| The Centre's eight hundred and fifty space multi-storey shoppers car park is conveniently situated above the shopping mall. It has dedicated parking spaces for the disabled and for parents with young children and is ideally located just off the sea front opposite the Grand Pier. |
| Important Notice for Drivers - Car Park entrance vehicle height restriction - 2.0 metres. |
| Car Park Opening Times | |||||
| Monday | 8.00am - 8.00pm |  |
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| Tuesday | 8.00am - 8.00pm | ||||
| Wednesday | 8.00am - 8.00pm | ||||
| Thursday | 8.00am - 8.00pm | ||||
| Friday | 8.00am - 1.00am (next day) | ||||
| Saturday | 8.00am - 1.00am (next day) | ||||
| Sunday | 8.00am - 8.00pm | ||||
| Note - Closing times may differ to accommodate events at nearby venues including the Winter Gardens Pavilion and the Grand Pier. Please check with the venue before parking. | |||||
Note - Access to the car park when the shopping mall is closed is via the vehicular entry or exit ramps. Alternatively a lift is available in Wellington Place off Regent Street. |
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| Car Park Tariffs | ||||||
| 0 - 1 hour | £1.20 | Overnight - £5.00 maximum tariff - see below. |
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| 1 - 2 hours | £2.20 | |||||
| 2 - 3 hours | £3.00 | Lost parking tokens - charged at the full daily rate. | ||||
| 3 - 4 hours | £4.00 | |||||
| 4 - 12 hours | £5.00 | |||||
| 12 - 24 hours | £10.00 | |||||
| All our pay stations accept coins, notes and most major debit and credit cards via 'Chip & Pin'. | ||||||
| Overnight Parking Tariff | ||
| For those staying in nearby hotels we offer an Overnight Parking Tariff. 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 Postcode for GPS - BS23 1AH | ||
| The entrance to the car park is located in St Margaret's Terrace, just off the sea front. Visitors using satellite navigation systems or GPS should use the following postcode in order to locate the car park entrance - BS23 1AH. | ||
Safer Parking 'Park Mark®' Award |
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| The Centre's car park has once again been awarded the 'Park Mark'® Safer Parking award. This nationally recognised award identifies us as offering a high standard of parking facilities meaning that we have appropriate measures in place, that have been assessed by the Police, to deter criminal activity and which create a safer environment for both drivers and their vehicles. |  |
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| Drivers are however asked to ensure that valuables are not left in or on display and that their vehicles are left secure. | ||
| 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 picture) replace the 550,000 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. |
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| 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. |
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