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Parking at Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre has two car parks, operated on our behalf by Apcoa Parking UK:

  • Southbank Centre Car Park - Belvedere Road (7am - 1am daily)
  • Southbank Centre Car Park - Hayward Gallery (7am - 1am daily)

Enquiries: 020 7620 0357.

A pay-on-foot parking system is in use in both car parks.

A special parking fee of £9.00 is available when you park between 5pm and 1am each day and all day on public Bank Holidays.

The special parking fee of £9.00 is available to patrons attending a daytime, paid ticketed artistic event at Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery) who present their performance ticket, together with their car park ticket at a Southbank Centre Ticket Office for validation.

Visitors with Disability

A limited number of free spaces are available on a strictly first-come-first-served basis to patrons who have a Blue Badge and are attending a paid, ticketed event at Southbank Centre. They should present their Blue Badge, performance ticket and car park ticket at a Southbank Centre Ticket Office or at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Artists’ Entrance adjacent to the Hayward Gallery car park for validation.

Motorbike and Cycle Parking

There are designated motorbike bays inside Southbank Centre Car Park - Hayward Gallery, and bicycle racks on Belvedere Road by the Royal Festival Hall and Festival Riverside.

Taxis

Taxis can be called from the phone at Southbank Centre Square doors in Royal Festival Hall, or a taxi rank is adjacent to Southbank Centre Square on Belvedere Road. If you are arriving at Southbank Centre by taxi, please ask to be dropped off at Southbank Centre Square.

Coaches

Coach bays for free drop off and collection only are available by the London Eye (pre-booked spaces only) and on the Upper Ground Slip Road off Waterloo Road behind the National Theatre, and also on the slip road opposite the National Theatre leading up to Waterloo Bridge.