Paid parking for Stokesay Castle visits
Stokesay Castle Car Park is a paid, English Heritage tarmac lot located off the A49, serving the medieval Stokesay Castle site. The facility offers 80 marked bays, including six Blue Badge spaces near the entrance and two motorcycle bays. It operates 9 am6 pm daily; pay-and-display charges of £3.00 for up to three hours, £5.00 for up to six hours, and £7.00 for all-day parking via machines accepting coins, contactless, and English Heritage membership cards. LED lamp posts provide limited illumination until dusk, and CCTV cameras monitor the entrance. Pedestrian pathways lead directly to the castle entrance (0.1 km) and the on-site café (0.05 km). Benches and picnic tables are available near the lot perimeter. Seasonal school group visits reduce capacity by 15; signage directs drivers to overflow parking at the village hall (1 km). Maintenance crews clear litter weekly, repaint bay lines each spring, and inspect the tarmac surface biannually.