Car Park Charges
Details of all parking charges for various parking places within Fife are in the Parking Charges section above. Please note, parking charges can vary and information is available on the ticket machines and information boards at each location.
EV Charging bays - Connection and usage charges apply within these bays and they should only be used when your vehicle requires charging. There is no need to purchase a separate parking ticket while charging your vehicle.
Blue Badge holders and Motorcycles are free to park in any of our spaces without the need to purchase a ticket.
Car Park Season Tickets
We offer a range of car park season tickets, to use in our long-stay car parks across Fife. The ticket is valid for three months. We have:
- Fife-wide season ticket
- Kirkcaldy season ticket
- Cupar season ticket
If you cannot make payment online, please email parking.permits@fife.gov.uk and a member of the team will be in touch.
The list of car parks you can use with each ticket, along with any restrictions, is below.
Fife wide season ticket
This season ticket can be used at long stay car parks across Fife, as listed below. It cannot be used in Short Stay Car Parks:
- North Fife:
- Bonnygate, Cupar (long stay section only)
- Argyle Street (North), St.Andrews
- Argyle Street (South), St.Andrews
- Bruce Embankment, St Andrews
- East Basin, Anstruther
- Mid Fife:
- Coal Wynd, Kirkcaldy
- St James Church, Kirkcaldy
- Esplanade Car Parks, Kirkcaldy
- Nicol Street, Kirkcaldy
- Esplanade Multi Storey, Kirkcaldy
- South Fife:
- Walmer Drive, Dunfermline
- Viewfield Terrace, Dunfermline
- St Margaret’s Street, Dunfermline (upper and lower section)
- Glen Bridge, Dunfermline
- Carnegie Birthplace, Dunfermline
- Carnegie Drive West, Dunfermline
It currently costs £130 for a Fife-wide season ticket and can be renewed every three months.
Kirkcaldy Season Ticket
This season ticket is only for the car parks listed below. It cannot be used in Short Stay Car Parks:
- Hill Place, Kirkcaldy
- Esplanade Car Park B, Kirkcaldy
- Esplanade multi-storey, Kirkcaldy
It currently costs £60 and is valid for three months.
Cupar season ticket
This season ticket costs £65, every three months, and can only be used within the Bonnygate, Cupar car park (long stay section only).
Parking charges were suspended in January, to support key workers during the emergency response to the Covid pandemic. With Scotland now moving out of lockdown, we’ve moved out of the emergency response stage and started to return services back to normal.
Back To TopParking charges help generate a turnover of spaces to ensure that visitors can get parked close to their destination. It allows us to create short stay locations near town centres and long stay locations outside the main areas. These charges are also used to pay for the provision and maintenance of car parks throughout Fife.
Back To TopThere’s no evidence to indicate that parking charges prevent drivers from visiting our towns. Charges help manage parking to ensure that spaces close to key destinations are available, making it easier for anyone who wants or needs to be close to the town centre get a space.
Back To TopWe understand that people may have concerns about using machines which require physical contact such as parking meters and ATMs. We have a contactless payment option through RingGo available in all our charged car parks, allowing anyone with a Smartphone to pay for parking using an app.
All you have to do is download and register on the RingGo app. This will then provide you with payment options for the car park you’re in (using location services). The location codes are printed on each of the payment machines so you can confirm it’s the correct car park when using the app.
Once you’ve used the app once, it can save your details, making it easy to pay for parking on future trips anywhere which operates RingGo.
Please visit www.ringgo.co.uk
Back To TopIf a vehicle is parked on a formal parking restriction, this can be reported by email to parking.management@fife.gov.uk. We have limited staff available within the office as government restrictions are still in place, so an email with details of the vehicles position is the best way for us to address any concerns as quickly as possible.
For vehicles parked causing an obstruction, on white zig-zag lines or in a way which is considered dangerous, this should be reported to Police Scotland by calling 101 or through their website. Fife Council can only issue tickets where formal parking restrictions are marked on the ground.
Back To TopNormal enforcement measures are in place and any vehicle parked in a charged parking area could receive a Penalty Charge Notice if they fail to pay. Details of restrictions are shown on the entry signs within the car parks.
A contactless payment option is also available through the RingGo app - www.ringgo.co.uk
Back To TopInformation relating to our residents permit zones can be found on the Residents Parking Permits page.
Back To TopSeason tickets can be purchased at the link above, on this page.
Back To TopDetails on how to appeal a Penalty Charge Notice can be found on the reverse of the notice. We cannot accept appeals by phone or email, but appeals can be made online or in writing.
Back To TopAll parking restrictions are being enforced throughout Fife. The only exception is within Residents Parking Schemes.
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