Merchant Gate car park
or on-street
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Wakefield City Centre, Mulberry Way (SW-bound), Wakefield WF1 2QN
Directions to Merchant Gate car park
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Free parking is not available at Merchant Gate this site is controlled by Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology (ANPR).
This car park is also covered by CCTV and has been awarded the Park Mark Safer Parking Award.
Maximum height 2.2 metres / 7 feet 2 inches
Spaces
There are 1196 spaces available for both short and long stay users.
There are marked disabled bays on Levels 1, 4 and 5. 45 in total.
On arrival drive up to one of the Entry lanes and wait until the ANPR cameras record your vehicle and enter when the barrier is raised automatically.
Parking in bays marked with a black band is prohibited - these are located on Levels 4 and 5 and are reserved for black zone permit holders only.
Pay Stations are available on levels 1, 2 and at Exit Barriers. Payment can also be made when returning to your vehicle via the “Scan to Pay” app to avoid queuing at a machine.
Parking Charges
- 90p per hour, to a maximum of 5 hours (full daily rate after 5 hours)
- Monday to Friday - £11.50 per day (up to 24 hours and part days thereafter)
- Saturday and Sunday - £6.50 per day (each day up to 4:29am)
- weekly (seven consecutive days) £46
- long weekend (6am Friday to 11:59pm Monday) £17
Payment can be made by cash, debit/credit card at the pay machine or by using ‘Scan to Pay’ - signage displayed throughout the car park