Public Parking

Where and when to pay for parking

You can use our parking charges map to find the price of parking in the city centre.   

You need to pay to park between 8.30am and 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday, in the West End, New Town, Old Town and on the Southside to the Meadows.

In areas further from the city centre the hours of control are 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. These times operate in Dean, Stockbridge, Newington and Bruntsfield areas. The same hours apply around Broughton, Inverleith, Comely Bank and Craigleith. Also to those areas in the south of the city Sciennes, Marchmont, Morningside, Merchiston and Dalry.

How to pay for parking

• Prices vary between £1.00 and £2.80 per hour to park in public parking places. 
• Check the relevant machine or use RingGo to find the price per hour.
• Please note that prices will change on Monday 2 April 2012. 
• From 1 January 2012 we can no longer accept 5p or 10p coins in our ticket machines. Find more inforamtion on these coin changes.
• You can pay with cash or by using your mobile phone. You can find out more on how to pay with your mobile phone on our Cashless Parking pages. You can also register for RingGo on-line. 

Basic guidance around 'pay and display' parking  

• Please allow enough time to get back to your car before your parking time expires.
• If a pay and display machine is not working please park somewhere else or use RingGo.
  
• Don't return to the same block of bays within one hour of leaving.
• You can't buy more parking time, for the same space if you have reached the maximum parking time.
• If you can't pay for your parking with your mobile, please buy a voucher using coins.
• Always park within the bay markings. If your vehicle doesn't fit in a space, please park elsewhere.