Just like any big city, Liverpool poses a challenge for people looking to park their car in the city centre.
The limited space means that unless you have private car parking you will almost always have to pay - or risk getting a hefty fine. The majority of the city centre sits within the council's Inner Zone.
That means during the day you will always have to pay to park in an on-street parking bay. This rule only operates between 8am and 6pm, with drivers able to park their vehicles in these bays for free at other times.
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However, you have to move your car before 8am or risk a fine. There are on-street bays spread across the city centre.
The rates for them are: 30 minutes - £1.20, 1 hour - £2.40, 1 and a half hours - £3.60, 2 hours - £4.80, 4 hours (max stay) - £6.00
What are the prices for car parks in the city centre?
The cost of parking in city centre car parks varies greatly, with the council and a number of private companies operating them. Frequently, the city centre car parks, which are not as centrally located, are the cheaper options.
Some - such as Mount Pleasant car park - offer parking for £1.20 an hour.
Here are the latest rates for the city centre's major car parks in 2023.
Liverpool Pall Mall car park (NCP)
How many spaces: 640
Opening hours: 24 hours
Pay on the day cost: One hour - £3.95, one to two hours - £7.90, two to three hours - £11.85, three to four hours - £15.80, four to 24 hours - £16.95
Pall Mall, Liverpool L3 6AF
Liverpool Moorfields Corner (NCP)
How many spaces: 66
Opening hours: 24 hours
Pay via the NCP app cost: Monday to Friday: One hour - £4.35, one to two hours - £7.75, two to 12 hours - £12.95, 12 to 24 hours - £15.95, weekend 12 hours - £6.25, weekend 24 hours - £15.95
Moorfields, Liverpool L2 2DT
St Johns Parking
How many spaces: 245
Opening hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Cost: Zero to one hour - £1.70, one to two hours - £3.70, two to four hours - £7, four to eight hours - £9, eight to 24 hours - £13,
Lime St, Liverpool L1 1NQ
Fort Knox car park
How many spaces: 170
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 7am to 6.30pm
Cost: £2.50 per day
Vauxhall Road, Liverpool L3 6BS
Kempston Street car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 45
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 7.30pm
Cost: £1.20 per hour; £4.20 per day (more than 3 hours)
Kempston Street, Liverpool L3 8NG
Lambert Street car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 69
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 7.30pm
Cost: £1.20 per hour; £4.20 per day (more than 3 hours)
Lambert Street, Liverpool L3 8LG
Mount Pleasant car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 1,535
Opening hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Cost: £1.20 per hour. £5 for over three hours.
Free for Blue Badge holders all day, when parked in designated disabled parking bays on level five only. Free all day motorcycle parking in designated bays on level three only.
38 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TB
Liverpool Primrose Hill car park (NCP)
How many spaces: 11
Opening hours: 24 hours
Pay via the NCP app cost: One hour- £1.95, one to two hours - £3.90, two to three hours - £5.85, three to 24 hours - £6.95
Primrose Hill, Liverpool L3 2BA
Liverpool Central Village car park
How many spaces: 450
Opening hours: 24 hours
Monday to Friday cost: One hour - £1.50, two hours - £3.00, four hours - £4.50, six hours - £6.00, 12 hours - £8.00, £10 - 24 hours
Saturday and Sunday cost: One hour - £2.00, two hours - £4.00, three hours - £5.00, four hours - £7.00, six hours - £9.00, eight hours - £12.00, 12 hours - £14.00, 24 hours - £15.00
1 Heathfield Street, Liverpool L1 4EF
Fraser Street car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 82
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 5pm (until midnight for business contract holders)
Cost: £1.30 per hour; £6 per day (more than 4 hours)
Fraser Street, Islington, Liverpool L3 8JX
Fontenoy Street car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 30
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 7.30pm
Cost: £1.50 per hour; £7 per day (more than 4 hours)
Fontenoy Street, Liverpool L3 2BE
Hunter Street car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 63 and two motorcycle spaces
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 7.30pm
Cost: £1.50 per hour; £7 per day (more than 4 hours), motorcycles free
Hunter Street, Liverpool L3 8EN
Dale Street car park (LCC)
How many spaces: 51
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 7.30pm
Cost: £1.50 per hour; £8 per day (more than five hours), free after 7.30pm
Dale Street, Liverpool L1 6DP
Queen Square car park (Q-Park)
How many spaces: 537
Opening hours: 24 hours
Cost (per hour): entry from midnight to 7.59am - £1.80, entry from 8am to 1.59pm - £2.70, entry from 2pm to 5.59pm, £2.50, entry from 6pm to 11.59 - £2.20
Maximum rate for any 24 hour period - £ 18
Queen Square, Whitechapel, Liverpool L1 1RH
Albert Dock car park
Opening hours: 24 hours
Cost: One hour - £3 (Up to and including one hour), two hours- £6, three hours - £8, four hours - £9, five hours - £10 - six hours, £11, 12 hours - £15, 24 hours - £20
Q Park Liverpool One
How many spaces: 1,900
Opening hours: 24 hours
Cost: One hour - £2.90, two hours - £6.40, three hours - £9.50, four hours - £12.50, five hours- £16.00, six hours - £19, seven hours - £20, 11 hours - £22, up to 24 hours - £24.00
The Strand, Liverpool L1 1LT
Q Park Dale Street-Vernon Street
How many spaces: 279
Opening hours: 24 hours
Cost: entry from midnight to 10.59am - £3.00, entry from 11am to 4.59pm - £2.80, entry from 5pm to 11.59pm - £2.20
Maximum rate for any 24 hour period - £25
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