One night in a UK airport's own short stay car park costs £63.40 to £98 for 24 hours if you drive up without a booking: £63.40 at Manchester, £67 at Birmingham, £70 at Gatwick and Stansted, £75 at Luton and £98 at Heathrow Terminal 5. Booking ahead is the cheap way to park overnight. Across the 15 UK airports we compare, the cheapest car park today is £34.43 at Edinburgh for an 8 day stay (checked 25 October 2026).
cheap overnight airport parking
Cheap overnight airport parking means a car park you book before you travel, not the short stay next to the terminal, which is priced for people meeting a flight and is the dearest place to leave a car overnight. Put your one night into the search on your airport's page and it prices every car park we sell there for exactly those dates, with the total shown before you pay. Our live figures below are for an 8 day stay, so a single night will price differently.
How much is airport short stay parking?
At the barrier, short stay at the big UK airports runs from £63.40 to £98 for 24 hours. These are the airports' own drive up prices for the car parks beside the terminal, next to the cheapest car park we can book at each airport today.
| Airport | Short stay at the barrier | Cheapest we book, 8 days |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester | £63.40 per 24 hours (Multi Storey) | £46.28 |
| Birmingham | £67 per 24 hours (Car Parks 1 to 5) | £39.43 |
| Gatwick | up to £70 a day (Short Stay) | £48.76 |
| Stansted | £70 per 24 hours (Short Stay Blue and Green) | £55.93 |
| Luton | £75 a day (Terminal Car Parks 1 and 2) | £40.43 |
| Edinburgh | £90 for 10 to 24 hours (Terminal car park) | £34.43 |
| Heathrow | £98 per 24 hours (Terminal 5 Terminal Parking) | £55.94 |
What is the cheapest airport parking for one night?
The cheapest airport parking for one night is almost always a pre-booked park and ride or the airport's own car parks booked ahead, not short stay at the barrier. Nationally, the median park and ride we compare costs £64.44 for eight days, and the airport's own car parks booked through us £96.44. Check your exact night on the airport's page to see it against the drive up short stay rates above.
Is it cheaper to book short stay airport parking in advance?
Yes. The airports say so themselves: Stansted says booking ahead saves up to 80%, Manchester and Edinburgh up to 77% and Luton up to 65% on their on the day prices. In our own daily check, booking two months ahead was cheaper than two days ahead at 6 of 15 of the airports we price, with a median saving of £0.00 (25 October 2026).
Can you book airport parking for just one night?
Yes. Enter the date and time you leave and the date and time you land on your airport's page, even if that is the next morning, and we price every car park we sell there for that stay, booking fee included. Prices are live for 164 car parks at 15 UK airports.
Compare overnight parking at your airport
Pick your airport for live prices on your own dates: Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Luton, Birmingham, Edinburgh, or see every airport in our cheap airport parking UK guide.