Finding us and car parking

All the income we receive from car parking at Calderdale Royal Hospital, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Acre Mills Outpatients is reinvested back into our hospital services.

Our car parking charges:

• The first 30 minutes are free to allow drop-offs and pick-ups
• Up to 2 hours: £3.50 
• Between 2 and 4 hours: £5.50 
• Between 4 and 6 hours: £7.00 
• More than 6 hours: £9.00 

Information about our car parks

Our car parks are covered by CCTV and security staff patrol regularly.

We operate barrier car parking, pay and display car parking and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR). How you need to pay will differ as to where you park.

Calderdale Royal Hospital 

Main car park changes: The patient and visitor-only car park near the main entrance has closed to prepare for the construction of the new multi-storey car park. The work is expected to last up to 18 months. Alternative parking spaces for patients and visitors will be provided in other areas of the site that were previously allocated for staff parking - accessed via Dudwell Lane or Godfrey Road. Read more in our News pages.

Barrier car parking

In our car parks that have a barrier on entry, we operate a pay-on-foot system. Please take your ticket to a pay station before returning to your car and exiting the car park. There are pay stations located in each of the public car parks or in the main entrances of the hospital.

The pay stations take coins and notes and give change.

Pay and display 

We have a small number of pay and display parking spaces near the emergency department at Calderdale Royal. The same charges apply but you will need to buy a ticket as soon as you park up and display this in the windscreen. These car parking areas do not have a barrier. These machines do not accept notes or give change.

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Acre Mills Outpatients

Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology is in use in all our car parks at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Acre Mills Outpatients.

Your number plate will be registered by the system when you arrive. This means you will need to enter your car’s registration number into the pay machine before you leave the car park.

You can pay by cash or card.

If you are exempt from paying for your parking or have a blue badge, you should go to the front desk in the main entrance, or to a colleague on the Greenlea Ward. Our staff will validate your stay for you. Please take your blue badge with you. 

If you require guidance, please contact our reception staff. If Acre Mills is closed when you come to pay please use the machine in the main entrance at HRI or in the overflow car park next to Acre Mills (which is accessed next to the Wire Works public house).

If you are travelling to an appointment or visiting by car, please allow extra time for parking, as the car parking spaces fill up quickly during peak times. 

Weekly car parking pass (£35)

You can buy a weekly pass for £35. They are available from our General Offices at HRI and CRH (during office hours).

If you park with us out of hours you can put the cost of your ticket towards a weekly pass by purchasing a weekly pass the next working day.

Pay for your parking as normal and keep your receipt. Bring the receipts to the General Office the next working day when we will put the amount you have paid towards the cost of the weekly pass.

Parking exemptions

We offer free parking in line with national guidance. Free parking is available to:

• Patients attending for chemotherapy who will be issued with an authorisation card
• Patients attending for renal dialysis who will be issued with an authorisation card
• In-patients who have attended clinic or A & E and are unexpectedly kept in hospital
• Staff from nursing/care homes or next of kin who have been asked to attend the ward to help with the care of their client/patient/relative whilst on the ward. Please speak to the ward for an authorisation form
• Frequent outpatient attenders: free parking will be provided to all out-patients who attend hospital for an appointment at least three times within a month and for an overall period of at least three months. A ‘month’ is defined as a period of 30 days.
• Parents of sick children staying overnight: this is for a parent or guardian of a child or young person, under 18 years of age, who is admitted as an inpatient at hospital overnight. They receive free parking between the hours of 7.30pm and 8am while visiting the child. This would apply to a maximum of two vehicles
• Staff working night shifts: this is for members of staff with a shift starting after 7.30pm and ending before 8am. They receive free parking for the duration of their shift.

The next of kin - only one - for patients in critical care areas such as ICU/HDU, CCU, NICU, Paediatric High

Dependency will receive an authorisation form.

Terminally ill patients on any area, the next of kin should be issued with an authorisation form allowing them free parking for a maximum of 4 days then the situation should be re-addressed by the senior nurse.

Visiting Consultants from other Trusts who are on Trust business.

Blue Badge holders

People who are disabled who hold a valid Blue Badge attending hospital as a patient or visitor, or for a disabled person employed by the hospital trust. Disabled patients and visitors receive free parking for the duration of their attendance at, or visit to, the hospital. Disabled employees receive free parking while at the hospital for purposes relating to their employment.

Blue Badge bays

General Office

For any enquiries please contact our General Office on the details shown below.

General Office Huddersfield Royal Infirmary  - 01484 34 2740

General Office Calderdale Royal Hospital – 01422 22 2470

The opening times for both sites are:

Monday  - Friday 08:30 – 16:45