Castle St Car Park Parking, Dursley

About Castle St Car Park

Castle St Car Park is a surface car park in Dursley town centre, serving shoppers, diners, and visitors to the high street. It provides roughly 53 spaces, a mid-sized car park that balances availability with convenience. As a surface-level car park, it offers straightforward open-air parking. Parking is free of charge. Dursley Town COuncil operates this car park.

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. The car park has enough capacity for most normal demand, though Saturdays can get tight.

Busyness in detail

Castle St Car Park is typically busiest on Saturday around midday, when our model estimates it is about 85% full. With about 53 spaces, that is roughly 45 vehicles at the peak, leaving around 8 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 Dursley

There are 7 car parks across Dursley, so you have options if your first choice is full. Parsonage St car park is the nearest alternative at just a short walk, a good backup if this car park is busy. In total, there are 5 other car parks within 800 metres.

What’s near Castle St Car Park

Within a 500-metre walk there are 4 shops, 3 places to eat or drink and 3 leisure or green spaces. The closest landmark is Sainsbury’s (supermarket), about 76 metres away. The main cluster of shops and places to eat sits roughly 122 metres away, so it is a short walk across rather than a journey. There are 6 other car parks mapped within 500 metres, the nearest 51 metres away.

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