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Aberdeen

Aberdeen is about 2 hours 30 minutes drive from Edinburgh, about three hours from Glasgow and about nine hours drive from London.

The City of Aberdeen is still relatively welcoming for car users. There is on-street car-parking using the familiar pay-and-display system where you purchase a ticket from a nearby machine and display it in the vehicle.

Illuminated signs on the main roads into the central area of Aberdeen show the number of spaces available in each of the major car parks in the city centre.

Parking violations are now controlled by Aberdeen City Council wardens in their maroon uniforms. They have become known locally as the "maroon dragoons"!

Main Aberdeen car parks

Bon-Accord Centre

Has two car parks, one on Loch Street, one on Harriet Street (off Schoolhill).

Union Square

1,700 spaces (accessible from Market Street, Palmerston Road and South College Street.

The Mall

Accessible from Wapping Street near the railway station.

West North Street

Usually has spaces and is within reasonable walking distance of the Bon Accord Centre.

Gilcomston

Multi-storey car park behind His Majesty's Theatre.

Huntly Street

Multi-storey car park near the west end of Union Street, parking is free at the weekends.

Shiprow

Multi-storey car park just off the east end of Union Street. Be warned, though, the exits are extremely tight and definitely not for the faint-hearted!

Park & Ride

Bridge of Don

To the north of Aberdeen, beside the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) beside the A90.

Ellon

From the Town of Ellon, north of Aberdeen on the A90, into Aberdeen

Kingswells

To the west of Aberdeen, beside the Kingswells Roundabout on the A944.

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