Car parks - Bury St Edmunds

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Parking:

Wednesdays and Saturdays are market days and are the busiest days of the week.
11am in the morning is the busiest time of day.
The busiest times on the roads are 8.30am to 9am and 5pm to 5.30pm on weekdays.
All the car parks are within ten minutes walk of the town centre, but the short-stay car parks are closer than the long-stay ones.
The nearest car park available when visiting the apex or Arc is the Cattlemarket car park.
Ram Meadow car park is closest to the main visitor attractions of the town, whilst the car parks on the west side of the town are closest to the main shopping areas.
If you are having problems finding somewhere to park, go to Ram Meadow or the decked car park on Parkway, as these nearly always have spaces available.
The car park entry signs give our terms and conditions of use, charges and all the information you need to park.
Please be aware that our car park ticket machines do not give change.

Please note:

all car parks are pay and display;
you can look at the notices on the car park ticket machines for latest information;
car park charges correct from 4 April 2011;
blue badge holders may use the blue badge spaces provided in most car parks or can use any other parking bay as long as they display their blue badges in the windscreen; and
excess car parking charges can be paid online, at any Post Office or Payzone outlet or by direct debit. For more information see our How to pay page.

Motorcycle parking - there are special motorcycle bays provided in some car parks and parking areas in the town centre - please see the table below for more information. These areas allow motorcycle parking without charge and there is no need to purchase or display a pay and display ticket. If however you choose to park within a standard parking bay in a car park you are expected to buy a pay and display ticket at the same cost as a car. We understand the challenges in displaying a pay and display ticket on a motorcycle but recommend that you buy a ticket, write your motorcycle's registration number on the ticket and then display the ticket in the tax disc holder so that it can be clearly viewed by a car park attendant.

Download a map of Bury St Edmunds car parks (PDF 116Kb).

The distribution of promotional literature in St Edmundsbury Borough Council controlled car parks is not allowed and is in contravention of Clause 15 of the Traffic Order governing the car parks. In particular flyers put under windscreen wipers and similar practises is not allowed. We will apply a charge to the distributor or agent to remove these from cars and to litter pick the entire area.

Excess parking charges (parking fines) for all off-street and on-street car parking is currently set at £70 with a reduced charge of £30 if paid within 14 days. Payment can be made online, at any Post Office or PayZone outlet or by direct debit. For more information see our How to pay page.

Season tickets

Season Tickets can be purchased for the Parkway Surface, Parkway Multi Storey, and Ram Meadow car parks in Bury St Edmunds. Tickets are purchased in 4-weekly blocks, with a minimum purchase of 8 weeks and a maximum of 52 weeks, and are available for 5 days per week or 6 days per week.

Prices are: Parkway Surface, Parkway Multi Storey, Ram Meadow £7 per 5 day week, £8.40 per 6 day week.

You can buy your Car park season tickets online or in person at the Parkway Multi Storey Car Park Office in Bury St Edmunds.

Blue badge holders may park in any of the following locations without charge only if displaying a valid badge.

Car parking information
Download: Bury St Edmunds car parks (PDF 116Kb)
Location	Spaces	Type	Charges from 4 April 2011	No on map
Angel Hill (on street) Opposite the Abbey Gardens (no height restrictions)	100 spaces	Short stay	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 1pm - 4pm Up to 30 mins £1.30 Up to 1 hour £2.00 Up to 2 hours £3.00	P9
Bury Leisure Centre			Monday - Friday Up to 3 hours £2.00
Cornhill/Buttermarket (on street) Town centre. Not market days, closed 8am to 6pm (no height restrictions)	80 spaces	Short stay	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 1pm - 4pm Up to 30 mins - £1.30 Up to 1 hour - £2.00	P10
Zone D (no height restrictions)			Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 1pm - 4pm Up to 30 mins £0.70 Up to 1 hour £1.50 Up to 2 hours £3.00
Cattle market/arc and Cattle market/arc lower level car park Between Parkway and St Andrews Street South ParkMark accredited	862 spaces 24 motorcycle bays 37 Blue badge bays	Short stay (4 hours maximum stay, no return within 2 hours) Pay and display	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Up to 1 hour £1.80 Up to 2 hours £2.50 Up to 3 hours £3.00 Up to 4 hours £3.50 6pm - 8am £1.00 Sunday 10am - 4pm Up to 1 hour £1.80 Up to 2 hours £2.50 Up to 3 hours £3.00 Up to 4 hours £3.50 4pm - 10am £1.00	P11
Hardwick Heath			Monday - Friday Up to 1 hour £0.20 Up to 2 hours £2.00 Up to 3 hours £4.00 Over 3 hours £10.00 Saturday and Sunday Up to one hour £0.20 Up to 2 hours £2.00 Up to 3 hours £4.00 Over 3 hours £10.00
Lower Baxter Street Off Lower Baxter Street	38 spaces 2 Blue badge bays	Short stay (2 hours maximum stay, no return within 2 hours) Pay and display	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Up to 30 minutes £0.50 Up to 1 hour £1.50 Up to 2 hours £2.00 6pm - am £1.00 Sunday 10am - 4pm Up to 30 minutes £0.50 Up to 1 hour £1.50 Up to 2 hours £2.00 4pm - 10am £1.00	P8
Manor House (next to the Records Office, Off Raingate Street) Open 24 hours a day	40 spaces 2 Blue badge bays	Medium stay Pay and display	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 8am to 4pm Up to 3 hours £1.50 Over 3 hours £4.00	P5
Olding Road (West Suffolk House staff car park)	349 spaces 12 motorcycles spaces Blue badge bays available in front of West Suffolk House	Medium/long stay Free of charge within the specified times	Monday - Friday 3.30pm - 11pm Free Saturday - Sunday 10am - 11pm Free
Parkway Multi Storey West of Parkway, beside the surface car park. Height restricted 2.2m ParkMark accredited	600 spaces 7 Blue badge bays	Medium/long stay Pay and display Season tickets available	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Up to 4 hours £1.50 Over 4 hours £2.00 6pm - 1am £1.00 Sunday 10am - 1am £1.00	P1
Parkway Surface West of Parkway, beside the decked car park	265 spaces 1 Blue badge bay 1 two-car Blue badge drop off bay	Medium/long stay Pay and display Season tickets available	Up to 4 hours £1.50 Over 4 hours £2.00 Saturday only Up to one hour £1.00 Up to 2 hours £1.30 Up to 3 hours £1.60 Up to 4 hours £2.00 Note: Sunday charges above do not apply to Decked car park, flat rate charged by cinema operators.	P1
Ram Meadow This site is locked at 10.30pm every night, there is no release facility. A small part is open 24 hours a day. Height restricted 2.2m in main car park small part with motorhome bays is not height restricted	800 spaces 1 Blue badge bay 5 special longer motorhome bays (not height restricted)	Medium/long stay Pay and display Season tickets available	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 4pm Up to 4 hours £1.50 Over 4 hours £2.00	P4
Robert Boby Way East of Parkway South Open 24 hours a day	111 spaces 2 Blue badge bays	Short stay (4 hours maximum stay, no return within 2 hours) Pay and display	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Up to 1 hour £0.50 Up to 2 hours £2.00 Up to 3 hours £2.50 Up to 4 hours £3.00	P2
School Yard (East) Car park is reserved for low emission vehicles only			Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm £1.50 Sunday 10am - 4pm £1.50
School Yard (West)			Monday - Saturday 6am to 9pm Weekly charge £22.00
St Andrews Car Park Between Parkway and St Andrews Street North (closest car park to the apex) Entry is locked at 8pm every night. Open 8am - 6pm	553 spaces 4 Blue badge bays	Short/Long stay There are separate short stay and long stay areas which are marked in the car park Pay and display	Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 4pm Short stay area tariff: Up to 30 minutes £0.50 Up to 1 hour £1.00 Up to 2 hours £1.30 Up to 3 hours £1.60 Up to 4 hours £2.00 Long stay area tariff: Over 4 hours £2.70	P3