Southampton Airport Long Stay Parking

Southampton International Airport, Southampton, Hampshire, SO18 2NL

The official long stay car park for Southampton Airport is located just 5 minutes from the Terminal Building. Should you be unlucky enough to need it on your return, this car park offers a courtesy jump-start service.

arrival

This car park operates an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system, so it is essential that you enter the correct vehicle registration when making your booking. Please bring your printed booking confirmation to the car park. Drive up to the entry barrier, wait 10 seconds while your number plate is read, then a ticket will be issued showing your booking reference and the barrier will lift automatically. If the barrier does not lift, please press the button for a ticket. Park your vehicle and board the transfer bus for the airport.

If you experience any difficulties on arrival, please press the call button for assistance. It may help if you have your booking confirmation to hand.

departure

Upon your return to the parking compound, drive your vehicle up to the exit barrier and insert the ticket that was issued when you entered the car park. The barrier will open and you may proceed to exit the car park.

If you have any difficulties, or if you had to press the button for a ticket upon entering, please present your booking confirmation and entry ticket to a parking attendant, who will assist in your exit.

transfers

Long Stay operates transfers to Southampton Airport that take approximately 5 minutes and run every 10 minutes.

Courtesy coach available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. During off-peak periods (23:30-05:00) use intercom points at bus stops to request pick up.

location

Long Stay Parking is located ON Airport, approximately 0.69 miles from Southampton Airport.

security

Long Stay Parking offers the following security features whilst your vehicle is stored.

You keep keys CCTV Security lighting
Security fencing Entry/exit barriers Security patrols
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disabled facilities

There are 6 disabled car parking spaces. Help points are located throughout the long stay car park. Wheelchair access on courtesy coaches.

insurance

Southampton Airport parking offers free cover for damage resulting from any act or omission on the part of its servants or agents.

restrictions

No trailers permitted.

important

Southampton Airport Long Stay Parking was formerly known as Southampton Pink Elephant Parking. Standard parking charge is £10.30 per day.

address

Long Stay Parking
Southampton International Airport
Southampton
Hampshire
SO18 2NL

top tip So far we've gathered 38 Long Stay Parking reviews from our previous customers and with an average rating of 85% we're confident that you'll have a top-notch parking experience.

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directions to long stay parking

We recommend using the directions provided and an up-to-date map.

  • Approaching on M3 from the North
  • Follow signs for M27 East & Southampton Airport
  • Exit M27 at Junction 5
  • Take the 2nd exit and after 500 metres take the 2nd exit at the mini-roundabout
  • The airport entrance is on the left
  • "Long Stay Car Park" is North of the terminal at the end of the Airport Rd
  • Approaching on M27 East
  • Exit at J5, Airport & Eastleigh
  • At the roundabout take the 4th exit
  • After approx. 500 metres take 2nd exit at mini-roundabout
  • The entrance to the airport is on the left - follow directions to Pink Elephant as above

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Did'nt realise return stops were different from pick up points, not a problem as general experience was good.
Mr Gordon
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Easy to find and park.Good instructions and maps,no problems at barrier entrance and exit.Three minute wait for bus from car park to terminal,bus waiting on arrival.Long stay car park two minute journey by bus,if needed could walk it in about five minutes.Could not fault anything with the service I received.
Mr Riddle
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Easy to find, good access and wide parking bays. Regular and roomy transfer vehicles. Would not hesitate to reccommend.
Mr Caulfield
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As we were overseas visitors and parking booked online, the formally known Pink Elephant Car park was of little help to us!!!! Infact, we almost thought we had wrong car park. Bus service to car park excellent.
Mrs Chamberlain
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The facilities were not that bad but when I arrived I had to get a general ticket out of machine. On leaving I had to contact parking staff as it looked like I would have to pay 33.00 GBP. On contacting staff whilst at the barrier this was resolved very quickly and efficiently on supplying my name & registration number.
Mrs Scott
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This was a very conveniently placed car-park with short transfer time to Southampton Airport (<5 min) and with a frequent transfer bus service. My only suggestion for improvement is that when I went to leave the car park at the exit barrier, I inserted my ticket which was issued to me at the time of my arrival. I was then asked to pay a large sum of money in spite of having prepaid for my parking through gosimply.com. I pressed the button requesting assistance, pointed out that I had already prepaid for parking, I gave my name, car number, and reference number, and the barrier promptly opened allowing my exit. I felt that this process should have been automated. Based upon my experience, I would not hesitate to recommend this car park.
Dr Greenleaf
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Fast Quick Efficient service. Problem on arrival,registration number not recognised on entry,but quickly sorted out by very helpful staff. Would use again.
Mr Wingrove
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Directions for last few hundred yards need to be clearer. There is no right turn past the airport terminal building. You just keep on driving until you cannot go any further as the carpark entry barrier is there. Friendly and helpful attendant at airport drop off zone sent us in the correct direction.
Mrs Davison
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Would use again - plenty of parking spaces and we didnt have to wait long for a bus. There was also plenty of seats available on the bus and lots of room to store our luggage.
Mr Monk
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On return, the driver and other regular passengers were unable to identify the correct drop off stop for the bus. The stops had a very small identification letter which is invisible from the bus and driver didn't know the correct letter for the stop - he dropped us at the wrong one! Suggest large letters on stops easily seen by passengers and drivers and introduce parking zones and space numbering to assist in tracing vehicles.
Mr Kettle
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overall customer rating

85%
customer rating
88% transfers
85% facilities
79% price
83% service
positive: 92%
neutral: 2%
negative: 5%