging points on Level 2 (outer) at Drake Circus. The charge is currently 49p per KWHR.

Carpark Opening Times:

Monday – Saturday 07:00 – 23:00
Sunday 08:00 – 23:00

Car Park Tariffs:

• Up to 2 hours: £3.20
• 2-3 hours: £4.20
• 3-4 hours: £5.20
• 4-5 hours: £6.20
• 5-6 hours: £7.20
• 6-24 hours: £15.00

Customers can park for £6 when arriving after 5:00pm and leaving before the car park closes.

Customers can park overnight from 5.00pm until 10.00am the following day for £7.

Please note: our car park tariffs apply from the time a customer enters the car park, as recorded by our ANPR cameras

The nearest car parks for accessible vehicles over 2m are St Andrew St/Whimple Street, Guildhall and North Hill.

Pay machines are located on each floor by the lifts and you can pay using card, Trust app or mobile payment.

Car park postcode is PL1 1EA – entrance off Charles Street.

The Barcode

There are more than 400 car park spaces, including bays for disabled drivers and parents with children. Please note that disabled spaces are for blue badge holders only and you must display your badge. Standard tariff applies for disabled users. There is a 2m height restriction for the car park.

Electric Vehicle Charging

There are six electric vehicle charging points on the Upper (Yellow) level of the car park. The charge is currently 49p per KWHR.

Carpark Opening Times:

Sunday – Thursday 07:30 – 01:15
Friday – Saturday 07:30 – 03:00

Car Park Tariffs:

• Up to 2 hours: £3.20
• 2-3 hours: £4.20
• 3-4 hours: £5.20
• 4-5 hours: £6.20
• 5-6 hours: £7.20
• 6-24 hours: £15.00

Customers can park for £3 if arriving after 5pm and leaving before the car park closes.

Please note: our car park tariffs apply from the time a customer enters the car park, as recorded by our ANPR cameras

Car park postcode is PL4 0BY – entrance off Bretonside.