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UK airport drop-off charges, pick-up zones and smoking areas

Drop-off charges, pick-up zones, smoking areas and last trains at every UK airport. Sourced, dated, checked.

All UK airport drop-off charges

Airport Drop Off Charges UK ({year}): Every Airport Compared
Aberdeen£7None—3 Sept 2026
Belfast City£4None—3 Sept 2026
Belfast International£5NonePay on exit at the coin or card machine3 Sept 2026
Birmingham£810 minutesWithin 24 hours of leaving the car park3 Sept 2026
Bournemouth£8None—3 Sept 2026
Bristol£8.50NonePay on exit – number-plate recognition, card taken at the exit barrier3 Sept 2026
Cardiff£4.50None—3 Sept 2026
East Midlands£5NoneMidnight the following day3 Sept 2026
Edinburgh£8.50NonePay on exit – barrier controlled, pay at the exit barrier or a pay station3 Sept 2026
Exeter£8None—3 Sept 2026
Gatwick£10NoneMidnight the day after you use the zone3 Sept 2026
Glasgow£7NonePay on exit at the forecourt barrier3 Sept 2026
Heathrow£7NoneMidnight on the day after you drop off3 Sept 2026
Leeds Bradford£8None—3 Sept 2026
Liverpool£7NonePay on exit3 Sept 2026
London City£8NoneMidnight the day after your drop-off3 Sept 2026
Luton£7NoneMidnight the following day3 Sept 2026
Manchester£5.50None23:59 on the day after you use the Drop Off Zone3 Sept 2026
Newcastle£6None—3 Sept 2026
Southampton£7None—3 Sept 2026
Stansted£10NoneMidnight the day after you visit3 Sept 2026

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Latest changes

  • · Toronto Pearson smoking area: Before security added: 10 marked outdoor smoking areas on all levels of Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, set back from the doors
  • · Toronto Pearson smoking area: After security added: None – smoking and vaping only in the outdoor areas outside the terminals
  • · Toronto Pearson smoking area: Policy changed from Smoke-free and vape-free environment inside terminal buildings at all times; smoking only in designated outdoor areas to Cannabis smoking or vaping is banned everywhere on airport grounds; staff will move anyone smoking outside the marked areas
  • · Toronto Pearson cell phone lot: Price added: Free for up to 45 minutes
  • · Toronto Pearson cell phone lot: Time limit added: 45 minutes
  • · Toronto Pearson cell phone lot: Rules added: Stay with your vehicle; roadside waiting on terminal approaches earns an $85 notice by post
  • · Toronto Pearson cell phone lot: Address added: Free Waiting Area 1 and 2 off Network Road, reached from Viscount Road; Area 2 has EV charging
  • · Toronto Pearson cell phone lot: Amenities added: High-speed EV charging in Free Waiting Area 2
  • · Toronto Pearson cell phone lot: Directions added: From the west: east on Viscount Road, left at Network Road, right into Area 1. From the east: west on Viscount, right at Network, right again
  • · Vancouver cell phone lot: Address added: Small lot across from jetSet Parking on Aviation Avenue, off Grant McConachie Way

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