Information and maps showing free and pay parking in Byron Bay and Wategos. You can also find maps for other locations across the Byron Shire.
Use our online map to view free and pay parking time limits in Byron Bay and beyond.
Pay parking operates in Byron Bay between 9am to 6pm, seven days a week including public holidays. You must pay to park in the following areas:
- Byron Bay central business district
- Council-operated car parks
- Parts of Wategos.
Byron Bay map showing free and pay parking spaces, plus time limits
Byron Bay - parking map and residential parking precincts(PDF, 118KB)
Wategos map showing free and pay parking spaces, plus time limits
Wategos - parking map(PDF, 109KB)
All day pay parking is available at
- Clarkes Beach Car Park
- Jonson Street, south of Kingsley Street
- Lawson Street, east of Middleton St
- Sections of Shirley St, Wordsworth St, Middleton St, and Marvell St.
Council-operated car parks
- Main Beach car park has 95 parking spaces, including five mobility spaces.
- Lawson St North car park has 135 parking spaces including three mobility spaces.
- Lawson St South car park has 74 parking spaces, including one mobility space.
- Clarkes Beach car park has 90 parking spaces, including two mobility spaces.
Council car parks are closed between 1am to 5am.
Primary school parking
- School visitors: All day parking is available in Tennyson Street at no cost. During pickup and drop off times, there are free 30-minute periods to assist parents and carers from 8am to 10am and 2pm to 4pm.
- School staff: Teachers and staff members at Byron Bay Public School and Byron Community Primary School may apply for an Interim permit to receive exemptions to time limits in specific streets surrounding their school, conditions apply.
View the current parking scheme for Bangalow.
Bangalow Parking Time Limit Map(PDF, 105KB)
View current parking time limits for Brunswick Heads.
Brunswick Heads Parking Time Limit Map(PDF, 130KB)
Use our online mapping tool to find mobility parking spaces.
- Open the layers tab.
- Select Community
- Select Parking Byron Bay
If you have a mobility parking permit it is free to park in our pay parking areas.
Visit the Transport for NSW website to find out more about how to apply for a mobility parking permits.
The following carparks are National Parks carparks.
- Cape Byron Lighthouse
- Captain Cook Lookout
- Cosy Corner
- The Pass.
Pay parking permits do not cover National Park Carparks. Separate parking fees apply.
Use the PayStay app to search for parking spaces by time limit and location.