There is parking available for patients and visitors at Fordcombe, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals.
The car park will read your number plate as you arrive and you will not get a paper ticket. When you return to your car, enter your registration at a payment machine and pay for your parking. Once you have paid, drive to the exit barrier and your number plate will be read again. The barrier will raise to allow you out of the car park.
Please use hospital parking if parking onsite, and do not park in local residential areas.
Our park and ride service is a free, more sustainable way to travel to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals.
Internal maps of our hospitals will help you find your department/service when you arrive.
General car park charges
- Up to 30 minutes: £1.50
- 30 minutes – 1 hour: £2.50
- 1 – 2 hours: £3.30
- 2 – 3 hours: £4.30
- 3 – 4 hours: £5.30
- 4- 5 hours: £6.30
- 5 – 6 hours: £7.30
- 6 – 7 hours: £8.30
- 7 – 10 hours: £10
- 10 – 16 hours: £12
- 16 – 24 hours: £15
Concessionary rates
- Parking is free for Blue Badge holders (see disabled parking section)
- Parents of a child in our neonatal intensive care units are exempt from parking charges.
- Oncology patients will not pay for parking while they are receiving care. Patients will need to enter their number plate information at Main Reception or Kent Oncology Centre reception at Maidstone Hospital and this will allow car park entry and exit.
- Renal patients receiving treatment will not pay for parking. Patients will need to enter their number plate information at Main Reception at Maidstone Hospital and this will allow car park entry and exit.
- For HODU patients at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, number plate details can be entered at HODU reception and this will allow car park entry and exit.
- If an outpatient clinic is cancelled, patients will receive a free exit ticket from Outpatient clinic staff.
- If a patient has not seen a doctor within two hours of their appointment time, Outpatients staff may offer the patient a £2 capped parking ticket.
If you would like to find out more aboutour concession schemes, please ask your ward or department for more information.
Patients on low incomes can also benefit from financial support to help meet their travel costs and parking fees, through the Healthcare Assisted Travel Cost Scheme. Please ask your ward or department for information.
Disabled parking
Maidstone Hospital disabled parking
Disabled car parking areas for Maidstone Hospital are marked on our car park map (see the top of the page):
- The main public car park (zone A)
- The Oncology car park (zone B)
- The Peggy Wood Breast Care Centre (zone E)
- Renal Unit (zone G)
Tunbridge Wells Hospital disabled parking
Disabled parking areas for Tunbridge Wells Hospital are in car park C only and marked on our car park map (see top of page).
There are no car parking charges for Blue Badge holders in any of the Trust’s car parks. Where barriers are in place, you will need to scan your Blue Badge at one of the payment machines or you can do this at the exit barrier when you leave the car park.
How to pay
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals operate pay on foot parking only.
- When you enter the car park, the system will read your number plate and your time of arrival
- Park your vehicle
- Before returning to your vehicle, enter your vehicle registration at one of the payment machines
- Pay the amount shown
- Return to your car and go to the exit barrier
- The exit barrier will read your number plate and allow you to exit
- If you need help or are experiencing difficulties, press the help button on the barrier or payment machine.
The car parks at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals have been awarded the prestigious Park Mark safer parking award. The Safer Parking Scheme is a national standard for UK car parks that have low crime and measures in place to ensure the safety of people and vehicles.