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Travelling by car

Personal Travel Plan

The Personal Travel Plan tool helps you to work out all the possible routes to our hospitals by car, bus, bicycle, train or on foot. 

This has been built by Bristol City Council, so please give it a try in order to see how it can help you plan your journey.

For more information please visit the Personal Travel Plan on the Travelwest website.

 

Bristol Clean Air Zone

Our Bristol city centre hospitals are within the Clean Air Zone. Find out what you need to know before travelling to our hospitals.

On-site parking at Bristol city centre hospital sites

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new car parking tariff and process for patients and visitors at our Bristol city centre hospital sites. 

Automatic Number Plate recognition (ANPR) has been installed in most of our car parks, which means that patients and visitors will be able to pay for parking at the end of their visit to our hospitals. Pay machines are located within the main reception areas of our hospitals. Three pay-to-park locations remain in place.   

The Trust is also introducing a pay by phone offering, allowing even greater flexibility. Patients and visitors can also pay via one of our pay machines, that are equipped to accept cash, debit card chip and pin or contactless, as well as contactless pay using smartphones.   

Our parking charges apply 24 hours a day at all Trust sites:     

  • 0-40 minutes: Free of charge     
  • up to 2 hours: £3.50   
  • 2-4 hours: £6.00   
  • 4-6 hours: £7.30   
  • 6-8 hours: £12.00   
  • 8-24 hours: £16.00   

Please view a map of our Bristol car parks and facilities.   

Overnight parking (5pm - 7am) is available for £2.   

Discounted parking is available for up to seven (7) days at a cost of £21, which is equivalent to £3 a day. This is available to all our patients and visitors who use our car parks.     

Parents of a young child staying overnight (5pm - 7am) at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children are entitled to free car parking. The ward where your child is staying will need to contact the Trust's Travel team. Please note that normal day time tariffs apply. If you have any concerns about parking costs please contact the LIAISE team on bchinfo@UHBW.nhs.uk or call 0117 342 8065. Alternatively, please speak to a member of staff on the ward. 

For outpatients that attend hospital a minimum of three times a month over a period no less than three months, free car parking is available, please speak to the outpatients department where you are a patient for details. 

Blue Badge holders    

If you are a Blue Badge holder, you will be able to park free of charge in any of our parking spaces (apart from the drop-off spaces) as long as your Blue Badge is correctly displayed and you have scanned your blue badge at a car parking machine. 

Pay by phone     

Three pay to park locations in Bristol remain. Users can pay on foot or via the phone app Ringo. You can download Ringo via Apple App Store or Google Play.

Most of our Bristol city centre car parking locations are pay on exit. Users can pay on foot or via the phone app Trust. Users have up to six days after they park to pay. You can download Trust via Apple App Store or Google Play.

 

On-site parking at Weston General Hospital

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new car parking tariff and process for patients and visitors at Weston General Hospital.

Please visit our  Weston site for more information. 

 

Off-site parking

Please view a map of local off site car parking options.

Cabot Circus

Cabot Circus offer a wide range of prices for all customer and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as per the below.

For further information please visit the Cabot Circus website. 

The Galleries

The Galleries offer a wide range of prices for all customer and are open 7 days a week at selected times.

For more information please visit The Galleries website. 

NCP - Bristol sites

NCP offer a wide range of prices for all customer and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at various sites across Bristol city centre.

The most local sites to our city centre hospitals are:

  • Nelson Street 
  • Rupert Street 
  • St James Barton 
  • Broadmead
  • Prince Street
  • Queen Charlotte Street

For more information about these sites, directions, the NCP tariffs and more please visit the NCP website. 

 

Taxis

Should you need the option of a local taxi to or from the Trust then please contact the V Cars Group via calling them, going to their website or downloading their app on your mobile device or devices: https://www.v-cars.com/ - 0117 9252626

 

Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS)

If you're referred to hospital for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests, you may be eligible for financial assistance with your travel expenses through the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.