Parking in Glasgow city centre costs £1.80 for every 15 minutes on the street in the inner zone, with a 2 hour limit. The council’s central multi-storey car parks charge £2.50 to £3.50 for the first hour (the SEC car park is £6), and the price climbs quickly after that. The cheapest all-day spots are Duke Street (£6 offer) and Cambridge Street (£8 offer). Council car parks charge on Sundays too, and from 6pm the multi-storeys switch to a £5 overnight rate. For street bays, the council’s price list doesn’t give evening or Sunday hours, so read the sign on the bay.
Last checked: 26 October 2026.
All the council prices below are from its 2026/27 Book of Charges and its car park pages, read on 26 October 2026. If you pay with RingGo, the council adds a 20p convenience charge.
On-street parking in the city centre
The council’s on-road parking charges for 2026/27 split the city into zones. The inner zone is the pricey one.
| Zone | Price | Longest stay |
|---|---|---|
| City centre inner zone | £1.80 per 15 minutes | 2 hours |
| Garnethill | £1.80 per 15 minutes | 2 hours |
| Kelvingrove | £1.20 per 15 minutes | 2 hours |
| Hillhead | £1.20 per 15 minutes | 3 hours |
| All other areas | £1.20 per 15 minutes | 3 hours |
| Park Circus long stay bays | £1.20 per 15 minutes (up to 3 hours), then £1.20 per 4 minutes | 10 hours |
| Drumry Road East | £1.20 per 15 minutes | 30 minutes |
Do the sum before you park. Worked out from the council’s rate, two hours in the inner zone is £14.40 (eight lots of £1.80). Two hours in a council car park like Cambridge Street is £7. If you’re staying longer than a quick errand, the car park is the better deal.
How to pay on the street
The council’s price list names RingGo for cashless payment. Look at the sign on the bay for the zone, the hours and how to pay. The council also has an interactive parking zone map showing the zones.
The 2 hour limit is a limit, not a suggestion. A parking ticket is £100, or £50 if you pay within 14 days. Our parking fines guide covers how to pay or appeal.
Council car parks in the city centre
The council runs 16 car parks across Glasgow, 6 multi-storey and 10 surface pay and display. Here are the ones in or near the centre, plus a few in the West End and by the museums. Prices are for the first hour, with the all-day or overnight deal where there is one.
Multi-storey car parks
| Car park | Where | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cadogan Square | Under the Anderston Centre, G2 7PA | £3.50 first hour. 9 to 10 hours £32. Overnight £5 |
| Cambridge Street | Next to the DoubleTree hotel, G2 3HN | £3.50 first hour. All day offer £8. Overnight £5 |
| Charing Cross | Next to Charing Cross station, G2 4PR | £3.50 first hour. 9 to 10 hours £32. Overnight £5 |
| Concert Square | Next to Buchanan Bus Station, G4 0LU | £2.50 or £3.50 first hour (see below). Overnight £5 |
| Duke Street | Collegelands, Duke Street, G4 0UW | £2.50 first hour. All day offer £6. Overnight £5 |
| SEC car park | Opposite the Scottish Event Campus, G3 8GS | £6 first hour. 1 to 12 hours £12. Up to 24 hours £24 |
Concert Square: the council’s two pages disagree. Its Book of Charges says £3.50 for the first hour. Its car park page says £2.50 for the first hour, £5 for 1 to 2 hours, £7 for 2 to 3 hours and £9 for 3 to 10 hours. We can’t tell you which is right, so check the price at the barrier before you leave the car.
The daily charge at these car parks applies 8am to 6pm, seven days a week. At Cadogan, Cambridge Street and Charing Cross it’s £3.50 for each of the first 8 hours (so 2 hours is £7 and 4 hours is £14), then £30 for 8 to 9 hours and £32 for 9 to 10. Duke Street is £2.50 for each of the first 8 hours (4 hours is £10), then £22.50 and £25.
- Cadogan Square: 325 spaces. Open Monday to Saturday 7am to 9pm, closed on Sundays. Height limit 2m.
- Cambridge Street: 812 spaces. Open 24 hours. Height limit 1.98m.
- Charing Cross: 433 spaces. Open 24 hours. Height limit 1.7m, so check before you drive a van or a tall car in.
- Concert Square: 592 spaces. Open 24 hours. Height limit 1.9m.
- Duke Street: 1,170 spaces. Open 24 hours. Height limit 2.2m.
- SEC car park: 1,600 spaces. Open 24 hours. Height limit 2m. Parking under an hour? Don’t pay the £12. Speak to staff or use the intercom for the right charge.
The multi-storeys take cash, cards and contactless. They’re staffed from 7am to 10pm (8.30am to 10pm at the SEC), and there’s a help point on every pay machine and barrier column outside those hours. Details are on the council’s multi-storey car parks page.
Pay and display car parks
| Car park | Where | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Dunlop Street | Next to the St Enoch Centre, G1 4HS | £3 first hour. 5 to 12 hours £15. Up to 24 hours £20 |
| Glasgow Cross | Near the Barras Market, G1 5AX | £2 first hour (see below) |
| Cathedral | Across from Glasgow Royal Infirmary, G4 0RD | £3 first hour. 6 to 10 hours £15. Overnight £5 |
| Newton Street | Under the Kingston Bridge, G3 8BB | £4 first hour. 3 to 13 hours £9 |
| Bunhouse | Across from Kelvin Hall, G3 8DP | £3 first hour. 3 to 10 hours £10. Overnight £3 |
| Kelvingrove | At the Art Gallery and Museum, G3 8AG | £3 first hour. 3 to 10 hours £10. Overnight £3 |
| Riverside Museum | At the Riverside Museum, G3 8RS | £3 first hour. 3 to 10 hours £10. Overnight £3 |
| Lilybank | Off Byres Road at the University, G12 8SA | £3 first hour. 5 to 10 hours £17. Overnight £5 |
| Ashton Road | Off University Avenue, G12 8SP | £1 per 15 minutes up to 3 hours, then £1 per 4 minutes (8am to 10pm) |
Glasgow Cross: this is another one where the pages differ. The council’s car park page says £2 for the first hour, £5 for 6 to 10 hours and £3 overnight. The Book of Charges says £3 for the first hour, £15 for 6 to 10 hours and £5 overnight. Treat the price as unconfirmed until you see the machine.
- Most of these are open 24 hours. Newton Street is open 6am to 7pm every day. Riverside Museum is open 7am to 9pm. For Kelvingrove, contact the museum for opening times.
- Burnside Street (near Stow College) is temporarily closed because of the M8 roadworks.
- Cathedral is three separate car parks: off Stirling Road, off Cathedral Street and off Collins Street.
- Dunlop Street and Newton Street have no overnight rate in the council’s tables.
- Cashless parking through RingGo works at all the pay and display car parks.
The full lists are on the council’s pay and display car parks page and the off-street Book of Charges.
Cheapest ways to park all day
- Duke Street, £6. The council’s page calls it a special offer for all day parking. Pay at the machine before you exit. It has 1,170 spaces.
- Cambridge Street, £8. Same deal, an all day special offer paid at the machine before you leave. The usual rate for 9 to 10 hours is £32, so make sure the offer is what you’re being charged.
- Concert Square, £9 for 3 to 10 hours on the car park page. The Book of Charges has a different table here (£32 for 9 to 10 hours), so check the machine.
- Glasgow Cross, £5 for 6 to 10 hours on one council page. The other page says £15, so don’t count on it.
- Newton Street, £9 for 3 to 13 hours. A flat price under the Kingston Bridge, but it closes at 7pm.
- Bunhouse, Kelvingrove and Riverside Museum, £10 for 3 to 10 hours. They’re by the museums and Kelvin Hall, not in the middle of town.
The offers are described as special offers, so they could change. Check the machine or the council’s car parks page before you rely on them.
Park and ride is another way to do a day in town: SPT prints £8.15 for all-day parking plus a return Subway journey on its park and ride page.
Private car parks
The shopping centre car parks print their own prices. We’ve only used prices from their own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
- Buchanan Galleries (220 Buchanan Street, G1 2FF): up to 1 hour £2.40, up to 2 hours £4.50, up to 3 hours £5.70. On weekdays, entry after 5pm with exit before 9pm is a flat £2.50. It’s open 7am to 9pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 9pm on Sundays, and it’s locked after 9pm. It takes card or contactless only.
- St Enoch Centre (55 St Enoch Square, G1 4BW): up to 1 hour £2.60. Nine hours or more, Monday to Saturday, is a flat £24 until 8.59am the next day. The car park is open 7.30am to 2am.
- NCP also runs car parks in the city centre. We couldn’t read prices on its Glasgow page, so we’re not quoting any.
Sundays, evenings and overnight
Sundays
Don’t plan on free parking on a Sunday. Council multi-storey car parks charge seven days a week, and the council’s pay and display car parks are priced Monday to Sunday. The one exception is Cadogan Square, which is closed on Sundays. For the street, the council’s price list doesn’t mention Sundays at all and we haven’t found an official page giving Sunday hours for the centre. Read the sign on the bay.
The shopping centres have Sunday prices. Buchanan Galleries is £2.40 up to 1 hour, £4.50 up to 2 hours and a flat £5 for longer (exit before 9pm). St Enoch is £2.60 up to 60 minutes, then a flat £4 until 5pm, or £3 if you park from 5pm.
After 6pm
At the council multi-storeys, the daily charge runs 8am to 6pm, and the overnight flat rate of £5 covers 6pm to 8am, seven days a week. The council says the overnight rate is applied automatically at 6pm. At Cambridge Street, Charing Cross, Concert Square and Duke Street you can pre-pay the overnight charge from 6pm.
On the street, we can’t give you a finish time. The council’s price list doesn’t say when charges stop in the centre. Don’t assume 6pm is the end of charging on the street.
Overnight and 24 hour parking
- Open 24 hours: Cambridge Street, Charing Cross, Concert Square, Duke Street and the SEC car park, plus the pay and display car parks above apart from Newton Street, Riverside Museum and Kelvingrove.
- Overnight £5 (6pm to 8am): Cambridge Street, Charing Cross, Concert Square, Duke Street, Cathedral and Lilybank. Cadogan Square’s page lists £5 too, but it shuts at 9pm.
- Overnight £3: Bunhouse (open 24 hours), plus Kelvingrove and Riverside Museum, though Riverside is only open 7am to 9pm.
- Glasgow Cross: £3 on the car park page and £5 in the Book of Charges.
- No overnight rate: the SEC car park. It’s £24 for up to 24 hours instead.
Cadogan Square shuts at 9pm, so it’s no good for a late night out. Pick one of the car parks that stays open 24 hours.
Which car park is near what
These are the council’s own descriptions of where each car park is. Check the map for walking distances.
- Buchanan Bus Station: Concert Square.
- Charing Cross station: Charing Cross car park.
- St Enoch Centre: Dunlop Street, and the centre’s own car park.
- Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Cathedral: the Cathedral car parks.
- West End and the University: Lilybank (off Byres Road) and Ashton Road (off University Avenue).
- Kelvingrove, Kelvin Hall and Riverside Museum: Kelvingrove, Bunhouse and Riverside Museum.
Parking for events at the SEC, Hydro and Barrowland
The SEC car park (1,600 spaces, G3 8GS) is the council’s car park for the Scottish Event Campus and the OVO Hydro. A walkway on level 2 leads over to the Hydro. The council has no booking system, but you can pre-pay on arrival at the machine for any event. At event times the pay machines may be set to a default event tariff, and the council tells you to allow extra time to get in and out. There are 66 marked disabled bays over levels 0 to 4, first come first served, and you still pay at the machine.
For the Barrowland, the council car park near the Barras Market is Glasgow Cross, but it only has 29 spaces, so don’t count on it on a gig night. Our guide to getting to Glasgow venues covers stations and walking routes, and the train guide and bus guide cover the other ways in. The council’s event parking FAQs have the rest.
Blue badge parking
All of the council’s pay and display car parks are free when you correctly display a valid blue badge. The barrier car parks (the multi-storeys) have disabled bays, but you still have to pay the tariff before you exit. The council has the details in its car park FAQs.
Frequently asked questions
How much is parking in Glasgow city centre?
On the street in the inner zone it’s £1.80 for every 15 minutes, with a 2 hour maximum stay. In council car parks the first hour is £2.50 to £3.50 depending on the car park. Two hours is £5 at Duke Street and £7 at Cambridge Street, Cadogan Square and Charing Cross. The SEC car park is £6 for the first hour.
Is parking free on Sundays in Glasgow city centre?
Not in the council car parks, which charge seven days a week. For street bays, don’t assume it’s free. The council’s price list has no Sunday exemption and we haven’t found an official page giving Sunday hours, so read the sign.
Can you park in Glasgow city centre after 6pm?
Yes. In the council multi-storeys the daily charge stops at 6pm and a £5 flat overnight rate runs until 8am. Street bays vary, so check the sign.
What’s the cheapest car park in Glasgow city centre?
For all day, the council’s Duke Street offer is £6 and Cambridge Street is £8. For a short stay among the multi-storeys, Duke Street is £2.50 for the first hour. Concert Square is £2.50 on one council page and £3.50 on another, and Glasgow Cross is £2 on one page and £3 on the other.
Is there 24 hour parking in Glasgow city centre?
Yes. Cambridge Street, Charing Cross, Concert Square, Duke Street and the SEC car park are open 24 hours. Cadogan Square isn’t. It closes at 9pm Monday to Saturday and doesn’t open on Sundays.
Can I pay for parking in Glasgow by phone?
Yes, for the street and the pay and display car parks. The council uses RingGo for cashless parking, with a 20p convenience charge on top. The multi-storeys take cash, cards and contactless. You can find out more on the council’s RingGo page.
How long can you park on the street in Glasgow city centre?
Two hours in the inner zone. Most other areas allow 3 hours, and Park Circus has long stay bays with a 10 hour limit.
Can I book a space before I go?
The council’s event parking FAQ says it has no pre-booking facility. You can book a car park or driveway space through a site like JustPark.
Driving into town more often? Our driving in Glasgow guide covers the rest, and the city centre guide shows what’s where once you’ve parked.
