You are here: Home > Plan Your Visit > Travel > Car Parking and Car Charging
If you are driving to the area then it's good to know where the best places to park are situated, particularly in the busier areas and if your vehicle is electric, where you can charge it. To help, we have included an interactive map of electric vehicle charging points, both public locations, such as car parks and those in private locations such as hotels.
When it comes to parking, scroll further down to find links to each of the district council parking pages, displaying full details of the car parking in each area. Then, keep scrolling down to find a list of car parks around the Lake District and Cumbria to help you plan your journey.
Use the map below to find electric vehicle charging points around the county. It's set to the centre of the county, but you can zoom in and out using the + and - symbols and you can search for specific locations using the search bar.
Car parking info by area
You may leave the Lake District, but once you’ve been, it’ll never leave you.

Number of results: 121
, currently showing 1 to 20.
Ambleside
Pay & Display Car park with 68 spaces.
Public toilets adjacent to the car park.
Pay & Display car park with 100 spaces.
Public Toilets adjacent to car park.
CARNFORTH
Free car parking spaces on the promenade offering excellent estuary views
WORKINGTON
Centrally located multi-storey car park with 427 spaces.
Height restrictions: 1.98m Open 7 days a week.
Public toilets adjacent to the car park.
PENRITH
Pay & Display. (NT members free). High Cascades has 35 spaces, Park Brow has 15 spaces.
Best for accessing the high fells or walking to Aira Force. These smaller pay and display car parks are located just off the A5091.
KESWICK
Long Stay Car Park (next to the Pencil Museum)
77 spaces, 2 disabled spaces.
WINDERMERE
Tariff type: Multi Tariff.
Public toilets on site.
KESWICK
Pay and display car park with 20 spaces.
Public toilets adjacent to car park.
Langdale, AMBLESIDE
Pay and display car park with 34 spaces. Open 7 days a week. Charges apply every day from 9am to 6pm. Nearby are two hotels and there are toilet facilities about 250 yards away.
AMBLESIDE
Car park with 77 spaces, including 6 disabled spaces. No height restriction. Open 7 days a week.
AMBLESIDE
Pay & Display car park (NT members free)with 24 spaces.
A narrow, single track lane leads to this perfect lakeshore spot. Ideal for enjoying picnics, paddling, gentle lakeside walks or bike rides to Wray Castle or get up high for panoramic views…
WINDERMERE
Tariff type: Multi Tariff.
Public toilets on site.
AMBLESIDE
Pay & Display car park with 50 spaces.
Ideal for accessing the high fells, Mickleden, the Pikes and long routes to Scafell Pike. This pay-and-display car park is located a further 400m along from Stickle Ghyll, just beyond the campsite. Nearest…
KESWICK
Long Stay car park with a capacity of 150 spaces, 4 disabled spaces.
Cleator
Parking charges apply at Bowness Knott (card payments only).
Grasmere
Tariff type: Multi Tariff Pay by mobile phone reference: 7261. The Lake District National Park Authority manage car parks around the National Park, as do the National Trust and local councils. There are also free smaller car parks in more remote…
KESWICK
Pay and display car park with 10 spaces.
Located on the southern end of Thrilmere, just off the A591.
KESWICK
Car park with 20 spaces. To get there from Keswick, take the A66 toward Cockermouth. Follow signs for Braithwaite on the B5292/Whinlatter Pass. Head through Braithwaite and on to Noble Knott car park on your left (identified by a green signpost on…
Hawkshead
Located in the centre of Hawkshead Village. Public toilets also located adjacent to the car park.
Ambleside
Pay and display car park (free for National Trust members) with 71 spaces.
Park at Wray Castle for access to Windermere west shore for gentle walks and cycle tracks. Toilets and tea room available. This pay-and-display or pay-by-phone car park is…
Receive all the latest news, special offers and information from the Lake District, Cumbria
Cumbria Tourism, Windermere Road, Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9PL