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How to choose the cheapest Manchester Airport Parking?

Used to just rocking up to official Manchester Airport parking on the day and paying as you enter? Perfectly understandable as you just want to relax and enjoy your holiday; however, by using Airport Parking Shop and a tiny bit of planning, you can save money and perhaps find an option better suited to you.

A comparison: Turning up at any of the terminal multi-storeys costs £61.40 a day (for every day you park). Our lowest price last week was £33.76 for a 7-day stay.

Tempted? Then, whether it is the nearest car park or the cheapest, we give you the answers below in just five bite-sized chunks.

Quickie: This works for both terminals (we will explain).

1 – Understand Your Parking Type Options (and what’s usually cheapest)

Quick Insights

Park & Ride is usually the cheapest (you park further away and take a bus), while Short Stay/Multi-Storey, situated next to the terminal, is the most expensive.

A Deeper Dive

(but don’t worry you will be back to the surface in no time)

The four main types of parking are Short Stay, Long Stay/Park & Ride, Meet & Greet and Valet Parking options:

• Short Stay (or Multi-Storey) — usually very near to the terminal and just a few minutes’ walk to departures.
• Long Stay (or Park & Ride) — these two names exist because Long Stay is more often used for the official on-airport car park, while Park & Ride is used by third-party providers. What they have in common is that they usually require a shuttle bus or a longish walk of 10+ minutes.
• Meet & Greet — you leave your car and keys in an agreed part of the airport, usually very close to the terminal, and it is taken to a secure car park off-site (you stroll to the terminal).
• Valet Parking — like Meet & Greet but with the added bonus that a driver will meet you right by the terminal drop-off point, saving you the trouble of even having to park in a designated bay.

If you’re travelling with the family, you may find the Meet & Greet service is best suited to you; if you’re not carrying huge amounts of luggage then a cheaper Park & Ride may be the best option for you.

Manchester Airport Car Park Specifics

First things first: Manchester now has two terminals — T2 and T3.
Terminal 1 closed in March 2026 and all flights now depart from T2 or T3. That means of course that existing T1 car parks have been renamed and you shouldn't find any more going by that name. Ryanair passengers still check in through part of the former T1 building before continuing into Terminal 3 departures. Some car parks, particularly the Multi-Storeys and Official Meet & Greet, are specific to one terminal, while many Park & Ride options serve both T2 and T3. If you know your terminal, you can narrow your search using our T2 or T3 pages; alternatively, search from this Manchester page to compare all available options.

Short Stay / Multi-Storey (walkable)

T2 East Multi Storey - P1, T2 West Multi Storey - P3 and T3 Multi Storey - P14 — are all within a few minutes' walk of their respective terminal (and yes they won't be a few minutes from a different one so make sure you know which terminal you are flying from).

Watch the P1 signs: both T2 East Multi Storey and T2 Meet & Greet are signposted P1. They are different products: the Multi Storey is self-park, while Meet & Greet directs you to Level D on the roof to hand over your keys. Follow the instructions for the exact product on your booking.

Mid Stay (walkable)

Mid Stay Multi Storey - P12 — formerly T1 Multi Storey — is a 10–15 minute covered walk to T2 via the Skylink. T3 Mid Stay - P15 — formerly T1/3 Mid Stay — is a 3–8 minute walk to T3 and continues to serve Ryanair passengers. With both you park yourself and keep your keys (although P15 leaves you slightly more exposed to the rain gods).

Meet & Greet (next to your terminal)

T2 Meet & Greet - P1 is the airport's current Official Meet & Greet option. T3 Meet & Greet - P13 stopped accepting new bookings in March 2026; the airport recommends Drop & Go Express - P10 as the closest alternative for T3.

Current third-party options include VIP Parking - Meet and Greet. Check the live results for your dates because availability can change.

Official Park & Ride / Drop & Go

JetParks 1 — serves T2 only, with a free shuttle taking around 5–6 minutes.

JetParks 3 — serves T2 and T3, with free shuttles taking around 6–8 minutes.

JetParks Ringway — serves T2 and T3, with a typical shuttle journey of around 7–9 minutes.

Drop & Go - P16 — you leave your keys and airport staff park the car; T3 is around a five-minute walk, while T2 uses a five-minute shuttle.

Drop & Go Express - P10 — you leave your keys and airport staff park the car; it is around a 1–2-minute walk to T3 and a 12–15-minute walk to T2, with no shuttle required. At the airport, follow signs for P10: the signs do not use the Drop & Go Express name.

Third-party Park & Ride (shuttle)

Current off-airport options include Avian Parking - All Inclusive, Vacationcare Premium Self-Park, Red Rose Airport Parking - Park and Ride, Manchester Hunters Airport Parking, NCP Manchester Flightpath, Maple Parking - Park and Ride All Terminals, APH Manchester and Vacationcare Park and Ride Indoor and Outdoor. Most serve both T2 and T3, but the parking process, key policy and shuttle times vary, so check the individual product before booking.

Which parking type is cheapest?

Expect to pay more for convenience. Short Stay is usually the most expensive option as your car stays in the closest car park to the airport and your keys stay in your pocket, allowing you a quick walk back to your car. Even though you will drop your car very close to the airport, Meet & Greet can still be cheaper than Long Stay (Park & Ride) at times — Meet & Greet providers store your car in cheaper locations, so they can be very competitive. You also have to arrange drop-off and pick-up times and leave your keys.

Using Airport Parking Shop

Tip: By default, Airport Parking Shop lists prices from low to high irrespective of the parking type, which you can see in the blue box. If you are sure what kind of parking type you want, simply hit the Filter Results option above the results and then select just what you want under Parking Options on the left.

2 – Plan to Book in Advance

Quick Insight

Start looking at least two weeks in advance.

(The Quick Dive-Down Part)

The most expensive way to park is to turn up on the day and pay as you enter. Not only will it cost more but they might not have spaces, leaving you with a lot more stress than having to remember to book! Turning up at any of the terminal multi-storeys costs £61.40 a day (for every day you park), that is a whopping £429.80.

You can save more money by booking in advance, with the amount you save depending on how far in advance you book: aim for at least two weeks ahead.

The average daily price of Short Stay booked two weeks in advance was £19.75, that is a saving of approx 67% (£41) per day, compared to turning up at the multi-storey.

Tip: Prices go up due to availability (or lack of) so at busier times of the year, like school and national holidays, you may want to start looking at prices even earlier.

3 – Compare Official and Third-Party Manchester Parking

Quick Insight

Don’t choose by ownership alone. Manchester Airport’s own car parks and third-party operators offer different combinations of walking distance, shuttle transfer, key handling and price. Neither is automatically cheaper, so compare like-for-like for your dates.

A Deeper Dive

(It is only snorkelling)

Manchester, like most airports, has its own car parks covering options from terminal parking and Mid Stay to budget Park & Ride, Drop & Go and Meet & Greet parking. It also has third-party operators providing alternative parking options. You may have read about rogue parking operators at airports and understandably that can be off-putting, but there are plenty of trusted, established parking operators and booking companies across the UK.

Official Manchester Airport parking currently includes Multi Storey and Mid Stay options, JetParks 1, JetParks 3 and JetParks Ringway, Drop & Go - P16, Drop & Go Express - P10 and T2 Meet & Greet - P1. Terminal 2 also has official T2 Premium - P2 and T2 Park & Walk - P4. These are Manchester Airport parking products even when the booking is sold through one of the booking sites we compare.

Third-party parking includes operators such as APH, NCP Flightpath, Hunters, Vacationcare, Maple, Avian, Airport Parking Manchester / Moss Lane and VIP. Their parking processes vary by product rather than simply because they are third party.

What is the practical difference?

• Distance: the official range includes the closest walk-to-terminal self-park options, while many third-party Park & Ride products use a shuttle. Third-party Meet & Greet can still offer a terminal handover.
• Keys: official does not automatically mean keep your keys. JetParks and the Multi Storeys are self-park, while official Drop & Go and Meet & Greet require you to leave them. Third-party products also include both keep-key and leave-key options.
• Terminal coverage: some official products are specific to T2 or T3, whereas many independent Park & Ride services cover both terminals.
• Price: neither official nor third-party parking is automatically cheapest. Pricing changes by dates and availability, so compare the same parking type against the same parking type.

(Sorry, a quick rant — as pricing is dynamic, so we try not to litter our pages with teaser “cheapest ever” prices cherry-picked from quiet dates. We do give you some lowest prices based on actual bookings in the last week, but otherwise we encourage you to do a search. We don’t collect your email or anything else so there is no inconvenience for you. Okay… rant over!)

Using Airport Parking Shop

Airport Parking Shop allows you to see official and third-party car parks together based around key functionality. For example, car parks that need a bus will be under Park & Ride; we don’t leave an official shuttle-served product under “on-airport” where it is harder to compare like-for-like.

4 – Compare Parking Features to Find the Best Value

There is very likely to be more than one provider of your chosen parking option. Therefore, once you have decided on a parking type, you can then compare what they offer to see which one offers the right balance of price and convenience for you:

• Transfer time & frequency: walk time or shuttle time and how often the shuttle runs.
• Distance from terminal: if Meet & Greet, how far is the hand-over point from departures?
• Keys: leave keys is often cheaper; keep keys is a convenience premium.
• Booking flexibility: fully flexible vs pay-now/non-refundable.
• Opening hours: 24/7 collection for late/early flights.
• Accessibility: step-free routes, Blue Badge bays.
• Security & reviews: independent accreditation, recent ratings.
• Total price, not headline: watch out-of-hours, late-return, or oversized-vehicle fees.

Using Airport Parking Shop

Tip: After doing a search the features above will be displayed in the tabs, or by hitting the More Info button.

Different product, same parking site

Here’s another wrinkle worth knowing: a different product name in the search results doesn’t always mean a completely different parking location.

5 – Compare Sites to Find the Cheapest and Save More

Quick insight

Not every airport parking site works with every car park and sometimes they can sell the same space at different prices. It helps to check more than one site and use a meta provider like Airport Parking Shop.

The Detail

(I ran out of deep dive riffs)

So, you are ready to save money — you’ve even planned out how many more drinks you can get at the pool bar. But then you google for Manchester Airport parking, you see so many sites to choose from, and your head starts to hurt. Which one is best?

The world of airport parking is made up of lots of businesses:

• The official airport car parks usually run by the airport.
• National third-party car park chains — for example APH or Maple Parking — who have branded, large-capacity car parks where you can park yourself and keep your keys (or hand them over for Meet & Greet).
• Small independent ones who may be regional.
• Meet & Greet providers who take your car to a secure compound that you won’t visit.

Use a comparison site to cut through the noise

This definitely helps but not every car park works with every comparison site and sometimes, different sites charge different prices for the same space. Ever been searching for car insurance and found a provider available on one comparison site and not another, or at a different price? Airport parking is no different with the added complication that some comparison sites are selling their own spaces too.

Not every site sells the same Manchester car parks

This isn't just theory. Some Manchester parking options are listed by all eight of our booking partners, while others only appear on one or a handful. The table below shows the current provider coverage we found.

On a phone? Swipe across the table to see all 8 providers.

✓ = this booking provider lists the parking option. X = the parking option was not found in that provider's current Manchester range. Availability for individual travel dates can vary.

Search more than one

The key therefore in finding the cheapest price is to check as many different sites as possible. As with anything else, there is a cost-benefit ratio so you might set yourself a target of the top 3 or 4. Or you might just give up!

All the comparison sites have a lowest price guarantee — isn’t that great?

Checking multiple sites for lowest prices is a time-consuming exercise so why not just rely on the cheapest price guarantee of the first one? Cheapest price guarantees are fantastic, but it is down to you to go find a lower price elsewhere, often within 24 hours, and then contact the original provider, send them the link, and wait for their refund. Something most of us don’t have time for.

How Airport Parking Shop Can Help

That is why Airport Parking Shop is here. We compare the car parks for you, and we even compare the comparison sites. We are independent, we don’t have any car parks of our own. Check the logos for our partners above and then look down the search results for airport parking and you can see we work with almost everyone (find one we don’t, let us know and we’ll get on it).

How we save time and money:

• See more options: both independent car parks and comparison sites.
• Compare providers: see prices for the same space, all next to each other in one search.
• See like-for-like: compare Park & Ride with Park & Ride, Meet & Greet with Meet & Greet.
• Quickly narrow down: filter by parking type, customer reviews, providers and even distance to the terminal.
• Switch dates in a click: easily change arrival and return times to compare prices and see the cheapest.
• Understand feature differences: see summary cards of key features in the results or click to find more information.

Useful things to know when comparing Manchester Airport parking

Airport parking results can throw a lot of names at you. The easiest way to make sense of them is to separate who runs the parking, what broad type of parking it is, which specific parking product you're booking, who is selling it and what deal you're buying.

So what should you actually compare? First decide which parking type suits you. Then compare the specific parking products on things like transfer time, keys, location and facilities. If the same parking product is being sold by different booking companies or at different rates, you can jump straight to price, refundability and the small print.

Which Manchester Airport parking must be pre-booked?

Pre-book only: JetParks 1, JetParks 3, JetParks Ringway, Mid Stay Multi Storey - P12, T3 Mid Stay - P15, Drop & Go - P16, Drop & Go Express - P10 and T2 Meet & Greet - P1. T3 Mid Stay normally has a three-day minimum stay, while T2 Meet & Greet normally has a four-day minimum stay. Mid Stay Multi Storey - P12 has no minimum duration.

Turning up without a booking? Manchester Airport currently directs turn-up customers to T2 West Multi Storey - P3 or T3 Multi Storey - P14, subject to space. P3 is barrierless and has no on-site payment machines, so turn-up payment is made online or by phone after the stay.

If your airline changes terminal after you book: contact whoever you booked your parking with before travelling if you have a terminal-specific Multi Storey or Meet & Greet booking. Manchester Airport says customers who booked those official products directly with the airport can be moved to a more convenient car park at no extra charge; customers who booked through a third party should contact their booking agent.

Why compare through Airport Parking Shop?

Airport Parking Shop compares independent car parks and booking sites in one search, so you can compare like-for-like parking first and then check which seller has the best price and booking conditions for your dates.

More Details

Manchester JetParks postcodes

JetParks 1 postcode: M90 5AZ

JetParks 3 postcode: M22 5YA

JetParks Ringway postcode: M22 5WE

Manchester Multi-Storey postcodes

Mid Stay Multi Storey - P12 postcode: M90 3PY

T2 East Multi Storey - P1 postcode: M90 1QX

T2 West Multi Storey - P3 postcode: M90 5PR

T3 Multi Storey - P14 postcode: M90 3NZ

Motorbike parking at Manchester Airport

You can park your motorbike at Manchester Airport for 50% of the normal cost. Our article goes into further detail where to park and how to book.

Blue Badge and accessible parking at Manchester Airport

Official airport parking: Blue Badge parking is available in Manchester Airport's Multi Storey, Mid Stay, JetParks and Meet & Greet parking. JetParks shuttle buses are wheelchair accessible, with priority boarding and dedicated wheelchair spaces. Assistance Call Points are available in the airport car parks if you need help getting from your vehicle to the terminal.

If you need assisted travel at the airport, arrange it through your airline or travel agent at least 48 hours before your flight where possible.

Independent car parks vary: do not assume every shuttle is wheelchair accessible. For example, Maple Park & Ride states that its buses do not have wheelchair ramps, and Moss Lane – Self Park has Blue Badge bays but says its shuttle is not accessible. Check the individual product before booking if step-free transfer is essential.

Electric vehicles and vehicle restrictions at Manchester Airport

EV charging: charging is not a standard feature of every Manchester Airport car park. Manchester Airport allows separately booked EV-charging services where offered; its terms say the service provides a single charge of at least five hours on a minimum 7kW charger, you must leave a suitable charging cable, and a full charge is not guaranteed. APH also sells a dedicated Manchester Park & Ride with EV Charging product; this requires your own charging cable and the vehicle must arrive with at least 5% battery.

Official airport vehicle limits: all Manchester Airport Multi Storey and Meet & Greet car parks have a 2m (6ft 6in) height limit, and trailers are not permitted in any official airport car park. Drop & Go - P16 and Drop & Go Express - P10 also have a 2m height limit. T3 Mid Stay - P15 requires the vehicle to fit within a standard 2.4m x 4.8m bay and does not accept commercial vehicles or trailers.

Independent car parks: restrictions vary considerably. Vacationcare's covered products have a 2m height limit. APH Manchester allows vehicles up to 2.4m high but charges extra for vehicles over 5m long. NCP Flightpath accepts vehicles up to 5m long and 2m wide and excludes vans, commercial vehicles, campervans, caravans, trailers and motorcycles. Hunters has no height restriction but applies a surcharge to vans, camper vans and commercial vehicles. Airport Parking Manchester applies a surcharge to vans, minibuses and oversized vehicles and also sells dedicated large-vehicle products. Always check the exact product if your vehicle is unusually high, long or wide.