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ZONE N8

Zone N8 parking: Leith / The Shore

Leith itself - the Shore, Bernard Street, Constitution Street and the docks. 115 streets, one set of rules — listed below with the exceptions marked.

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Pay & display
£4.20 or less
Controlled hours
Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm only (free weekends)
Permit
Zone N8 residents permit
Streets
115
Outside the controlled hours: Free every evening from 5:30pm and all weekend. Yellow lines, loading bans and disabled bays are enforced whenever their own signs say, regardless of the zone hours.

All 115 streets in Zone N8

Tap any street for its own parking guide: zone, price, hours and permits. To see whether it’s free or paid this minute, use the live checker.

Neighbourhood guides for this zone

Written from the street, not the spreadsheet — where to actually park, the traps, and the free windows.

Know something about a street in Zone N8? New lines, a changed bay, a trap that catches people out — post it in the community and the officer will verify it.

Not sure which zone you're in?

The map colours every street by zone, and the checker tells you the rules for any street by name.

Open the zone mapCheck a street

Zone data from the Council's traffic regulation orders, cross-checked on the street. Tariffs and hours change — the sign nearest your car always wins. See the plain-English guide to how the zones work and the cheapest zones ranked.

Written first-hand by a former Edinburgh enforcement officer. Independent — not affiliated with the City of Edinburgh Council. The sign on the street always wins.