No Sevenoaks car park is free all week, but free parking exists: Gordon Road at weekends, the station streets on Sundays, and every bank holiday.

Free parking in Sevenoaks does exist, but not in the places most drivers circle looking for it. No car park in the town is free all week, nothing in the centre is free all day on a weekday, and the council withdrew most of its free weekend parking in 2024. What is left is a short, specific list: one car park that is free every Saturday and Sunday, a handful of streets near the railway station that are free all day on a Sunday, every council car park after the charging hours end, and every council car park on a bank holiday.

This page sets out each of those, with the council’s own tariff page linked against every claim, and it is equally clear about where free parking does not exist so you do not drive round hoping. For the full tariff picture, including which car park is cheapest when you do have to pay, see our guide to parking in Sevenoaks.

The quick answer

The District Council Offices car park off Gordon Road (TN13 1HG) is free on Saturdays and Sundays, 7am to 7pm, and it is the only free weekend car park in Sevenoaks. On a Sunday, the pay and display streets on the station side of town (Ashley Road, Ashley Close, Chestnut Lane, St Botolphs Road, Morewood Close West) are free all day, because they charge Monday to Saturday only. Every council car park and on-street bay in the district is free on public and bank holidays. And once the charging hours end, at 6.30pm or 8.30pm depending on the car park, you pay nothing.

Where parking is free in Sevenoaks

Free parking in and near Sevenoaks, from the council's 2026 tariff pages
WhereWhen it is freeThe catch
Council Offices, off Gordon Road, TN13 1HGSaturdays and Sundays, 7am to 7pmNo weekday tariff is published, so do not assume Monday to Friday
Ashley Road, Ashley Close, Chestnut Lane, St Botolphs Road, Morewood Close (West)All day SundayOn-street bays, so limited numbers and popular with station users
All council car parks and baysPublic and bank holidaysSundays are not bank holidays, and most car parks charge on them
All council car parks and baysOutside charging hours, after 6.30pm or 8.30pmCheck the sign, the two groups end three hours apart
Otford Village car park, TN14 5PQFirst hour free daily; all day Sunday and bank holidaysTen minutes north of Sevenoaks, not walkable to the town centre

Free at the weekend: the council offices off Gordon Road

The car park at the Sevenoaks District Council Offices, reached off Gordon Road at TN13 1HG, is listed by the council as “Free on Saturdays and Sundays 7am to 7pm” (Sevenoaks District Council). It is a five minute walk from the top of the High Street, which makes it the best free option in town for a Saturday morning shop or a Sunday walk.

Two things to know. First, the council’s entry publishes no weekday tariff at all, so treat the free arrangement as a weekend one and do not turn up on a Tuesday expecting the same. Second, four electric vehicle charging points there are open to the public from 6pm on Fridays and across weekends and bank holidays, but the charging itself is billed at standard Carbon3 rates through the Carbon3 app, and you need to bring your own cable.

What it means for you: if you are coming into Sevenoaks at the weekend and do not want to pay, this is the one to aim for, and it fills up. Arrive before about 10am on a Saturday.

Free on Sundays: the streets around the station

This is the answer most people are actually looking for when they search for free parking near Sevenoaks station, and it is a genuine one. The on-street pay and display bays on the station side of town charge Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 6.30pm, and each council entry says the same thing: “Free on Sundays and public and bank holidays.”

Morewood Close is the cheapest of the group by a distance when you do have to pay, at £1.10 for an hour against £2.10 or £2.20 on the Ashley Road streets.

Be careful not to extend the Sunday rule across the whole town. Plymouth Drive (TN13 3RP) is also on the station side and looks like the others, but it charges Monday to Sunday, 8.30am to 6.30pm, so a Sunday there costs you. So does Bradbourne, the big 420-space car park by the station, which charges Monday to Sunday, 8.30am to 6.30pm.

What it means for you: on a Sunday, park on Ashley Road or Chestnut Lane and walk, rather than paying £5.30 for the day at Bradbourne fifty yards away.

Grid showing when parking is free in Sevenoaks: the Gordon Road council offices car park is free on Saturday and Sunday, the station-side streets are free on Sunday, town centre car parks and Bradbourne charge every day, all are free on bank holidays, and Otford village gives a free first hour
Where and when parking is free across a normal week. Source: Sevenoaks District Council car park tariff pages, 2026.

Free in the evening and early morning

Council charges are not round the clock. Once the charging window closes, the car park is free until 8.30am the next morning, and the windows fall into two groups.

Charging ends at 8.30pm at Suffolk Way, Buckhurst 1, Sevenoaks Town (the multi-storey) and the Stag Theatre car park at South Park, all of which charge Monday to Sunday.

Charging ends at 6.30pm at Bradbourne and at St Johns and St James, the two 70-space car parks up the St Johns end, again Monday to Sunday.

The council’s page for Blighs lists the tariff and the four-hour maximum stay but does not publish its charging hours, so read the sign at the machine there rather than assuming it matches its neighbours.

What it means for you: an evening at the Stag is free parking if you arrive after 8.30pm, and dinner on the High Street after 6.30pm costs nothing if you use Bradbourne. That is a real saving on a Friday night and almost nobody factors it in.

Free on public and bank holidays

Every council car park and on-street bay quoted on this page carries the same line: free on public and bank holidays. That covers Good Friday, Easter Monday, the early May and spring bank holidays, the summer bank holiday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

It does not cover Sundays. The council extended charging to Sundays across its car parks and on-street bays from April 2024, having previously charged on a Sunday only at Blighs and Bradbourne, and at the same time it withdrew free weekend parking everywhere except the Gordon Road offices (Sevenoaks District Council). If you remember free Sundays in Sevenoaks, that is what changed.

Free if you hold a blue badge

Blue badge holders park free, and without a time limit, in the council’s pay and display car parks, time-limited bays, resident permit bays and on-street bays. The only exception is loading bays. The council’s wording is that disabled drivers “may park in pay and display, time limited bays, resident permit bays, car parks and on street bays (excluding loading bays) for as long as necessary providing a valid Blue Badge is on display” (Sevenoaks District Council).

At the railway station the rules are APCOA’s, not the council’s, and free blue badge parking there has to be registered in advance through APCOA’s blue badge portal (APCOA).

Where free parking does not exist in Sevenoaks

Worth saying plainly, because a lot of pages about this town imply otherwise.

There is no free all-day parking in the town centre on a working day. Every council car park and every on-street bay in the centre charges from 8.30am. The cheapest all-day option is not free, it is £5.80 at Sevenoaks Town multi-storey.

Sunday is not free in the town centre. Blighs, Suffolk Way, Buckhurst 1, Sevenoaks Town, the Stag car park, Bradbourne and the South Park and London Road on-street bays all charge on a Sunday.

The station car parks are never free. They are run by APCOA rather than the council, with daily tickets that expire at 4am and sample rates of £8.80 on a Saturday and £5.80 on a Sunday or bank holiday (APCOA).

Westerham is not free either, despite what a few older listings suggest. The Quebec Avenue car park there charges Monday to Sunday, 8.30am to 6.30pm, from £1.10 an hour, free only on public and bank holidays.

We have deliberately left the supermarket car parks off this page. Their terms are set by private operators and enforced by ANPR, they are not published in any form we can link to, and the only reliable statement of the time limit is the sign at the entrance. Read it before you walk off.

First hour free: Otford, ten minutes north

If you can move your errand out of town, Otford Village car park (TN14 5PQ, 122 spaces) is the best-value council car park in the district. The first hour is free, two hours costs 50p, three hours £1, and each additional hour £1 after that. Charges apply Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 6pm only, and it is free on Sundays, public and bank holidays.

Otford has the pond, the recreation ground, a handful of pubs and cafes and the station on the same line into London. For a coffee and a walk it costs nothing.

What it means for you: an hour in Otford is free where the same hour at Blighs is £2.10, and three hours in Otford costs £1 where three hours at Blighs costs £6.40.

One place that is free to enter but not to park

Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is often listed as free, and entry to the reserve is free, but the parking is not. Kent Wildlife Trust charges £2.50 on weekdays and £3.50 at weekends, card only, payable in the car park or at the till in the Jeffery Harrison Visitor Centre (Kent Wildlife Trust). The reserve itself is open daily, dawn to dusk. If you want a genuinely free walk near the town, Knole Park is free to enter on foot, and there are more free options in our roundup of things to do in Sevenoaks.

Frequently asked questions

Is there any free parking in Sevenoaks town centre? Yes, but only at specific times. The District Council Offices car park off Gordon Road is free on Saturdays and Sundays from 7am to 7pm. Every council car park is free on public and bank holidays, and free outside its charging hours, which end at either 6.30pm or 8.30pm depending on the car park. There is no car park in the centre that is free all day on a weekday (Sevenoaks District Council).

Where can I park for free near Sevenoaks station? On a Sunday, the pay and display bays on Ashley Road, Ashley Close, Chestnut Lane, St Botolphs Road and Morewood Close (West) are free, because they charge Monday to Saturday only. On any other day they charge from 8.30am to 6.30pm, and the station car parks themselves are run by APCOA and always charge.

Is parking free in Sevenoaks on a Sunday? Only in some places. The station-side streets listed above are free on Sundays, and the Gordon Road council offices car park is free on Sundays. The town centre car parks, Bradbourne, Plymouth Drive and the South Park and London Road on-street bays all charge on a Sunday. The council extended Sunday charging across its car parks from April 2024.

What time does parking become free in Sevenoaks? After 8.30pm at Suffolk Way, Buckhurst 1, Sevenoaks Town and the Stag Theatre car park, and after 6.30pm at Bradbourne, St Johns and St James and Plymouth Drive. Charging restarts at 8.30am. The Blighs page does not publish charging hours, so check the sign there.

Does Sevenoaks offer free parking at Christmas? Not as a standing arrangement. The council ran free parking weekends in December 2020 as a town centre support measure, but no free December period appears in the current tariffs, so assume you pay unless the council announces otherwise for a given year.

Do blue badge holders pay to park in Sevenoaks? Not in the council’s car parks and bays, where a valid badge means free parking with no time limit, loading bays excepted. At the railway station APCOA offers free blue badge parking but you have to register with them first.

Sources

Every charge, charging window and free-parking exemption on this page was taken from Sevenoaks District Council’s own car park pages in August 2026. Tariffs are usually reviewed each April. Check the sign at the machine before you pay, or before you decide not to.