• The Lakeland Sheep & Wool Centre has its own large car park, and there is limited parking at the Jennings Brewery.

• There is a small amount of street parking on Main Street, Station Street, and Market Place, but most of the rest of the town centre is double yellow lined, so if you are visiting Wordsworth House, the Printing Museum, Castlegate House, the Percy House Gallery, neo gallery, or the Kirkgate Centre, you should use one of the pay and display car parks.

• N.B. - Station Street is one way going south from Main Street to Lorton Street, and the St Helens Street end of Kirkgate is extremely narrow.

Cockermouth Car Parks :

Short Stay town centre :
Fairfield,  9.00 am to 6.00 pm, mon to sun, max stay 3 hrs
Lowther Went 7.30 am to 6.30 pm, mon to sat, max stay 4 hrs

Long Stay : 9.00am to 7.00pm, mon to sun, max stay 12 hrs
All Saints,  Bitterbeck,  Riverside,  Sullart Street,  Wakefield Road

The permitted parking times and duration are subject to change and were correct at 7 Sep 2007.

From the Allerdale Council Website :

Allerdale Council provides and maintains public Off-Street car parks in Cockermouth to ensure a safe and sufficient parking amenity to meet the needs of the local community, local economy, businesses and visitors. It is the policy of the Council to charge for parking where it is economic to do so, and to apply different levels of charges according to the needs and the economy of each area. The council also holds responsibility for the enforcement of On-Street regulations.

All car parks are strictly but fairly regulated. It is Council policy to penalise all improper use, or abuse, of it's limited parking facilities to seek to ensure compliance, and maximum availability of limited resources for other users.

Streets and car parks are patrolled by Parking Attendants, employed by the Authority. When they find a car that is parked in contravention of the regulations, they will issue a Penalty Charge Notice from their hand-held computers.

Allerdale Council employs Parking Attendants to enforce all yellow line and other parking restrictions.

Parking for coaches :

Parking for coaches is available at Wakefield Road free of charge, but only if the coaches park in Marked Bays. Coaches can also park st the Sheep and Wool Centre, by the A66 roundabout. The Town Council are members of The Coach Drivers Club of Great Britain.