Eureka! Car Park

Absolutely outstanding, lovely experience, the staff ate great, the place is clean and extremely good value for money. Me and my family will be delighted to go back.

Great car park but the pay machines don't always work

I used this carpark to visit the Piece Hall, for which it is very conveniently situated. I was sent to the overflow area, which is decently tarmacced. It is badly lined, with markings being extremely faded. Some of the spaces are too short for a normal car and the layout is not obvious when you arrive, leading to most cars going down the aisles in the wrong direction (the spaces are slanted, so this is important) there must be quite a loss of usable spaces due to the difficulty people have understanding they space layout and the odd sizes of some of the spaces. There is one machine serving this area. The queue to use it was half an hour long (see picture). The machine takes cash or card. Thee is no APP option to take some load off the machine. The machine is designed with an awkward way to use it and a very slow response to buttons, which leads to errors being made when input. It also takes a long time for the card reader to respond to payment. This all means the machine has woeful throughput as it takes too long for each person to pay. Hence the 30 minute queue. In the pouring rain. The car park needs repainting, with some spaces re-sized. It needs arrows and signs showing the correct way in and out. It needs extra machines or an app service and machines with less counter intuitive operation. There is also no path past the Eureka building meaning you have to cross the road, or walk-in the road. Just a nightmare caused by some poor design decisions. Which is ironic.

Loads of spaces, well lit and easy to use pay and display machines. Easy walk to Piece Hall for concert.

Good car park for visiting Eureka due to proximity. Prices are reasonable. However, the machines are slow and no payment apps accepted. Parking is a struggle at peak periods. Layout could be better