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Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Free after 3.00pm will be in operation from Monday 16 December 2024 until Friday 3 January 2025. This will be in place in all Durham County Council town centre car parks, including all car parks in Durham, Chester-le-Street, Bishop, Seaham and Barnard Castle excluding Hardwick Park, Wharton Park, Chester-le-Street Riverside car parks, Noses Point and all on street pay and display bays which will remain chargeable.

Durham City car parks


This page gives you information about car parks in Durham City centre.

Name of car parkOpening hoursCostNumber of spacesLocation

The Sands multi-storey

Height restriction: 2.1m
Weight restriction: 2.5t

Note: during bad weather, the roof section of The Sands may be closed for safety. There will be notices in place to advise you.

Monday to Sunday
24 hours

Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 10.00pm

up to two hours: £1.80
80p each hour after that

277 vehicles - including 14 electric vehicle 7kW charging points

Riverside Place
Durham
DH1 1SL

Providence RowMonday to Sunday
24 hours

Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 6.00pm

40p each half hour

19 vehicles

Providence Row
Durham
​DH1 1LH

03000 263 985

SidegateMonday to Sunday
24 hours

Monday to Sunday 8.00am to 10.00pm

up to two hours: £1.80
80p each hour after that

107 vehicles - including 2 electric vehicle 22kW charging points

Sidegate
Durham
DH1 5SY
03000 263 985

Car parks operated by third parties

These car parks are available for parking:

Coach parking

Coach parking in Durham City

Report a problem with one of our car parks

Report a problem with a council car park online - this is for council-run car parks only (not privately owned car parks). If a car park is privately owned, contact them directly. Contact details should be displayed in the car park.



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