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Visitor Parking
Please ensure you have checked if you are eligible to park on the campus at the time you are wanting to visit our campuses. Please note that parking enforcement is in operation
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Business Visitor
B&B, Conference & events
Associates
Gov Blue Badge holder
Visitors Canterbury campus
Visitors Medway campus
Parking Regulations
How to Get Here
Business visitors
We have a small number of bays dedicated to visitor parking where spaces are pre-booked for parking. These are for visitors who are visiting the campus for business that will assist the University directly to operate effectively as an academic institution.
Contractors working at the University on a regular basis (more than 4 times a month or 12 times a year) may be eligible to have a permit to park depending on agreements and can only be obtained from the
Transport Team
by the member of staff managing the contract on behalf of the University.
University of Kent staff members use the
Business visitor permit
request process to apply for parking for your business or event visitor.
University of Kent partner organisations, please complete the
business visitor/ event parking form
, providing full details of the parking required. The Transport Team will then review and respond to your request.
Conferences and events
For B&B guests
and some conferences and events parking may be available. Please check our
How to get here
page or with the organiser to find out if there are any agreed special arrangements for parking.
An Associate of the University
Persons associated with the University by partnership or have a tenancy agreement with the University and require parking on a regular basis may be entitled to an
Associate Permit to Park
Government Blue Badge Holders
Government Blue Badge
holders can park for free at any time within any marked bay when displaying their blue badge (with the exception of reserved bays). The Government Blue Badge must be clearly displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle at all times. If the holder of the blue badge is a member of staff or student then they must apply for a permit and display their blue badge. Visit our
accessibility webpage
for more information.
A Government Blue Badge holder who is a member of staff or registered student at the University of Greenwich or Canterbury Christ Church University who require access to the parking in the Drill Hall car park at the Medway campus must apply for an Associate Ad Hoc virtual parking permit which will be issued free of charge to the badge holder only. Please visit the
Associate permit to park page
for more information.
Visitors to Canterbury campus
From the 17th September 2022: Our Pay and Display machines will be coinless. All payments must be via contactless card or by phone using the instructions displayed in the car parks.
Monday to Friday 8am and 5pm
Any visitor to Canterbury Campus who has not been issued with a pre-arranged parking permit should use the Pay and Display Car Parks. There are 5 visitor car parks on campus that accept visitor P&D tickets.
See
Canterbury car park map
(PDF) for locations of Pay & Display car parks.
Each of these car parks has a P&D machine that accepts contactless cards and pay by phone by calling 0330 400 7275 and pressing * to set up an account.
Pay & Display charges:
PayByPhone
1 hour
Up to 3 hours
Whole day
Central Visitor
807080
N/A
£2.50
£7.00
Sports Centre
807083
N/A
£2.50
£7.00
Beverley Farm
807079
N/A
£2.50
£7.00
Pavilion
807082
£1.20
£2.50
£6.00
Oaks
807081
N/A
£2.50
£6.00
At all other times
Visitors may park in marked bays within all P&D and Permit car parks for free
Visitors to Medway campus
Space is limited and we are unable to offer parking on campus, unless it has been prearranged.
Rules & regulations for parking on campus
Parking enforcement
is in operation at all times. All persons must adhere to the
Regulations for the Management of Traffic
when using University of Kent private land.
How to get here
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How to Get Here page
or the
directions page
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28 August 2025