Use this map to find accessible parking locations: Newcastle Accessible Parking Map
Parking Permissions
Accessible parking permit holders have extended parking times:
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Where parking is limited to more than 30 minutes, the vehicle can park for an unlimited time
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Where parking is limited to 30 minutes, the vehicle can park for 2 hours
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Where parking is limited to less than 30 minutes, the vehicle can park for a maximum of 30 minutes.
Ticket parking areas
Accessible parking permit holders can park in ticketed parking areas at no charge.
No Parking
Accessible parking permit holders can stop in no parking areas for no longer than five minutes, and the driver must remain within three metres of the vehicle
Parking Penalties
You may be penalised for parking in accessible parking if:
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Your accessible parking permit is not displayed
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Your accessible parking permit is invalid
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You have parked longer than the time allowed.
Find more information on accessible parking here:
Parking permissions are unchanged during events.
It is important that you:
- Do not cause a traffic hazard or obstruct the path of vehicles or pedestrians
- Do not park across a driveway or footpath
- Do not park on footpaths and nature strips
- Do not park within 10 metres of an intersection (without traffic lights)
- Check the Parking Control Signage.
Check the event details for public transport and parking options. We encourage eventgoers to use public transport or arrive early to find a safe and legal parking space.
Motorbike parking has the same parking rules as other vehicles.
- You must park in a signposted parking space.
- In the state of NSW, it is illegal to park on the footpath.
City of Newcastle has introduced free all-day motorcycle parking zones in some Newcastle CBD streets. All parking spaces are signposted. Motorcycles can park the whole day and parking is free of charge in these zones.
On-Street Motorcycle parking locations in the Newcastle CBD
Location
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No. of parking spaces |
Argyle Street, Newcastle – western side between Centenary Road and the railway line |
6 |
Bolton Street, Newcastle - western side between King and Church Streets |
2 |
Burwood Street, Newcastle - side of Courthouse and ATO |
14 |
Darby Street, Cooks Hill - eastern side fronting property No. 127 (opposite Council Street) |
3 |
Dick Street, Newcastle West - eastern side at each end of angle parking |
9 |
Gibson Street, Cooks Hill - northern side between Auckland and Charles Streets |
4 |
Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle - southern side, west of Worth Place |
12 |
Hunter Street, Newcastle – southern side between Watt and Bolton Street |
12 |
Keightley Street, Newcastle – southern side between Morgan and Market Street |
20 |
King Street, Newcastle – northern side between Christie Street and Burwood Street |
7 |
King Street, Newcastle - southern side fronting Civic Park west of Darby Street |
4 |
King Street, Newcastle - northern side between Steel and Devonshire Street |
3 |
King Street, Newcastle - northern side, west of Perkins Street |
6 |
King Street, Newcastle - northern side west of Watt Street |
4 |
King Street, Newcastle - northern side west of Pacific Street |
4 |
Parry Street, Newcastle West - northern side between Arnott and Union Streets |
4 |
Perkins Street, Newcastle - eastern side north of King Street |
3 |
Shortland Esplanade, Newcastle East - western side, south of Ocean Street |
3 |
Steel Street, Newcastle – eastern side, south of Honeysuckle Drive |
4 |
Union Street, Cooks Hill - eastern side between Bull and Parry Streets |
5 |
Wharf Road, Newcastle - southern side, west of pedestrian crossing |
4 |
Wharf Road, Newcastle - northern side east of The Brewery carpark |
3 |
Wolfe Street, Newcastle – eastern side between Scott Street and Hunter Street |
3 |
On-street Motorcycle parking locations - Outer Newcastle business areas
Location
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No. of parking spaces |
Beaumont Street, Hamilton – western side south of Denison Street |
5 |
Glebe Road, The Junction - northern side, between Kenrick and Bruce Street |
5 |
Henderson Parade, Merewether - Upper car park |
3 |
Henderson Parade, Merewether - Lower cark park |
4 |
Hudson Street, Hamilton - southern side inside the Hamilton Railway Station car park |
4 |
Kenrick Street, The Junction - northern side between Corlette and Union Streets |
4 |
Lindsay Street, Hamilton - southern side, west of Beaumont Street |
4 |
Memorial Drive, Bar Beach - western side between Bar Beach Avenue and Kilgour Avenue |
15 |
Russell Road, New Lambton - southern side between Regent and Cromwell Streets |
4 |
Young Street, Carrington - between Cowper and Victoria Streets |
4 |
There are a range of parking options in Newcastle city centre.
Pay for parking using the Easy Park app or the nearest parking meter.
