Car parking surveys - Carlisle and Keswick

Overview

Residents, businesses, organisations and visitors are being encouraged to take part in surveys being conducted by Cumberland Council to understand people’s use of and views on local car parks. 

The surveys are initially focused on car parking in Carlisle and Keswick, with other areas of Cumberland to follow at a later date, and will be open until Friday, 31 January. 

The council is hoping to gather opinions of the parking options in both locations, users’ reasons for using the car parks, value for money, how sites could be improved and more. 

The information gathered will help inform the council as it develops a parking strategy; looking at how it can best manage and use the car parking assets it owns as well as provide the necessary parking required in different locations. 

Cumberland Council took over the off-street car parking sites previously managed by Allerdale Borough Council, Carlisle City Council, Cumbria County Council and Copeland Borough Council as part of local government reorganisation in April 2023.