Sidegate car park Parking, Durham

About Sidegate car park

Sidegate car park caters to leisure visitors in Durham, with demand peaking during weekends and school holidays. At roughly 107 spaces, the car park has enough capacity to cope with most normal demand. This is a surface car park, so expect open-air parking at ground level. There is a charge for parking. The car park is managed by Durham County Council.

When to Visit

Leisure car parks tend to be busiest during weekends and school holidays, with evenings also seeing demand for gyms, cinemas, and restaurants. Weekday daytimes are generally the quietest periods. With 107 spaces, finding a spot should be straightforward in most conditions.

Busyness in detail

Sidegate car park is typically busiest on Saturday around midday, when our model estimates it is about 75% full. With about 107 spaces, that is roughly 80 vehicles at the peak, leaving around 27 free. Quietest times: Weekday mornings before 9am, 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 Durham

There are 30 car parks across Durham, offering plenty of alternatives if this one doesn’t suit. Should you find Sidegate car park full, Crook Hall and Gardens car park (about 100m away) is the closest option. In total, there are 5 other car parks within 800 metres.

What’s near Sidegate car park

Within a 500-metre walk there is 1 shop, 3 places to eat or drink and 4 leisure or green spaces. The closest landmark is Radisson Blu (hotel), about 138 metres away. The main cluster of shops and places to eat sits roughly 217 metres away — about a 3-minute walk, before allowing for crossings. There are 9 other car parks mapped within 500 metres, the nearest 44 metres away.

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