Darlington Memorial Hospital - Parking Update: New ANPR Parking System Goes Live

News - 26 May 2026

The new Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) parking system at Darlington Memorial Hospital is now live for the staff car park by Memorial Hall and the visitor car park.

The following is from CDDFT.

The new system replaces paper tickets and uses cameras to read vehicle registration numbers when entering and leaving the visitor car park.

Key staff information

  • Staff must continue to park in designated staff parking areas only
  • Staff parking in visitor areas will be subject to visitor parking charges
  • Green permit holders are asked to utilise both allocated bays and the Car Park to the rear of Outpatients A to support space availability on site

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