Parking
Parking at Arrowe Park Hospital
Parking charges of £2.50 per visit apply at Arrowe Park Hospital and Clatterbridge Hospital car parks which are owned and maintained by Wirral University Teaching Hospitals.
Our traffic control policy at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals, aims to reduce the incidence of inconsiderate and potentially hazardous parking at these sites. Vehicles parked in a blue badge designated parking space without a valid blue badge will be issued with a fixed penalty ticket. Any vehicle, including blue badge holders, parked in non-designated areas such as on double yellow lines and grass verges, will be issued with a fixed penalty ticket. The fixed penalty notices carry a £60 fine, which will be reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days of receiving it.
Uniformed members of our Security Team will issue any fixed penalty tickets, with the collection of fines and any recovery procedures carried out by an external company.
Car Parks
There are 300 free spaces available on car park ‘A1’ which is the second car park on the left as you drive in, for locations please refer to the Travel Leaflet.
Patients and visitors can pay to park in the following car parks:
- B (in front of the main hospital building)
- N (follow the main access road round to the far side of the site, the car park is opposite the Fracture Clinic).
Drivers will be issued with a ticket as they enter through the car park barriers; payment should be made at one of the Pay on Foot machines around the site once your visit is complete and before returning to your car. Payment will validate your ticket which should be retained and inserted at the barrier as you leave. Payment machines are located in the following locations
- the Main Entrance to the hospital building
- the Main Lift Lobby on the ground floor
- the entrance to A & E
- outside the Fracture Clinic
- adjacent to the exit on ‘B’ car park.
Disabled Parking
- There are marked spaces for disabled patients in the free Car Park A1.
- Car Park L, which is free and for the use of disabled patients only, is to the right of the main entrance to the hospital building.
- There are some free parking spaces outside the Fracture Clinic.
- Patients using disabled parking spaces must display a Blue Badge.
Exemptions
There are a wide range of exemptions and concessions available for patients and visitors to the Trust’s sites including:-
- Car park A1 is barrier controlled with a maximum stay of 3.5 hours free of charge to patients and visitors. Patient and visitor parking in excess of the 3.5 hour free period will be required to have there car park ticket validated at the cash office located on the ground floor adjacent to the main lift lobby.
- All public car parks have a 20 minute free period to allow the car driver to drop off a relative or friend and exit the car park with no payment
- Families of children who are in hospital and families of patients who are terminally or critically ill are entitled to free parking on application
- Frequent clinic attenders can purchase weekly or monthly discounted parking passes which have a lower unit cost per visit
- Visitors to patients who are in hospital for longer than two weeks can purchase a discounted parking pass
- Patients on certain state benefits can get charges reimbursed under the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme
- Visitors can also use the free park and ride scheme from the Sainsbury’s supermarket in Upton to Arrowe Park Hospital and back
All applications for concessions should be made to the relevant Ward/Department Manager.
Arrowe Park Hospital Park & Ride
The free Park and Ride bus service is still be available from Sainsbury’s (Upton) to Arrowe Park Hospital between 9.30 am and 4.50pm, Monday to Thursday; the first bus departs Sainsbury's 9.30am, the last bus departs Arrowe Park Hospital 4.50pm. On Friday’s the first bus departs at 9.30am and last bus on Fridays will depart from Sainsbury's at 11.50am and from Arrowe Park Hospital at 12.00 noon.
Please also note the seasonal break in service, during the Christmas and New Year, information is available at the bus stop located at Sainsbury’s Car Park and notices on the mini bus.
The service runs a specially adapted 17 seater mini bus with wheelchair access at 10 minute intervals between the hospital and Sainsbury's Upton branch.
