Know before you go.

Yes. Every new account starts with a free week of access, and you keep Parkwise free by helping other drivers — two quick availability reports earn a free day of access. No subscription required.

Report recent availability as you arrive or leave (about two taps), confirm parking details on-site, or add locations that are missing. Points land in your balance and convert into free days of access in the app.

Booking and payment apps help after you have already chosen a space. Parkwise helps beforehand — with published prices and restrictions, recent driver-reported availability, and a map that keeps improving.

Parkwise brings together available council, operator and other trusted source information as a useful starting point for each location. Drivers then check important stable details on the street — import alone is not treated as finished.

Drivers report recent availability as they arrive and leave. That is a community update in the app, not a sensor feed or a guarantee of a free space. When reports go stale, the marker returns to neutral rather than showing outdated certainty.

Parkwise covers the UK’s major cities — Manchester, London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham, Leicester, Oxford, Cambridge, and Brighton — and the map grows every day.