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Travelling by car

Personal Travel Plan

The Personal Travel Plan tool helps you to work out all the possible routes to our hospitals by car, bus, bicycle, train or on foot. This has been built by Bristol City Council, so please give it a try in order to see how it can help you plan your journey.

For more information please visit the Personal Travel Plan on the Travelwest website.

 

Bristol Clean Air Zone

Our Bristol city centre hospitals are within the Clean Air Zone. Find out what you need to know before travelling to our hospitals.

 

On-site parking at Bristol city centre hospital sites

Automatic Number Plate recognition (ANPR) are installed in most of our car parks, which means you can pay for parking at the end of your visit to our hospitals. Pay machines are located within the main reception areas of our hospitals. The Montague Hill South car park is a pay on entry car park.

Our parking charges apply 24 hours a day at all Trust sites.

Charges from 7am to 5pm, Monday to Sunday:      

  • 0 to 1 hour: £3.20
  • 1 to 2 hours: £4.20  
  • 2 to 4 hours: £7.30
  • 4 to 6 hours: £9.40
  • 6 to 8 hours: £19.00
  • 8 to 24 hours: £26.50

Overnight parking from 5pm to 7am, Monday to Sunday: £3.50     

Please view a map of our Bristol car parks and facilities.      

Pay by phone      

Most of our Bristol city centre car parking locations are pay on exit. Users can pay on foot or via the phone app Trust. Users have up to six days after they park to pay. You can download Trust via Apple App Store or Google Play.

The Montague Hill South car park is a pay on entry car park. Users can pay at the machine or via the phone app Ringo. You can download Ringo via Apple App Store or Google Play.

Blue Badge holders     

If you are a Blue Badge holder, you will be able to park free of charge for up to four hours in any of our parking spaces (apart from the drop-off spaces) as long as your Blue Badge is correctly displayed and you have scanned your blue badge at a car parking machine. 

On-site parking at Weston General Hospital

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new car parking tariff and process for patients and visitors at Weston General Hospital.

Please visit our  Weston site for more information. 

 

Off-site parking

Please view a map of local off site car parking options.

Cabot Circus

Cabot Circus offer a wide range of prices for all customer and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For further information please visit the Cabot Circus website. 

The Galleries

The Galleries offer a wide range of prices for all customer and are open 7 days a week at selected times. For more information please visit The Galleries website. 

NCP - Bristol sites

NCP offer a wide range of prices for all customer and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at various sites across Bristol city centre.

The most local sites to our city centre hospitals are:

  • Nelson Street 
  • Rupert Street 
  • St James Barton 
  • Broadmead
  • Prince Street
  • Queen Charlotte Street

For more information about these sites, directions, the NCP tariffs and more please visit the NCP website. 

 

Taxis

Should you need the option of a local taxi to or from the Trust then please contact the V Cars Group via calling them, going to their website or downloading their app on your mobile device or devices: https://www.v-cars.com/  0117 925 2626

 

Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS)

If you're referred to hospital for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostic tests, you may be eligible for financial assistance with your travel expenses through the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.