Portsmouth Parking
Details of car parks in Portsmouth. These car parks are operated by a variety of different organisations such as Portsmouth City Council, National Car Parks and other parking providers. Prices will vary from site to site, but should be clearly displayed, so always check the signs to ensure that you comply with the relevant parking regulations.
Make sure you have securely locked your vehicle and always keep your valuables locked out of sight, if possible take them with you.
PORTSMOUTH PARK AND RIDE
The Portsmouth Park and Ride scheme offers a convenient and cheap alternative to parking in town.
PORTSMOUTH COACH PARKING
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ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
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PORTSMOUTH PARKING MAP
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All Saints Car Park, Church St, Portsmouth, PO1 4NB
All Saints Car Park is located in Church Street in the heart of Portsmouth City Centre, it is within walking distance to the shopping areas of Commercial Road and the Cascades Shopping Centre.
This is the closest car park to the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum at 393 Old Commercial Road. You can walk to the museum from here crossing the busy Church Road with care at the pedestrian crossing. Charles Dickens was born here on the 7th February 1812.
Number of car parking spaces: 42
Ashby Place Car Park, Southsea, PO5 3NA
Ashby Place Car Park in Southsea, is right in the heart of the Southsea's Palmerston Road shopping area, this small car park is tucked just round the corner from Buckwells butchers shop on Osborne Road.
From here you can explore the shops restaurants and cafes in Palmerston Road, Osborne Road and Marmion Road. When you have finished shopping, a short walk south from here brings you onto Southsea Common and Southsea Seafront with its many attractions and sea views.
Number of parking spaces: 63
Broad Street Car Park, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2JD
Broad Street Car Park, Old Portsmouth. The entrance to the car park is located on East Street as you follow the short section of one way traffic direction. This car park is ideal if you are visiting Old Portsmouth.
From here you can easily visit the fortifications of Old Portsmouth which have been tastefully reused as artist workshops and galleries. There are great views of the harbour mouth, the Spinnaker Tower and beyond Gunwharf Quays of Portsmouth Harbour itself, the home of the Royal Navy. A short walk away you will find St Thomas' Cathedral on the High Street and the Royal Garrison Church on Penny Street.
Number of parking spaces: 30
Canoe Lake Car Park, Southsea Seafront, PO4 0ST
Canoe Lake Car Park is located on Southsea Esplanade at Southsea. It is just east of Canoe Lake on the Seafront, across the road from the beach and promenade.
From here it is just a short walk to Canoe Lake Park, Southsea Model Village, Natural History Museum and Butterfly House and Southsea Seafront.
There is a childrens play park here as well as a water splash area during the summer season. Within Lumps Fort is the tranquil Rose Gardens with its fine display of fragrant roses.
Height restriction barrier: 6' 7" (2.00m)
Parking spaces: 146 (4 disabled)
Cascades Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 4RL
Cascades Multi-storey Car Park, is located in the heart of Portsmouth's city centre Commercial Road Shopping Area, it is part of the Cascades Shopping Centre an indoor shopping centre, with a wide range of over 50 stores, ranging from fashion to sportswear, fabrics to shoes.
From this car park you can walk into the Cascades Shopping Centre, a short walk away are the Commercial Road and Arundel Street shopping areas.
Height restriction: 6' 6" (1.98m)
Number of spaces: 630 (10 disabled)
Clarence Pier Car Park, Southsea, PO5 3AP
Clarence Pier Car Park is located on Long Curtain Road in Southsea, just off of Southsea Seafront, behind the fun fair.
From here you can visit the fun fair and arcades at Clarence Pier, walk west to explore Old Portsmouth or walk east to Southsea Common and Southsea Seafront.
Height restriction: 6' 11" (2.10m)
Number of parking spaces: 154 (10 disabled)
*This car park is temporarily closed as part of the Southsea Coastal Scheme to improve the sea defences.*
Clarence Street Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 4AY
Clarence Street car Park is located on Clarence Street just north of Marketway in Portsmouth city centre and close to the Commercial Road shopping area.
This is a good choice if you are visiting Commercial Road and the Cascades Shopping Centre.
Market Way has excellent connections to the M275 motorway in and out of the city, as well as routes into the city towards Gunwharf Quays and Old Portsmouth.
154 parking spaces, 5 bays for disabled badge holders.
Height restriction of 7' 2" (2.2m)
Crasswell Street Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 1RS
Crasswell Street multistory Car Park, is located in Portsmouth city centre close to Commercial Road shopping area, it is situated on the upper floors above the Tesco supermarket. There is a choice of lifts and stairs to access the street level.
This car park is convenient for the city centre shopping at Commercial Road and Arundel Street and is a short walk to the central Post Office and Portsmouth Guildhall.
Height restriction: 6' 0" (1.83m)
Number of car parking spaces: 919 (10 disabled)
D-Day Museum Car Park, Southsea, PO5 3NT
The D-Day Car Park is found on Southsea Seafront (Clarence Esplanade, and is located directly behind the D-Day Landing Craft LCT 7074 at the D-Day Museum.
From here it is a short walk to Southsea Castle and the Blue Reef Aquarium.
This car park also has dedicated spaces for coach parking. Toilet facility's are also available at this car park.
Number of spaces: 110
Dorothy Dymond Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 2SA
Dorothy Dymond Car Park is located on the corner of Alec Rose Lane and Dorothy Dymond Street in the heart of Portsmouth City Centre.
It is just behind Portsmouth Central Library and is a good choice for Portsmouth Guildhall, New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth City Council Civic Offices, Portsmouth Magistrates Court and Portsmouth Combined Court Centre on Winston Churchill Avenue all just a short walk away.
Dorothy Dymond CBE was a renowned educationalist and was Principal of Portsmouth Training College and also President of the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education.
Parking spaces: 58
Esplanade Car Park, Southsea, PO5 3AP
Esplanade Car Park in Southsea is located at Clarence Esplanade, on the corner of Southsea Common, where Pier Road joins Clarence Esplanade.
From here it is a short walk to Southsea Seafront, the Ryde Isle of Wight Hovercraft and the Funfair at Clarence Pier. If you walk through the fair and continue along the promenade going west, you can walk into Old Portsmouth where you will find the Royal Garrison Church on Penny Street, the Tudor fortifications, Camber Dock and a variety of waterside pubs.
Height restriction: 6' 7" (2.00m)
Number of spaces: 373 (7 disabled)
Gunwharf Quays Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 3TZ
The Gunwharf Car Park is located underneath the Gunwharf Quays Shopping Centre at Portsmouth. Gunwharf Quays is a harbour side retail and leisure complex housing designer outlet shopping, restaurants and bars.
The multistory underground car park is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
Number of spaces: 1,532
Height restriction: 2.2m
Gunwharf Rd - IOW Car Ferry, PO1 2LA
Gunwharf Road Car Park is located on Gunwharf Road, directly opposite the Wightlink, Isle of Wight Car Ferry terminal. It is a 10 minute walk from Portsmouth Harbour Railway Station and The Hard Interchange bus station.
It is a short walk from here to St Thomas' Cathedral on the High Street, Old Portsmouth and the Camber Dock is also a short walk away.
Be aware that this car park is closed on selected peak travel days as the car park is required for vehicle marshalling.
Number of parking spaces: 200
Isambard Brunel Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 2BX
Isambard Brunel car park is a multi storey car park located on the corner of Isambard Brunel Road and Alec Rose Lane in Portsmouth city centre.
The car park is within walking distance of Portsmouth Guildhall, the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth City Council Civic Offices, Portsmouth Central Library, Portsmouth Magistrates Court and Portsmouth Combined Court Centre on Winston Churchill Avenue, all are just a short walk away.
Number of parking spaces: 460
London Road Car Park, Cosham, PO6 3EE
Old London Road, Cosham. Very small car park, tucked just around the corner from the Red Lion pub in Cosham. Good for Cosham High street shopping, Cosham Library.
There is an interesting landmark outside of this car park, a milestone showing the distances to Petersfield and London from Portsmouth.
Height restriction: 6' 7" (2.00m)
Number of spaces: 33
Market Way Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 4AH
Market Way Car Park in Portsmouth, is located just off of the A3 Market Way, just south of Portsmouth Dockyard. This large car park is built on the site of the demolished Tricorn Centre, it has 500 parking spaces and 20 disabled bays.
Market Way is ideal for shopping at Commercial Road and the Cascades Shopping Centre which are both only a short walk away.
Height restriction: 6' 11" (2.10m)
Number of parking spaces: 500 (20 disabled)
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Car Park, PO1 3LA
The Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Car Park is located in Admiralty Road a side street off of Queen Street, it is well signposted.
This multi storey car park is part of the Admiralty Quarter residential development and is just a short walk to the entrance to the Historic Dockyard site. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is home to the historic ship collection including HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose and much more.
Height restrictions: 6' 11" (2.10m)
Car parking spaces: 500 (17 disabled)
Portsmouth International Port, PO2 8SP
At the end of the M275 at Portsmouth's International Port. With ferries operating to Caen, Cherbourg, Le Havre, St Malo, Bilbao, Santander, Jersey and Guernsey. The four storey APCOA car park is open 24 hours a day and is just a few minutes walk to the ferry terminal.
St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, PO1 3QA
Just a short walk from the Commercial Road shopping area, this car park is in the grounds of Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, directly opposite Victoria Park. Local charges apply which are clearly displayed.
Waitrose Car Park, Southsea, PO5 2EJ
Part of the Waitrose supermarket located on Marmion Road, Southsea, this two storey car park is close to the Palmerston Road and Marmion Road shops. Charges apply but this is discounted when shopping at the Waitrose store.
This is the closest public car parking site to the Kings Theatre in Albert Road. It is an eight minute walk from here to the theatre.
Height restriction: 6' 3" (1.90m)
Number of spaces: 320 (6 disabled)
Wickham Street Car Park, Portsmouth, PO1 3EF
Located on the lower floors of the tower block in Wickham Street is a multi storey car park, used as an overflow car park by the Gunwharf Quays outlet shopping complex.
Travel west along Queen Street heading towards the Historic Dockyard, Wickham Street is the last turning on the left, just before you get to the Hard Interchange.
Excellent for visiting Gunwharf Quays Outlet Shops, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Portsmouth Harbour Station.
Number of spaces: 480 (12 disabled)
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