Car parking at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

I was worried about this but we got there and drove around for a bit until someone left was about 5 mins and then when my fiancé did a few trips it was the evening and the carpark was more or less empty. But if you’re worried there’s an NHS carpark a bit further down the road and street parking too on the road outside x

We had this issue last week! My partner had to park on the street and just keep moving the car, he had to do that twice before finally being able to get in the car park! The parking is just absolutely horrendous at the hospital xx

I’ll be really honest I had my boys at Royal Albert and the parking was horrendous 24/7. My mum would have to park down the road and it would take her nearly an hour to find parking. I’ve never seen such a small carpark for such a big hospital.. sorry it’s not very helpful, hope you manage to get sorted x

We been few times my advice there’s a car park down a side street get your partner or birth partner drop u outside then get them park there 2 min walk for think it’s a fiver all day parking

It’s disgusting parking tho we got a fine twice with our girls till we found out about this car park

I had mine at Wigan but it was early hours of the morning but we ended up just parking on double yellows round the side and thankfully didn’t get a ticket, there is another car park about a 5 minute walk away (if you can manage it😅) it’s down Freckleton street and your first right, looks like it’s hid behind some bushes and that sometimes has spaces xx

Parking was awful. I was having contractions in the car park, with my husband driving us round continuously trying to find a space. We gave up after about 15 minutes and we ended up with him dropping me off at the front and I had to wait on a bench whilst he went and parked on the road. Road parking only is 3 hours max stay so he then had to move it again after 3 hours to a 10 minute walk away from the hospital where there is no limit, as he couldn't find a space again on the car park. Horrendous and the last thing you need when you are in labour! This was around 11am in the morning. I would guess overnight parking wouldn't be an issue, it's just during the day. Really hope you have a better experience! X

My sister gave birth at Bolton and that was even worse (it was bad when I went there 3 years ago and now worse), I’ve been to Wigan a few times and always bad and we’ve picked Warrington this time and that’s not great but we’ve managed better I usually just have to walk across the hospital

We managed to get a spot on the road outside, luckily as I opened the door and was sick everywhere and then had a super fast labour. They really need better parking as it could have gone terribly 😂 x

Go to the long stay car park at the bottom of the hill. Obviously get dropped off at the front then your partner go down there. There used to be parking round near where Bellingham tennis courts were but the pubs shut now so I’m not sure the parking is still there. My midwife told me if you ever go over and your fined just ask for your medical records and it should be wiped off if it shows you’ve paid your display but gone over x