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Short Stay Car Park and Route to Terminal Building

Bristol Airport, North Side Road, Bristol, BS48 3DY

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Getting Help and Assistance

  • Bristol Airport Special Assistance please click here (new tab).
  • There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
  • There are mobility aids available.
  • The mobility aids available include wheelchairs.
  • There is not a designated place of safety which can be used by people with dementia, autism or learning disabilities.
  • There is a changing places facility available in the Terminal Building, near the Arrivals Hall.

Getting Here

Introduction

  • This guide gives parking information for the short stay car park and route information from the car park to the Terminal Building. .

Parking

  • The venue does have its own car park.
  • Parking is not free for all users.
  • Parking is not free for Blue Badge holders.
  • The car park type is open air/surface.
  • Parking spaces for Blue Badge holders cannot be booked in advance.
  • There is/are 9 Blue Badge parking bay(s) within the car park.
  • The dimensions of the Blue Badge parking bay(s) are 230cm x 450cm (7ft 7in x 14ft 9in).
  • The nearest Blue Badge bay is 510m (557yd 2ft) from the Departures entrance.
  • The furthest Blue Badge bay is 550m (601yd 1ft) from the Departures entrance.
  • The route from the car park to the entrance is accessible to a wheelchair user with assistance.
  • Assistance may be required because there is/are slopes/ramps.
  • The car park surface is tarmac.
  • There is a dropped kerb between the car park and the venue.
  • The dropped kerb does have tactile paving.
  • There is a road to cross between the car park and the entrance.
  • The road is generally quiet.
  • The car park does not have a height restriction barrier.
  • There is not a designated drop off point.
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    • Tickets are given at the entry gate and there is a help button located on the ticket machine.
    • There are access road crossings at either end of the strip of Blue Badge parking bays.
    • The access to the terminal is via the multi-storey car park.
    • The paystation is located at the exit of the car park and there is also a lowered paystation.
    • The paystation is located on a steep ramp.

Generic (Blue Badge Bays to Terminal)

  • Access to the walkway is located at the end of the row of Blue Badge bays.
    Upon crossing the road there is a steep ramp with handrails on both sides.
    Continue straight ahead towards the entrance door into the multi-storey car park where there are two doors, the first one is 95cm wide and the second is 96cm wide. There is a lip of more than 2cm on both doors.
    The two doors open automatically towards you.
    Follow the blue path through the multi-storey car park to the lift lobby.
    Take the lift to level of the Passenger Transport Interchange.
    Turn right out of the lift and then another right and continue across the Passenger Transport Interchange, past the toilets and M&S store.
    Exit the Passenger Transport Interchange across the bridge to the terminal.
    Take the left route to the terminal.

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