Compare Cheltenham's central car parks against the Arle Court park & ride for what you're actually staying — including the Cheltenham Festival's race-week shuttle fare.
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Cheltenham's central car parks charge a good deal more than the town's one park & ride, at Arle Court — pick how long you're staying and how many of you there are to see what each option really costs. Race weeks and festival weeks bring the town's heaviest traffic and the fullest car parks, and the park & ride is usually the easiest way in.
Right now: Arle Court Park & Ride
Bath Terrace
CheapestBath Terrace, GL50 2BA — 204 spaces
≈16 min walk to The Promenade
The cheapest of these for a short stay — but it's free on Sundays, so this price only applies Monday to Saturday.
£1.30
total
Town Centre East
Town Centre East, GL52 2SA — 354 spaces, multi-storey
≈7 min walk to The Promenade
Locks its barriers at 8pm, so a stay that runs later means finding another car park.
£1.50
total
St James Street
St James Street, GL52 2SH — 200 spaces
≈9 min walk to The Promenade
£2.10
total
Regent Arcade
Regent Arcade, GL50 1HN — 523 spaces, multi-storey
≈2 min walk to The Promenade↕ 2.00 m height limit
The most central option, right by the Promenade shops, and the only one of these open past midnight. Height limit 2.0m rules out taller vans and roof boxes.
£2.20
total
Arle Court Park & Ride
Cheltenham's only park & ride, on the western edge of town off the A40 (signed from M5 Junction 11).
The 100 bus runs about every 15–20 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, taking 12–20 minutes into the Promenade. Since December 2025 it also runs on Sundays, every 20 minutes from 9:25am to 5:05pm — the first Sunday service the park & ride has had.
£5.00
total
Source: Cheltenham Borough Council — Our car parks (Regent Arcade), checked 30 July 2026 (today).
Source: Cheltenham Borough Council — Our car parks (Town Centre East), checked 30 July 2026 (today).
Source: Cheltenham Borough Council — Our car parks (St James Street), checked 30 July 2026 (today).
Source: Cheltenham Borough Council — Our car parks (Bath Terrace), checked 30 July 2026 (today).
Source: Gloucestershire County Council — Service 100 Park & Ride, checked 30 July 2026 (today).