The Sovereign Shopping Centre - Parking for 850 Vehicles

Our eight hundred and fifty space multi-storey shoppers car park is conveniently situated above the shopping mall and has dedicated parking spaces for the disabled and for parents with young children.

Important Notice for Drivers - Car Park entrance vehicle height restriction - 2.0 metres.

Car Park Opening Times   Sunday - Wednesday   8.00am - 7.00pm Thursday   8.00am - 11.00pm Friday & Saturday   8.00am - 1.00am (next day)   Note: Closing times may differ to accommodate events at the following venues:   Winter Gardens Pavilion   Tel: 01934 417117 Playhouse   Tel: 01934 645544   Please check with venue before parking.

Car Park Tariffs   0 - 1 hour   £1.10 1 - 2 hours   £2.00 2 - 3 hours   £3.00 3 - 4 hours   £4.00 4 - 6 hours   £5.00 6 - 8 hours   £8.00 8 - 12 hours   £12.00 12 - 24 hours   £20.00   Overnight   £5.00 - Note - terms and conditions apply       Lost tokens will be charged at the full daily rate.

Overnight Parking Tariff

We offer an overnight parking tariff to assist those staying in nearby hotels. Note - terms and conditions apply as follows:

 - Only applies to vehicles parking after 5.00pm and leaving before 10.00am the following morning.

 - Vehicles parking before 5.00pm then the normal tariffs will apply throughout the duration of the stay.

 - Vehicles must be parked on Level One.

 - No access to vehicles whilst the car park is closed - see Car Park Opening Times.

Directions and Post Code for GPS

The entrance to the car park is located in St Margarets Terrace, just off the sea front. Visitors using satellite navigation systems should use the following post code in order to locate the car park entrance - BS23 1AH.

Cycle Parking

Cyclists park free. Cyclists are asked to enter the car park, after dismounting, via the exit ramp in Salisbury Terrace using the footpath and park in the designated cyclist parking area, adjacent to Shopmobility, on Level One.

Car Park Equipment

The Sovereign Shopping Centre's car parking system incorporates the use of environmentally friendly recyclable parking tokens that replace paper parking tickets. This innovative parking system, which is manufactured by Scheidt & Bachmann one of the worlds leading suppliers of parking systems, has already been introduced into a number of shopping centre car parks throughout the UK. The systems unique recyclable plastic parking tokens (about the size of a 2 pence coin - see photo) replace the 650,000 paper tickets used each year by visitors to the car park. The system includes six pay stations (four at shopping mall level and two on Level One of the car park) and the facility for visitors to pay for their parking using their debit or credit card via ‘Chip & Pin’ card readers and or bank note readers. Note - Not all credit cards accepted.

Pictured is the recyclable parking token that replaces the paper parking tickets.