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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
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Number of results: 121
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AMBLESIDE
Open 7 days a week including bank holidays from 8am to 8pm.
Parking spaces: General: 48, Disabled spaces: 3, Motorcycle spaces: Can use any of the spaces with consideration.
No height restrictions.
APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
Pay and display car park with 50 spaces, including disabled spaces.
AMBLESIDE
Multi payment option car park both pre and post parking. Payment can be made online. 60 spaces.
Great Langdale
Tariff type: Multi Tariff.
Public toilets on site.
AMBLESIDE
Parking area with 68 spaces. Located opposite the Kirkstone Inn, on the Kirkstone Pass between Windermere and Ullswater. Parking is free. Superb views towards Windermere.
KESWICK
Pay & Display Car park with 35 spaces. Public toilets adjacent to the car park.
WIGTON
Free car park with 16 spaces. Open 7 days a week.
Public toilets adjacent to the car park.
MARYPORT
Pay and display car park with 116 spaces.
Public toilets adjacent to the car park.
AMBLESIDE
Pay & Display car park with 118 spaces.
Public toilets adjacent to car park.
AMBLESIDE
Pay and display car park (free to National Trust members) with 16 spaces.
The parking area near Blea Tarn is only a short walk away from the tarn, which offers an open space with stunning scenery.
WINDERMERE
Tariff type: Multi Tariff.
Public toilets on site.
AMBLESIDE
A large pay and display car park in two parts - north, with 60 spaces and south with 80 spaces.
Public toilets adjacent to the car park.
CARNFORTH
Free car parking spaces on the promenade offering excellent estuary views
KESWICK
Long Stay Car Park (next to the Pencil Museum)
77 spaces, 2 disabled spaces.
KESWICK
Long stay pay and display car park, located in Otley Road, with 87 spaces.
PENRITH
Pay & Display. (NT members free).with 35 spaces.
For access to beachside picnics, watersports and a longer trail to visit the Aira Force waterfall. Glencoyne has direct lake access (road crossing necessary, please take care) and is also the centre…
SEASCALE
Pay and display car park with 40 spaces. Open 7 days a week. No height restrictions.
Public toilets located adjacent to the car park.
PENRITH
Pay and display car park with 40 spaces.
Ambleside
Pay & Display. (NT members free) with 40 spaces.
A great parking spot for a riverside amble or bike ride to Skelwith Force with choice of moderate walks over Loughrigg to High Close and Grasmere. This is a pay-and-display or pay-by-phone car park,…
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…
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