Travelling down for the Wales Airshow 2018? A range of car parks have been set up to cater for the event to help make your event experience as enjoyable as possible.
The car parks available are tiered into Gold, Silver and Bronze based on their distance to the event, there is also a brand new dedicated Park & Ride service.
Read all the available options below to help plan your trip, and take the stress out of the event day!
Check out the map below to help plan your journey and scroll down to book your parking.
To see a bigger version, click the icon in the top right corner of the map.
Tier 1 Car Parks
The Recreation Ground (Yellow Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £18 (plus booking fee)
Postcode – SA2 0AT
Car park surface – Gravel and Grass
Open from – 8.30am
Book online
Civic Centre (Orange Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £18 (plus booking fee)
Postcode – SA1 3SN
Car park surface – Tarmac
Open from – 8.30am
Book online
Lacrosse Field (Yellow Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £18
Postcode – SA2 0AT
Car park surface – Grass
Open from – 8.30am
Pay on arrival
Guildhall Rotunda (Brown Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £18
Postcode – SA1 4PE
Car park surface – Tarmac
Open from – 8.30am
Pay on arrival
Tier 2 Car Parks
Paxton Street (White Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £11 (plus booking fee)
Postcode – SA1 3SA
Car park surface – Tarmac
Open from – 8.30am
Book online
Oystermouth Road/LC (Blue Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £11
Postcode – SA1 3ST
Car park surface – Tarmac
Open from – 8.30am
Pay on arrival
Swansea University (Green Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £10
Postcode – SA1 3ST
Car park surface – Tarmac
Open from – 8.30am
Pay on arrival
Tier 3 Car Parks
Sketty Lane (Red Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £5
Postcode – SA2 8QB
Car park surface – Tarmac and Grass
Open from – 8.30am
Pay on arrival
King George V Playing fields (Purple Car Park)
Cost per vehicle – £5 (plus booking fee)
Postcode – SA2 9AU
Car park surface – Grass
Open from – 8.30am
Book online
Park and Ride
New for 2018
Due to record breaking attendances in 2017, a new increased capacity Park & Ride site will operate during the weekend catering exclusively for Wales Airshow visitors. The service will run from the Swansea Bay Studios Car Park on Fabian Way on the entrance to Swansea, dropping off and picking up at The Civic Centre.
The travel time from the park and ride site to the event is approximately 20minutes, please allow plenty of time to park your car, catch the bus to make sure you don’t miss any of the action.
Bay Studios Park & Ride
Cost per vehicle – £6 (plus booking fee)
Postcode – SA1 8QB
Car park surface – Tarmac
Open from – 8.30am
Book online
Road Closures
With record breaking crowds in attendance for 2017, increased safety and new security measures were implemented for the event which included a number of road closures. These road closures will also be in place for 2018 (you can find out more about them here), and whereas the event car parks are still available, you may need to follow diversions or find alternate routes to reach them. In order to help you have the easiest travel possible, we’ve listed the best parking options for you below, depending on where you’re travelling from, and the map below outlines the access routes you will need to take. For more information on the planned road closures, click here.
Travelling from the West
- Sketty Lane car park
- King George V Playing fields car park
- Lacrosse fields car park
- Recreation Ground car park
Travelling from the East
- Civic Centre car park
- Paxton Street car park
- Oystermouth Road car park
- Guildhall rotunda
- Bay Studios Park & Ride
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Accessibility
All event car parks are fully accessible, with dedicated accessible parking spaces in each of the designated event car parks.
Note: Some of the postcodes provided cannot be 100% accurate, as car parks are set up purely for this event and this have no permanent location/post code. The post codes provided are intended for use as a guide only and do not allow for road closures & diversions, please use the available event signage as well.
City Centre Pay and Display car parks
All city centre car parks are open as usual both days. For more information on these, please visit www.swansea.gov.uk/carparks
This post is also available in: Welsh
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