Parking at Royal Derby Hospital

The new multi-storey car park at Royal Derby Hospital is now open (as of Wednesday 5 November) - while changes to other car parks on the hospital site are now also in place. 

The park and ride service will close on Friday 7 November 2025. 

Get more details on the opening of the new multi-storey car park and the changes that have been made to the car parking rules from 3 November onwards >.

Parking on site at Royal Derby Hospital is no longer 'short stay only', with most car parks reverting back to the setup from before construction began on the multi-storey car park in October 2024. This means several of the car parks have no maximum stay limits (no time restriction on stays). 

Those changes include: 

  • Car park 2 (up the ramp and outside the Kings Treatment Centre) have reverted back to standard spaces, having been reserved for Blue Badge holders only during construction.

  • Car park 7 (accessed by driving around the hospital main ring road and situated past the new multi-storey car park) have reverted back to no maximum stay limits, including Blue Badge spaces.

  • Car park 8 (to the left of the main entrance at the front of the hospital) have reverted back to a short stay car park (three-hour maximum stay) including Blue Badge spaces (there is no maximum stay limit for Blue Badge holders).


The car parks that will remain with their current setup are:

  • Car park 3 (under the Kings Treatment Centre) will stay available for Blue Badge holders only (no maximum stay).


For a full breakdown of what parking provision is now available at Royal Derby Hospital, please see the table in the Parking Areas section below. Those with up-to-date Blue Badges will continue to get parking for free.

Free park and ride service for patients and visitors

The park and ride car park service will be fully accessible and will open for public use during the construction of the new multi-storey car park.

To continue to provide parking spaces for our patients and visitors that need to visit Royal Derby Hospital, a park and ride bus service will operate from a new temporary car park. This will be located on Kingsway Boulevard, just off the Kingsway roundabout (near the retail park). 

There are over 300 spaces at the park and ride. Please only park in the designated area, parking is not permitted on residential streets.

The car park and bus service will be free of charge.

Bird's eye view of the park and ride car park site

Bird's eye view of the park and ride car park site

The above images show the location of the park and ride car park, which will provide a free bus service to allow patients and visitors to continue to access Royal Derby Hospital.

The bus is fully accessible and runs approximately every 20 minutes. It stops at five points around the hospital site loop road:

  • Bus stop A: main entrance
  • Bus stop B: near Car Park 2
  • Bus stop C: King's Treatment Centre and A&E
  • Bus stop D: Children's Hospital
  • Bus stop E: Maternity and Gynaecology, Labour Ward, Breast Unit, Cancer Services

There is also a signposted pedestrian route between the park and ride and Royal Derby Hospital, which takes around 15 minutes to walk.

The park and ride service will operate seven days a week as follows:

Park and ride bus service running times
Gates open to vehicles 7.30am
First bus from park and ride car park to RDH 8.15am
Last bus from park and ride car park to RDH 5.35pm
Last bus from RDH to park and ride car park (this bus will depart from bus stop A near the main entrance and will then call at bus stops around the site before leaving for the park and ride site) 5.40pm

For directions to the park and ride car park:

  • Kingsway Boulevard, Derby, DE22 3WU
  • Follow signposts for Royal Derby Hospital park and ride
  • Search '///nurse.awake.goal' on What3Words

The gates for the park and ride car park will close at 6.30pm. If you need to access your vehicle in the park and ride car park after this time, please call 01332 788 329 and a member of our Car Parking team will be able to assist. 

Parking for Blue Badge holders

Persons using parking spaces for Blue Badge holders will be required to display their pass as issued by the Local Authority, which needs to be valid and up-to-date. Those with up-to-date Blue Badges will not be charged for parking in our on-site car parks. There is no time restriction on any Blue Badge spaces. 

Car park 3 has been designated specifically for use by disabled people, while all other on-site car parks have Blue Badge spaces except for car park 2. There are spaces for Blue Badge holders in various locations. Some of those spaces are outside of the car parks. These are located at Entrance 24, Entrance 21, and the Children’s Hospital.

Parking areas

Parking areas 
Patient & visitor car park Car park location What parking is available (from 3 November)? Closest to area/building
Car park 2 Up the ramp, outside Kings Treatment Centre
  • No maximum stay
  • Standard spaces only
  • Kings Treatment Centre
Car park 3 Under the Kings Treatment Centre
  • No maximum stay
  • Blue Badge holders only
  • Kings Treatment Centre
Car park 6 (new multi-storey car park) Opposite the Maternity & Gynaecology entrance
  • No maximum stay
  • Standard spaces
  • Blue Badge spaces
  • EV spaces (in operation in 2026)
  • Maternity & Gynaecology
  • Children's Hospital
  • Specialist Outpatients (Cancer)
  • Breast Unit
  • Education Centre
Car park 7 Past car park 6
  • No maximum stay
  • Standard spaces
  • Blue Badge spaces
  • Maternity & Gynaecology
  • Children's Hospital
  • Specialist Outpatients (Cancer)
  • Breast Unit
  • Education Centre
Car park 8 To the left of the main entrance to the hospital
  • Short stay only - three-hour maximum stay
  • Standard spaces
  • Blue Badge spaces
  • Accident & Emergency
  • Medical / Surgical Outpatients
  • Same Day Emergency Care

Drop-off bays

Free 10 minute drop off/pick up spaces are available:

  • Main Entrance

Free 30 minute drop off/pick up spaces are available at:

  • Accident & Emergency 
  • Entrances 24
  • Entrance 21
  • Children’s Hospital