Parking in Whitstable

Council parking team

Mon-Fri 8:45am-5pm · Sat-Sun closed

For car parks, parking accounts, permits and fines. The council's online car park directory shows remaining spaces at its camera-controlled (ANPR) car parks.

Gorrell Tank car park

Off Harbour Street and Cromwell Road

Charged around the clock · £3.80 an hour · £30 cap per 24 hours

The main town centre car park, with number plate cameras: pay on exit, or register a council parking account and be charged automatically. Blue Badge holders park free for up to three hours once registered.

Keam's Yard car park

Off Island Wall, by the sea wall

Charged around the clock · £3.80 an hour · £30 cap per 24 hours

Small car park closest to the Horsebridge and the seafront, with fewer than 50 spaces.

Harbour car park

Whitstable Harbour, north of Harbour Street

Charged around the clock · £3.80 an hour · 2 hours maximum

On the harbour estate. Blue Badge holders get three hours in the marked disabled bays.

Middle Wall car park

Middle Wall, CT5 1BJ

Charged around the clock · £2.70 an hour (£2.40 residents' rate) · £20 cap

Pay-on-exit car park with number plate cameras, about 150 metres from the museum on Oxford Street.

Beach Walk car park

Beach Walk, by Whitstable Pools and Fitness

£2.70 an hour · £20 cap per 24 hours · pay by phone only

Small seafront car park on Beach Walk.

Victoria Street car park

Between Victoria Street and Albert Street, behind Harbour Street

£1.90 an hour · £15 cap per 24 hours

Small car park a short walk from Harbour Street and the Horsebridge, with fewer than 50 spaces.

Gladstone Road car park

Gladstone Road

£1.90 an hour · £15 cap per 24 hours

One of the cheaper council car parks in the town.

Shaftesbury Road car parks

Shaftesbury Road, behind Oxford Street

£1.90 an hour · £15 cap · 30 minutes free from 8am to 9:30am

Two small car parks behind Oxford Street, handy for the museum and the shops.

Tankerton Road car park

Tankerton Road at Pier Avenue

Charged 10am to 4pm, 1 April to 30 September only · £1.60 a day weekdays, £3.20 weekends

Tankerton's council car park, free outside the summer charging period, near the slopes and the beach huts.

Faversham Road car park, Seasalter

Faversham Road, Seasalter

Charged 10am to 4pm, 1 April to 30 September only · pay by phone only · 12 hours maximum

By the sea wall at Seasalter, for the marsh walk and the beach.

Whitstable station car park

Old Bridge Road, CT5 1RB

Daily £4.80 Mon and Fri, £5.30 Tue to Thu, £4.20 Sat, £4.80 Sun · from 10am £4.40

43 spaces run for Southeastern by APCOA, location code 2089. Pay by machine, the APCOA Connect app, the QR code on the signs, or by phone or text (07860 006000). Under 20 minutes free for drop-offs; Blue Badge holders free once registered with APCOA.

Railway Avenue car park

Railway Avenue, CT5 1LL

Weekdays £3.90 for 24 hours · weekends £3.60

A second APCOA car park by the station, with 72 spaces.

Whitstable Castle car park

Tower Hill, CT5 2BW

Free for up to 3 hours for visitors

Register your number plate at reception or in the tearooms within 20 minutes of arriving.

Whitstable Junior School charity car park

21A Oxford Street, CT5 1DB

Weekends and school holidays

Open to the public at weekends and in the school holidays, about 150 metres from the museum.

Blue Badge parking

Blue Badge holders park free for up to three hours in most council car park spaces (not permit bays or Park and Ride). In ANPR car parks you must create an account and register your badge before your first visit, and still display the badge.