A colour for every minute
Each bay is coloured for the time you're looking at, not a fixed "free" or "paid" label. Evening, Sunday and bank holiday rules change the colour with them.
Android first · launching in Glastonbury, Somerset
Can I park here right now?
BayFinder reads the bay's rules for the minute you arrive and tells you what applies, until when, and where that came from. Rules come from council open data and from drivers who stood in front of the sign.
You're on the list.
One stay, start to finish
Example place
High Street, GlastonburyPay at machine · max stay 2 hours
16:40
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£
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Paid now · max stay 2 hoursuntil 18:00
Free, no time limit18:00 – 08:00
Will it be free here from 18:30?Yes. Free from 18:00 until 08:00 tomorrow.
How long are you staying?
Until 18:00Rules30 min1 hour
Pre-filled from the rules recorded here, which people have confirmed. Reminder 10 min before the end.
Your parking is nearly upYour parking at High Street ends at 18:00. Check the sign — this is a reminder, not a guarantee.
Marked as leftThanks — 3 drivers nearby were told a space may be free.
A driver left just nowThe space may be free — others may be heading there too.
Somerset · 8,938 traffic-order restrictionsLondon · 8,239 parking bays and car parksEdinburgh · 7,043 parking baysSouthampton · 2,359 car parks, bays and kerbside rulesBracknell · 445 parking baysDudley · 285 parking baysNorthern Ireland · 226 car parksCounty Durham · 178 car parksPerth and Kinross · 69 car parksBristol · 51 car parksStirling · 39 car parksBelfast · 30 car parksBroxtowe · 29 car parksHull · 16 car parksYork · 13 car parks
Built on published rules
Not a pin on a map. A reading of the plate.
Most parking maps tell you where a car park is. BayFinder works out what the sign means for you at the time you'll be there, and shows its working.
19,022
bays and car parks loaded from council open data
14
places with their own council data, across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
8,938
restrictions read from the national D-TRO register in Somerset
£0
to read every rule, price and last-checked date. No trial, no points.
Every rule shows its receipt
Where it came from, who checked it and when. A place nobody has stood in front of yet is drawn dashed, so you know how much to trust it.
A nudge before time runs out
Park, tap once, and get a reminder before your stay ends. If your phone delays notifications, the app tells you so you can plan around it.
Where the data already is
15 places, one page each.
Each page lists what the council publishes, what BayFinder took from it and what is still missing.
Somerset
England8,938 traffic-order restrictions
Where BayFinder starts: 8,938 restrictions from the national D-TRO register.
Parking in Somerset →London
England8,239 parking bays and car parks
Every kerbside bay in Camden with its hours, stay limit and tariff.
Parking in London →Edinburgh
Scotland7,043 parking bays
7,043 bays drawn to the kerb, each with who is allowed to use it.
Parking in Edinburgh →Southampton
England2,359 car parks, bays and kerbside rules
Car parks, on-street bays and 1,685 kerbside rules from the council.
Parking in Southampton →Bracknell
England445 parking bays
Blue Badge bays, limited-waiting bays and taxi ranks, outlined to the kerb.
Parking in Bracknell →Dudley
England285 parking bays
193 limited-waiting bays with their stay limits and no-return rules.
Parking in Dudley →Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland226 car parks
226 car parks from six councils outside Belfast, 141 of them free.
Parking in Northern Ireland →County Durham
England178 car parks
178 council car parks, 136 of them described by the council as free.
Parking in County Durham →Perth and Kinross
Scotland69 car parks
69 car parks with 3,442 spaces, from Perth to Crieff.
Parking in Perth and Kinross →Bristol
England51 car parks
51 car parks with 13,013 spaces, from pay on foot to free.
Parking in Bristol →Stirling
Scotland39 car parks
39 council car parks with 3,483 spaces, 26 of them free.
Parking in Stirling →Belfast
Northern Ireland30 car parks
30 council car parks with charging hours and tariffs, 13 of them free.
Parking in Belfast →Broxtowe
England29 car parks
29 car parks across Beeston, Eastwood and Kimberley, outlined to the edge.
Parking in Broxtowe →Hull
England16 car parks
16 city car parks with opening times and tariffs in the DATEX II format.
Parking in Hull →York
England13 car parks
13 council car parks with 2,399 spaces, drawn at their real outlines.
Parking in York →
Free forever
Reading the rules should never sit behind a paywall.
Some parking apps lock the map after a trial unless you keep posting reports. BayFinder doesn't. Contributing is welcome, and never the price of seeing the rules.
- Every rule, price and last-checked dateFor every bay and car park on the map.
- A reminder before your stay endsOne active parking session, with a reminder time you choose.
- Where you parkedThe pin, the street and the time you arrived.
- "I'm leaving" signalLet the next driver know a space is about to come up. Information only; nobody holds a space.
- Works offlineRules are worked out on your phone, so a basement car park with no signal still gets an answer.
The signs decide
We read the sign with you. We never overrule it.
Rules change, temporary orders appear, data goes out of date. BayFinder tells you what's recorded and how fresh it is. The plate and the road markings where you park always have the final word, and so does your own judgement.
Questions
Before you join.
When does BayFinder launch?
Android comes first, starting in Glastonbury, Somerset, with council data for every city listed on this site already loaded. Join the waitlist and we will email you once on launch day.
Is there an iPhone version?
Not at launch. Pick iPhone on the form and we will count you. Demand decides when it comes.
Where does the data come from?
Councils that publish parking data under the Open Government Licence, the Department for Transport's D-TRO register of traffic orders, and drivers who confirm what the sign says. Every rule in the app shows which one it came from.
Is it really free?
Yes. Reading every rule, price and freshness date is free for good. Paid extras may come later, such as several cars or a chain of reminders, and nothing that is free now will move behind them.
Does it book or pay for parking?
No. BayFinder helps you decide where to park. You still pay at the meter or in the council's payment app, and public spaces cannot be reserved.
What happens to my email?
We use it to tell you when the app is out, and for nothing else. Write to support@bayfinder.co.uk to have it removed at any time.
Know the rule before you reach the bay.
One email on launch day. No newsletter.
Join the waitlist