Gallowgate Car Park Parking, Aberdeen

About Gallowgate Car Park

Located in the heart of Aberdeen, Gallowgate Car Park provides parking for anyone heading into the town centre for shopping, errands, or leisure. There are around 138 parking spaces, making this one of the larger options in the area. As a surface-level car park, it offers straightforward open-air parking. There is a charge for parking.

When to Visit

Town centre car parks tend to be busiest on Saturdays as shoppers head to the high street. If you can, weekday mornings before 10am or Sundays offer a much calmer experience. Evenings can also work well if you’re visiting restaurants or catching a show. With 138 spaces, finding a spot should be straightforward in most conditions.

Busyness in detail

Gallowgate Car Park is typically busiest on Saturday around midday, when our model estimates it is about 85% full. With about 138 spaces, that is roughly 117 vehicles at the peak, leaving around 21 free. Quietest times: Weekday mornings before 9am, Sundays, weekday evenings after 6pm. These figures are modelled estimates based on the car park’s type, size and location — not live occupancy data.

Parking in Aberdeen

With 24 car parks in Aberdeen, you’re well served for choice — worth comparing busyness predictions across a few options before setting off. If Gallowgate Car Park is full, Bon Accord Loch Street is about 150m away and worth considering. In total, there are 5 other car parks within 800 metres.

What’s near Gallowgate Car Park

Within a 500-metre walk there are 9 shops, 14 places to eat or drink and 8 leisure or green spaces. The closest landmark is John Comper Hall, about 16 metres away. The main cluster of shops and places to eat sits roughly 230 metres away — about a 3-minute walk, before allowing for crossings. There are 3 other car parks mapped within 500 metres, the nearest 170 metres away.

Counts of what is nearby come from OpenStreetMap data for the area around the car park. They are counted, not estimated.