Parking is free at all park and ride sites in Cambridge and there are disabled spaces located close to the bus stops. Download the information leaflet here.
Please note: works are under way to amend the timetables on display at bus stops to clearly show they visit Royal Papworth Hospital. If you are unsure, please ask the bus driver.
Trumpington park and ride
The postcode for Trumpington park and ride is CB2 9FT.
Busway routes A and D come to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and stop outside the hospital's north entrance, just off Francis Crick Avenue. Please check with your driver that they are stopping at Royal Papworth Hospital.
Babraham Road park and ride
The postcode for Babraham Road park and ride is CB22 3AB.
There is only one bus service from Babraham Road and it stops at the Addenbrooke's Hospital bus stop. From there it is a 15-minute walk to Royal Papworth (download a PDF map of the Campus).
Other buses
As well as the park and ride buses, many other buses stop on Francis Crick Avenue on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
To find a bus route that is suitable for you, please visit Google Maps, type in ‘CB2 0AY’ and then select ‘directions’. If you then enter your home post code you will be shown a selection of suitable buses.
The Stagecoach bus app can also help you plan your journey and provides real time bus information.
For complete directions use the Route Planner on the AA website. Our postcode is CB2 0AY. Please note that some older sat nav systems may not recognise this postcode, so use CB2 0QQ as an alternative (this will direct you to the adjacent Car Park 2).
Car parking including disabled bays
There are several spaces outside the hospital to allow for patients to be dropped off or picked up, but these have a maximum 30-minute stay. We also have six blue badge spaces in this area. These have a maximum stay of four hours. There are additional disabled spaces on levels 1-4 of Car Park 2 which is next door to the hospital.
The bays directly out the front of the hospital have a maximum stay of five minutes.
Multi-storey Car Park 2
We have 555 spaces (allocation shared with Cambridge University Hospitals) for patients and visitors in multi-storey Car Park 2, which is situated 150 yards from our south entrance.
We do not own Car Park 2. It is run by Saba who are a private company.
The postcode for Car Park 2 is CB2 0QQ. Upon exiting the car park by foot, Royal Papworth Hospital is a very short walk as you exit the car park , the hospital is the large blue, curved building which runs directly opposite the car park. If you cannot see the hospital, then you will have come out the wrong exit.
Prices correct as of 1 April 2020:
Patients parking in Car Park 2 will be entitled to discounted rates of £4.00 per day, but you will need to show your appointment letter or card at the customer service desk within the car park for the discount to be applied. If you have repeat outpatient appointments over a seven-day period, you can also qualify for this £4.00 rate, but again you will need proof of multiple appointments.
Please be aware that the operators, Saba, offer no discounted rates for inpatients who may be keeping a car in the car park for multiple days on end without leaving. It is best therefore that you are dropped off and picked up if staying with us as an inpatient, or travel via public transport.
Discounted rates are available for frequent visitors. You can buy a seven day ticket or a 14 day ticket. To obtain either of these please take a ticket as you enter the car park and then exchange it at the customer service desk for the period you require on the ground floor of Car Park 2. Pay the fee at the pay machine to validate the ticket - keep this ticket and use it each time you exit the car park.
| Day ticket for outpatients | £4.00 |
| Seven day ticket | £20.80 |
| 14 day ticket | £34.70 |
More information on Car Park 2. (Link to external site)
If you park in Car Park 1 on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, this is about a 10-minute walk to Royal Papworth Hospital. Please follow the signs on the campus.
If you live near a train station, you may prefer to travel by train to Cambridge Station and take a bus to the hospital or nearby Francis Crick Avenue.
Alternatively, you could take a taxi from Cambridge Railway Station to the new hospital (2.5 miles), which would take around 10-15 minutes depending on traffic.
Shelford Railway Station is also a similar distance away (three miles) but there is no taxi rank, so a taxi would need to be booked in advance.
Please see 'Travelling to the hospital by car' in the tabs above.
