Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Patient & Visitor Car Parks

• Access to the patient & visitor car parks is via Gate 1 off Combe Park for car parks P1; P1a; 2 and P3. A&E drop-off areas & Car Park P4 can be accessed via Gate 2 from Combe Park.
• Patient & Visitor Car Parks P1; P2 and P4 are barrier-controlled and use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. Upon entry, the barrier will read your number plate and raise automatically. If there is an issue with the number plate read, you will need to take a ticket. When you are ready to leave, you must visit a pay station and pay for parking before you exit.
• There are two payment machines adjacent to the car park and one outside the main entrance. We are moving towards a cashless car parking system and these machines all accept debit/credit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay and contactless payment. We do have two machines which will accept cash. These are by the Main Entrance and P4 Zone D Entrance.
• P1a car park is for Blue Badge holders only and is manually patrolled.
• P3 is manually patrolled and there are 16 blue badge holder bays within this area, plus some bays for drop-off and pick-up with a maximum stay of 20 minutes.

Blue Badge Holders

Blue Badge Holders are welcome to use any car park on site and can park free of charge across the hospital site. However, there are designated Blue Badge holder bays in P1, P1a, P3 and P4. We also have some time-restricted Blue Badge Holder drop-off bays across the site.

It is not required to register Blue Badges and parking is free for Blue Badge holders. There is no time restriction for Blue Badge Holders unless signage indicates otherwise. Blue Badge Holders are required to comply with signage in each area (including the 20-minute time-restricted bays).

Staff Blue Badge Holders may continue to use any Blue Badge space on site.

Ways to park

• Parking areas which are not barrier controlled – A Blue Badge holder will be able to park and display their valid Blue Badge in the windscreen of their vehicle. These car parks, which are not barrier-controlled, will be patrolled by an attendant and include P1a, P3 and bays in front of Zone D (P4).
• Parking areas which are barrier-controlled – Blue Badge holders are also welcome to use a barrier-controlled car park and (when leaving) will simply need to scan their badge at the pay station to generate a free exit. Visitors can leave their time clock section in the windscreen and take their Blue Badge with them to make scanning more convenient when leaving. Barrier-controlled car parks include P1, P2 and P4.

Opening Times

The Hospital is open 24/7 and charges apply 24/7. The Saba Parking Office located in the main reception area lobby is open Monday – Friday 09:00 – 17:00.

Designated Blue Badge Spaces

• P1 has 19 disabled bays
• P1a has 38 disabled bays – This is a Blue Badge Holder Only Car Park Area
• P2 has 36 disabled bays
• P3 has 17 disabled bays
• P4 has 3 disabled bays – These are not behind the barrier but situated outside the Maternity Ward (Zone D).

Car Parking Charges

Parking charges are applicable 24/7, 365 days a year including Bank Holidays.

• Up to 1 hour £2.20
• Up to 2 hours 3.60
• Up to 3 hours £5.30
• Up to 4 hours £6.00
• Up to 6 hours £7.80
• Up to 8 hours £10.90
• Up to 12 hours £12.20
• and 12 – 24 hours £16.40

Concessions

Blue badge holders can park free of charge across our site.

In addition, the following groups are also entitled to free parking:

• - Resident parents of sick children in the hospital or parents whose babies are being cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• - Relatives of those patients who are critically ill
• - Oncology patients attending treatment
• - Relatives of patients being cared for on the End of Life Care Pathway
• - Those who are visiting the bereavement office or collecting a death certificate (must use designated bays outside the bereavement office)
• - Patients undergoing a course of treatment for example at least three times within a month and for an overall period of at least three consecutive months.  Oncology, Radiotherapy, William Bud and Chemotherapy, treatments – free parking only on treatment days.
• - Free car parking for carers when looking after patients in a ward or in the ED. Carers are those as identified in the Care Act 2014 section 10(3) Children and Families Act 2014 section 96/97 and Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995

If you qualify under any of these groups, please speak to your ward or department for further information

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Car Parks

RUH Bath Patient and Visitor Car Park P1
RUH Bath Blue Badge Holders Only Car Park P1a
RUH Bath Patient and Visitor Car Park P2
RUH Bath Patient and Visitor Drop-off/Pick-up and Blue Badge Holders Car Park P3
RUH Bath Patient and Visitor Car Park P4

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Car Parking for Link/Volunteer Ambulance Drivers

For more information about parking for link/volunteer ambulance drivers click here