Polcarne Car Park Parking, St Austell

About Polcarne Car Park

As a town centre car park in St Austell, Polcarne Car Park is a convenient base for exploring local shops, restaurants, and services. It provides roughly 82 spaces, a mid-sized car park that balances availability with convenience. As a surface-level car park, it offers straightforward open-air parking. Parking here is paid.

When to Visit

Saturday is typically the peak day for town centre parking, with demand building from mid-morning through to late afternoon. Weekday visits before 10am are your best bet for finding a space easily, and Sundays are usually the quietest day of the week. With 82 spaces, you should find parking without too much difficulty outside of peak times.

Busyness in detail

Polcarne Car Park is typically busiest on Saturday around midday, when our model estimates it is about 85% full. With about 82 spaces, that is roughly 70 vehicles at the peak, leaving around 12 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 St Austell

There are 8 car parks across St Austell, so you have options if your first choice is full. If Polcarne Car Park is full, East Hill Car Park is about 150m away and worth considering. In total, there are 2 other car parks within 800 metres.

What’s near Polcarne Car Park

Within a 500-metre walk there are 5 shops, 1 place to eat or drink and 3 leisure or green spaces. The closest landmark is Omoda Jaecoo, about 79 metres away. The main cluster of shops and places to eat sits roughly 302 metres away — about a 4-minute walk, before allowing for crossings. There are 2 other car parks mapped within 500 metres, the nearest 193 metres away.

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