Car Park 3 (formerly Car Park 2),
Bournemouth Airport,
Christchurch,
Dorset,
BH23 6SE
Distance to airport
The car park is located within a 5-minute walk to the terminal.
Transfers from airport
Transfers are not required as the terminal is within walking distance from Car Park 3.
Overview
Bournemouth Airport Car Park 3 is an official on-site car park within easy walking distance of the terminal, making it one of the best value options for Bournemouth Airport parking.
Bournemouth Airport has four official on-site car parks. Car Park 3 is around 5-7 minutes' walk from check-in and is particularly convenient for Arrivals. It is one of the two Bournemouth car parks currently available through Airport Parking Shop, alongside Car Park 2.
You park your car yourself and keep your keys, so there is no waiting around for a shuttle bus or handing your car over to someone else. And at only a few minutes' walk from the terminal, you shouldn't need to dig out the walking boots either.
Car Park 3 is Park Mark approved, monitored by CCTV and regularly patrolled by the airport's security team.
Directions
Take the M3 southbound towards Southampton. Where the M3 joins the M27, take the M27 westbound towards Bournemouth, which will become the A31. Take the exit signposted Bournemouth airport/A338. At the roundabout, take the first left onto the A338. About five miles along the A338, you will see the B3073 exit for Bournemouth airport signposted on your left. Continue down the road until you reach the Departures building on your left. Car Park 3 entrance is next to the car hire area, near the Arrivals building and it will be signposted.
Arrival procedure
On arrival, please follow the signs to Car Park 3, stopping to advise the attendant of your booking if the barrier near the Terminal is manned. Approach the Car Park barrier slowly to enable the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system to recognise your vehicle. The ANPR system will trigger the entry barrier, which will rise and allow access. Proceed into the Car Park and find a space.
If your number plate is not recognised and the barrier fails to lift, please use the “Press For Assistance” button, but do not press for a ticket/coin as you will be charged again for your parking.
Return procedure
On your return, take the short walk back to the car park to find your car.The Automatic Number Plate Recognition system will read your vehicles number plate and the barrier will lift automatically, but please allow up to 40 seconds for this to happen.
If the barrier doesn't rise, please press the assistance button and a member of staff will confirm your booking details with you and raise the barrier. If prompted for over-stay payment please use the integrated Chip & Pin device.
Please do not park in the 'Premium Parking' section of the car park as this is reserved for customers booking 'Premium Parking' only. Any unauthorised vehicles parked in this area will be towed.
Security
This is a Park Mark-approved car park, which is surrounded by a fence and partially covered by CCTV.
Disabled facilities
The car park doesn't have designated disabled parking bays.
Formerly known as
Bournemouth Airport Car Park 2
Additional information
Trailers are not allowed in this car park.
If you need any extra days' parking, the car park will charge you £15 per day (subject to change). You'll need to pay this at the information desk before you go.
If you lose your car park token, the car park will charge you £5 to exit.
Bournemouth Airport Car Park 3 reviews
4.3/5 from 74 verified reviews
These are reviews of Bournemouth Airport Car Park 3 from customers who
booked through Airport Parking Shop and were invited to review their car park after their
parking stay had finished.
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5
CK
Cathy Kerr
Clear signage for the car park, plenty of spaces
Verified booking 4 Nov 2026
4
WM
William Mundell
All good.
Verified booking 30 Oct 2026
5
KT
Keith Twyford
All very smooth , no problems!
Verified booking 27 Oct 2026
5
GB
Glenn Bugden
So so easy, no problems whatsoever 1st class
Verified booking 26 Oct 2026
2
DS
David Simpson
Not the best will remove complain about the way my recent parking booking was handled following a 12-hour delay to my return flight from Edinburgh.
I tried phoning your company six times to request an extension to my parking booking due to the delay. Nobody answered. I also left a voicemail asking for someone to contact me, but I received no response. I subsequently sent an email, although I appreciate this was outside your normal working hours.
The following day, I received a reply stating that I would have to pay the full overstay charge. Unfortunately, the response appeared to be a generic copy-and-paste message and did not acknowledge the efforts I had made to contact you or the circumstances beyond my control.
Verified booking 26 Oct 2026
4
SH
Sue Hodges
We had no problem with this booking.
Verified booking 23 Oct 2026
5
MS
Mr Mark Sorrell
Excellent parking, close to terminal and tech worked well.
Road shut after airport (not your fault), hopeless diversion signs added and our to our journey.
Verified booking 23 Oct 2026
4
LT
Louise Tidd
Booked for car park 3, when we arrived there were only a handful of spaces.
Very close to airport terminal and no problems entering or exiting.
Verified booking 23 Oct 2026
1
JS
James stone
They want a real review here it is rubbish,
Not the airport or the workers at the airport, just the people that take the payments for the parking, imagine you book parking for a vehicle which then breaks down and you can’t change anything because the company selling the parking don’t work at the weekends just to be sent an email on Monday a day after you’ve travelled to be told can’t do anything about that and because the day of my parking has passed I would’ve had to have paid for additional parking, thankfully the airport are much more of a moral standard and understand completely that things happen.
Plus, your website is rubbish if you’re gonna have a cancel amend button , at least let it work as a cancel amend button.
Verified booking 22 Oct 2026
5
HR
Helen Richards
Easy to find parking, no delays to park or collect car. Only short walk to terminal entrance
Clear signage for the car park, plenty of spaces
Verified booking 4 Nov 2026