Type your street to see — using the live time in Edinburgh — whether you can park there now, and what it'll cost.
It can’t see suspensions, roadworks or the exact bay you’re in, so the sign nearest your car always wins. For the full picture, see Edinburgh parking zones explained and yellow lines.
Enforcement generally starts at 8:30am and runs until 6:30pm. From 6:30pm to 9:30pm only key restrictions such as yellow lines, bus stops and disabled bays are enforced. Double yellows, bus stops and disabled bays apply around the clock.
Pay and display and most permit bays become free after 6:30pm. Single yellow lines, loading bans and red routes are still patrolled until 9:30pm. Double yellow lines, bus stop clearways and disabled bays apply 24 hours a day.
It depends on the zone. In the central zones (1 to 4), charges apply on Sundays from 12:30pm to 6:30pm. The peripheral zones (5 to 8) and the extended N and S zones only operate Monday to Friday, so Sunday is free there.
Only outside the controlled hours. In the city centre that is Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 6:30pm and Sunday 12:30pm to 6:30pm. In the outer zones it is Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm. Check the time-plate on the nearby sign.
No. Double yellow lines mean no waiting at any time, including evenings, Sundays and bank holidays. The exceptions are loading where there is no kerb-mark loading ban, briefly dropping off a passenger, or a Blue Badge holder where there are no kerb marks.
Usually not. Edinburgh enforces parking on most bank holidays. Charges are only suspended on the council's four parking holidays: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Easter Monday. Double yellow lines and disabled bays are still enforced on those days. See the 2026–27 dates →