{"id":74,"date":"2024-10-02T16:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looking4stg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:50:13","slug":"true-cost-of-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.looking4.com\/blog\/true-cost-of-parking\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Cost of Parking Across the UK is Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A new interactive map from Looking4.com reveals the true cost of parking across the UK. More than 20 councils at the largest cities in the UK were asked to provide data for the map, ranging from the cheapest rates for an hour\u2019s parking to the most expensive, as well as the highest average income per space.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left\"><blockquote><p>\u201cDrivers deserve to know how their city stacks up against other council charges across the UK\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data was obtained by international airport parking price comparison site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.looking4.com\/uk\">Looking4.com<\/a> via a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. In total, 21 councils returned 2016 information to some or all the questions sent by Looking4.com. Data provided by the City of London was for on-street parking only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Mansell, Managing Director at Looking4.com, said: \u201cDrivers deserve to know how their city stacks up against other council charges across the UK. While London\u2019s charges and income levels are perhaps to be expected, it may come as a surprise to find Liverpool at the top of the table for lead-in hourly parking charges \u2013 especially as they are twice the price of near-neighbour Manchester.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Seeing the data broken down like this, we hope to educate drivers and encourage them to do some research before forking out for over-the-top parking charges. 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