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Free parking periods

Free after 6pm. Free on Sundays. Free first 30 minutes. Free council car parks. That's all this page holds — genuinely free periods and Blue Badge exemptions. No tariffs, no prices: this is a free-stuff app, not a parking app.

Check the signage — always

Community-sourced guidance, not official parking authority information. Parking rules change frequently and vary car park by car park — always check the signage on arrival. You are responsible for what you pay and where you park.

Parking rules are the most hyperlocal, fastest-changing data in the UK — a council can change them overnight with no notice. Never let this page be the reason you get a ticket. If the sign disagrees with us, the sign wins.

The log

3 entries

Everything below is community-sighted information — someone saw the signage on the date shown and told us. It is not official parking authority data, and nobody re-checks it for you. Every entry carries the date it was last seen, and anything nobody has confirmed for 18 months drops out of this list into the unconfirmed section at the bottom. If you park somewhere on this list, tap "Still free" — that's what keeps it honest for the next person.

  • Curated

    Council-run town centre car parks

    Most UK towns

    Seen recently — 1 Aug 2026

    Free after 6pm and all day Sunday in many council car parks

    Council-owned car parks commonly stop charging in the evening and on Sundays. Your council's parking page lists the exact hours for each of its car parks.

    Always check the signage — parking rules change and a ticket costs far more than the parking would have.

    Nobody has confirmed this one yet.

  • Curated

    Free first 30 minutes bays

    High streets and retail parks

    Seen recently — 1 Aug 2026

    First 30 minutes free (sometimes the first hour)

    Widely used to support short high-street visits. Almost always requires you to get a ticket or register your reg — free doesn't mean no ticket.

    Always check the signage — parking rules change and a ticket costs far more than the parking would have.

    Nobody has confirmed this one yet.

  • Curated

    Bank holiday free parking

    Varies by council

    Seen recently — 1 Aug 2026

    Free on some bank holidays and council-declared free parking days

    Many councils suspend charges on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and occasional shopping weekends. Announced locally, often at short notice.

    Always check the signage — parking rules change and a ticket costs far more than the parking would have.

    Nobody has confirmed this one yet.

Find a car park near you

This shows you the car park itself — name, photo, location, distance. It does not tell you whether it's free: Google doesn't hold reliable parking tariff data, which is exactly why the free-period information above is curated and community-submitted instead.

Log free parking you've seen

Only free periods — free after a certain time, free Sundays, free first 30 minutes, free council car parks. Please don't log prices: paid parking doesn't belong in this app.

No account needed. Sightings you add and confirm stay on this device only — no email, no password, no invite code. Nothing is sent to us.

If we ever add accounts, it'll only be here, at the moment you save something, and only so we can keep it for you. Browsing everything else will always be account-free.