Southampton Airport Long Stay Parking
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The official long stay car park for Southampton Airport is located just 5 minutes from the Terminal Building and holds of the Park Mark ® Safer Parking award. Formerly Pink Elephant parking. Long Stay is 1 of 2 Southampton Airport Parking options and has been rated 85% by 19 previous customers.
Arrival Procedure
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 Procedure
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.
Transfer information
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.
Security at Long Stay Parking
- comprehensive CCTV security camera coverage
- enclosed by high security fencing
- automated entry and exit barriers in operation with automated ticket system.
- frequent security patrols
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 Details
Southampton Airport parking offers free cover for damage resulting from any act or omission on the part of its servants or agents.
Vehicle restrictions
No trailers permitted.
Directions to Long Stay Parking
We recommend using the directions provided and an up-to-date map to locate the car park. Please be aware that satellite navigation systems vary and are not guaranteed to take you directly to the car park.
- 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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Address
Long Stay Parking,
Southampton International Airport,
Southampton,
Hampshire
SO18 2NL
Long Stay Parking Reviews
| Customer Service | 81% |
| Value for Money | 80% |
| Facilities | 87% |
| Transfers | 92% |
| Overall Rating | 85% |
Your feedback is immensely important to us at gosimply™. Your comments and reviews provide us and others with an honest perspective on using Long Stay Parking for Southampton Airport. We invite all previous customers who have used our service to review the product they had booked. 19 customers have left a review.
| Positive Reviews: 94% | Neutral Reviews: 5% | Negative Reviews: 0% |
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The usual pre-flight 'will-we-get-there-on-time' anxiety was dispelled immediately on arrival at Southampton airport. The Long-Stay parking area was prominently signposted - so it was impossible to take a wrong turn. A bonus: it was much closer to the airport than similar car parks I've used at, for example, Bristol. Also, the buses appear to run non-stop, so there was no waiting in the cold. We were on the bus literally within a minute of parking - and checking in our bags 5 mins later. Time for a coffee. Bliss.
Smooth and easy to get to the car park, find a space and get on the bus which ran very frequently. Only hiccup was that the machine didn't recognise our booking when we tried to leave but the staff resolved the issue immediately.
My experience would have been entirely satisfactory but for the fact that the automatic plate recognition system did not appear to be working on entry and thus, with no parking staff present at all, my exit was hampered by the need to call for help at the barrier and prove my pre-payment before I was allowed to leave.
Have used this car park many times and although I have had only a few problems the staff are usually very helpful. The only issue is that is one of the most expensive car park at UK airports
We had trouble getting out of the car park on departure as the ticket machine didn't register our booking therefore delaying us in getting home. The help facility worked and the attendant was adequate, however this shouldn't happen as it was a pre-booking.
insufficient information where to go and park or how to procede with prepaid ticket as this was not clear from the booking information provided. Why not provide (via email) clear instructions and map to customersat the booking stage?. I spent 10 mins on the telephone/parking gate intercom to the operator who searched for my booking. He then informed what to do.
Easy to park and good transfer service. Did not see any staff only the driver so difficult to rate this.
Overall trip experience spoilt by flights to & from Southampton having to divert to other airprts enroute to re-fuel. Not your responsibility but will not used Southampton again.
First time using Southampton Airport and Pink Elephant Parking. Everything went very smoothly and even though the exit barrier machine wasn't working properly, a member of staff was there operating the machine so there was no delay in leaving.
I saw no staff so not really possible to comment on Customer Service. At 8.30am I got what was probably one of the last spaces and this was on a rough gravel surface, making it difficult to wheel luggage to the tarmac area to catch the coach. If I could not have parked I couldn't see any staff or any means of contacting anyone for assistance. I prepaid and didn't find the instructions of what to do very visible. If I had followed Simply Parking instructions on return to Southampton I would have gone to the terminal first to get an exit ticket, luckily I spotted a small notice about what to do on the bus shelter. Thankfully our parking experience went reasonably smoothly however it could given different circumstances been a disaster.
First time of using this facility, we had concerns regarding transfers and vehicle security. We would now be quite happy to use Pink Elephant Parking again, as the service and security provided would give us peace of mind whilst abroad.
The cash office at Southampton is quite a bit away from the pick up point for the car park. On a cold night it was not a pleasant walk there and back, plus the fact that the person on duty did not seem to know what to do, and was not particularly helpful took the edge of the experience.
Remember to go from "arrivals" across the road to obtain your ticket before returning to your car. It says on the front of the building "Short term parking payment". A bit confusing!
"Open at all hours" No queueing and heavy traffic problems. Gives peace of mind.
The transfer time is very quick and the buses to take you to the car park are frequent.
It is very messy on return from holiday that you need to sort out where in the rabbit warren of car parking you need to go in order to get your advance paid ticket validated. Your staff are excellent and your bus service to/from airport is great. Difficult to locate vacant spaces in car park.
Ended up in the short stay at no extra cost. long stay was full.
All the staff I came into contact with were polite and helpful. The coach driver early in the morning waited for me and the parking attendant gave me clear directions to the coach pick up point on the return journey. I felt my car would be safe while I was gone. The rates were reasonable. I have used Pink elephant at Southampton in the past and would do so again.
The bus service at Pink Elephant was excellent with very short waits and offered a professional service.
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