Fees, charges and parking durations
Here’s a list of parking-related fees (including info on parking fines), and information on how long you can park in Council-operated car parks.
| Off-street car park facilities | |||||||||
| Founders Theatre Car Park | |||||||||
| 60 spaces, pay and display. Machine closed 5pm. | |||||||||
| Per hour | $1.00 | ||||||||
| Weekday max | $4.00 | ||||||||
| Meteor Theatre Car Park | |||||||||
| 62 spaces, pay and display. Machine closed 5pm. | |||||||||
| Per hour | $1.00 | ||||||||
| All day rate | $4.00 | ||||||||
| Museum Car Park | |||||||||
| 62 spaces, pay and display. Machine closed 5pm. | |||||||||
| Up to 1 hour | $1.00 | ||||||||
| 3 hours maximum | $3.00 | ||||||||
| Sonning Car Park | |||||||||
| 307 spaces, pay on exit/entry, open 7am - 5pm. | |||||||||
| Flat rate all day fee | $5.00 | ||||||||
| Garden Place Car Park Building | ||||||||
| 460 spaces, pay on exit/entry, open 6am - 10:30pm. | ||||||||
| Casual Rate | ||||||||
| Casual Rate | Up to 1 hour | Free | |
| Casual Rate | 1-2 hours | $4.00 | |
| Casual Rate | 2-3 hours | $6.00 | |
| Casual Rate | 3-4 hours | $8.00 | |
| Casual Rate | Over 4 hours | $12.00 | |
| Weekend Rate |
| Weekend Rate | Up to 1 hour | Free | |
| Weekend Rate | 1-2 hours | $4.00 | |
| Weekend Rate | More than 2 hours | $5.00 | |
Parking off the street
Off-street parking in central Hamilton is a mix of free, time-limited parking and metered parking via ‘pay and display’. A limited number of mobility parking spaces are also available off-street.
Customers visiting our Garden Place offices in the central city can also park for a short time for free in the Council car park on Anglesea Street behind the main building.
Council’s paid parking (all on-street and some off-street) is free on Sundays and public holidays.
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Council’s off-street parking
Off-street paid parking facilities offered by us are:
- The Garden Place underground car park off Anglesea Street
- Parking behind the Waikato Museum
- Parking behind the Meteor Theatre
- At Founders Theatre.
Paid parking in these areas applies only during the hours noted on signage at these locations – outside of these hours, parking is free.
If you are using one of our off-street car parking facilities, you will need to either pay for your parking upfront and display a ticket on your dashboard or collect a ticket on your way in and pay when you leave. Use cash or your debit/credit card for these machines. In some cases, you can use the Pay My Park app.
Off-street all-day and casual paid parking is available at our Sonning Street car park on the east side of the Waikato River, Claudelands. There are also some streets where all-day paid parking is available.
Commercial off-street car parking facilities
Paid parking in the central city is also provided off-street by shopping complexes in the central city and some independent parking buildings and spaces. These include:
- Knox Street car park building
- The Warehouse car park
- Parking above Centre Place shopping mall (entrance off Bryce Street)
- Various Wilson-operated car parking areas in and around the central city.
These are privately managed and any tickets issued at these facilities are not issued by Hamilton City Council.
Free off-street parking is provided by a wide range of businesses in the central city if you are using that business’s services.
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Last updated 24 August 2023