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Motorcycle parking in Cardiff
Free in the named city centre bays and in pay and display. Cardiff names the exact streets where its free motorcycle bays are, which is rarer and more useful than a general statement. The city centre is compact and much of it is pedestrianised, so the bays sit around the edge of the shopping core.
The short answer
| In Cardiff | |
|---|---|
| Motorcycle bays we hold | 1 |
| Of those, recorded free | 0 |
| Of those, chargeable | 1 |
| Of those, customer or permit only | 1 |
| Cheapest bay | Not recorded |
| Car parks that take bikes | 225 |
| Council publishes a motorcycle policy | Yes, quoted below |
1 of these is customer parking, private land or permit holders only. 1 sits inside a car park that is marked that way. Being on the map is not the same as being somewhere you may leave a bike, and neither is being free: on private land the risk is a parking charge from the landowner, which cannot be appealed to an independent tribunal the way a council ticket can.
What the council says
This is the part worth reading, because it is the part that is hard to find. Everything below is taken from Cardiff's own published position, not inferred from our data.
On the street
- Cardiff Council: motorcycles park free in its city centre bays (Churchill Way, Charles Street, Windsor Place, Mary Ann Street, Guildhall Place) and in its on-street pay and display areas.
- This bay is outside the city centre, so check the sign here before you leave the bike.
In the council car parks
Worth separating, because a council can give a motorcycle a free bay on the street and still charge it in a car park. That is not a contradiction, it is just two different policies.
- Cardiff Council: motorcycles park free of charge in this pay and display car park.
The bays nearest the centre
Closest first, measured from the middle of Cardiff. Each has its own page, which is the link to send when you are telling somebody where to meet.
| Bay | From the centre | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Motorcycle bay | 6.1 km | Check signage |
Car parks that take bikes
We hold 225 car parks in Cardiff, and a car park always takes a motorcycle, which is the usual answer when there is no bay near where you are going.
The price shown on a car park is the car tariff. That is what the operator publishes, and it is almost never what a motorcycle pays. Plenty of councils let bikes park free in a designated area, some charge a flat daily rate, and some have a separate bike cage. Where Cardiff has told us, the section above says exactly what a bike pays here.
Other cities
Nearest to Cardiff: Bristol (41 km), Bath (58 km), Oxford (136 km).
Riding into the capital instead? Motorcycle parking in London is covered borough by borough, and by destination.
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Open the free web appCounts are every record we hold inside the Cardiff local authority, correct when this page was built. The council position quoted above is taken from Cardiff's own published material. Bay locations outside London are mapped from OpenStreetMap, which is contributed by volunteers rather than published by the council, so treat counts as a guide. Always follow the sign at the bay.