Winter Shopper Special

 Running from the 1st November to the 31st March residents and visitors will be able to purchase a £2 ticket from a ticket machine and it will be valid in any East Devon car park until midnight on the day of purchase.

 You can use your ticket in any East Devon District Council Pay & Display car park until midnight on the day of purchase.

 Pay just £2 and park for the rest of the day (till midnight) and the same ticket can be used in any East Devon District Council Pay & Display car park. The ticket will show the "normal" expiry time but as long as you have paid £2 it will be valid all day. 

Certain special rules at some sites apply. See details here

For RingGo you must use the location code of 42973. Excludes Permit Holders.

Beer Central Long and Short Stay Car Park

  • A somewhat complicated car park in the centre of Beer. 
  • You have to pay the tariff according to the colour of the space space you are in.
  • Free after 6 p.m. in yellow spaces only.
  • Electric car charging point available (requires Wenea App)
  • RingGo Code 42961 or 42931 depending on the space you are in! (Probably - check locally)
  • Longer stay permits are available from the machines
  • Campers must vacate by 10 p.m.
    Postcode is EX12 3EL

Beer Car Park

Beer Central car park tariff
This Car Park could be considered the "Main" car park in Beer. Finding it is easy.

Enter Fore Street, the main "High Street" in Beer, and turn right just before The Dolphin Hotel up Clapps Lane. The hotel has a small car park for patrons and just after it turn left in to this large car park.  
The car park is a 30 yard level walk to the centre of Beer

The Post Code for the car park is EX12 3EL

Beer Central Long and Short Stay Car Park

The tariff for Fore Street car park Beer
Park and pay with care, it gets messy, read on!!

The car park is split in to two sections. White is long stay (163 spaces) and Yellow is short stay (38 spaces). If you plan to stay beyond 2.5 hours then different rates apply.

Be very careful to get it right.

Parking In Beer

Free parking in the village main car park
OK, so this car park is quite bizzare. It has 163 long stay places and 38 short stay (max four hours).

The hourly rate is £2 in the long stay section and the maximum payment is £8 and thereafter the rest of your stay for that day is free. You can only stay for 4 hours in a yellow space (£6) but in a yellow space it is free after 6 pm until 8 am.

Please note motorcycle parking is FREE but use the dedicated space.

Beer Car Parking

Beer Central Car Park payment machine
In a nutshell it is as follows:

Yellow spaces. Free parking after 6pm until 8am. Otherwise you have to pay around £2 per hour. Max stay 4 hours unless your stay runs over 6 pm and then the rest of the night is free to 8 am.

White Spaces: No free parking at all. £2 per hour up to £8 then free for 24 hours.

No overnight camping

An Example of Paying for a stay in Beer Central Car park

Yellow spaces Beer Car Park
Assuming you arrive before say 3 pm and plan to stay for "a few hours" if you can find a parking space (yellow or white) park and then pay the appropriate charge BUT if you are in a yellow space you can ONLY stay a maximum of 4 hours and for that you pay £6 BUT you can park for free after 6 pm. 

So by example if you are going to a pub and arrive at 4pm and plan to stay until say 9pm (so 5 hours) in a yellow space that is £4 (two paid hours then free after 6 pm) but in a white space that is £7.50 as white spaces are charged 24/7. 
If you are in a white space you must pay at the normal rate even after 6 pm.

Will I get a space?


This car park can get incredibly busy and even as early as 10 a.m. can be packed on a summer's day. So if you really MUST park here then be early. BUT there is always Cliff Top long stay car park (or Beer Head Car Park as it can be known). 

TIP:

If you need to use the Cliff Top Car Park then drop any persons less able to walk off in the village. The journey up/down to it is really quite steep.

Pictures of Beer Central Car Park

You can see a number of pictures of this car park and all the signs present at the page linked here