Parking

Parking Meters

• Meter enforcement hours: 9 am-6 pm, Monday-Friday (weekends and designated holidays are free)
• Red Label Meters - $0.75 per hour, accepts one dollar coins, quarters, dimes and nickels as payment
•  Blue Label Meters - $0.50 per hour, accepts QUARTERS ONLY as payment
•  Time Limits - Range up to four hours

   

Holidays (FREE parking at meters)

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Presidents Day
• Thursday & Friday prior to the Apple Blossom Grand Feature Parade
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Indigenous Peoples Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Friday after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day

Parking Map

Use the ParkMobile App to pay to park at street and lot meters using your smartphone and credit card. Need to stay longer than expected? Open the App wherever you are and add more time to your meter. It's that simple.

Bus Parking

Bus parking is available in Old Town Winchester. Currently there is one permanent bus parking spot on the north side of West Cork Street adjacent to the George Washington Office Museum. For additional temporary bus parking contact the Parking Authority at wincparking@winchesterva.gov.

Handicap Parking

State and City Code (14-84) allows up to four hours of free parking at metered spaces in downtown Winchester. Parking longer than four hours without paying the meter is a violation and a ticket may be issued. The ParkMobile app offers a convenient way to pay the meter from any location (meter number required).

Old Town Winchester is home to four covered and fully-automated autoparks, all accessible 24/7, with hourly and monthly rental spaces available.

Parking Map

• Braddock - $2/hr or $30/day max
• Court Square - $2/hr or $30/day max
• Loudoun - $2/hr or $30/day max
• George Washington - $2/hr or $30/day max

*Daily max rate hours are from Midnight to Midnight

Policy for Transient (Hourly) Parking

“Transient parking” is defined as customers who pay by the hour to park in any of the Autoparks. 

A “refund” is any funds given back to a customer whether in the form of cash, check, or credit card return.

• All refund requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Requests must be made within seven days of occurrence. Requests made after seven days will not be considered.
• Requests must be made in writing and addressed to the WPA Assistant Director. A receipt must be presented at the time of refund request.
• It is the requestor’s duty to ensure delivery of the request for a refund. If a request has not been received by the WPA within seven days of the occurrence, it will not be considered.
• Where it is determined that a request for a refund has been made as a result of an occurrence arising from customer user error, it will not be considered for the issuance of a refund.
• Refunds requested by a customer for their hourly parking will be considered only if there is suspicion or proof of equipment malfunction or failure.
• All refund decisions will be made at the sole discretion of the WPA Assistant Director after review of the request, which decision shall be final and unappealable. The occurrence will be investigated through the use of surveillance video and our computer system where available. 

Monthly Parking

Monthly spaces are available in each of our autoparks. This allows for parking anywhere in the facility with the exception of areas marked reserved.  All monthly parking will require a monthly contract. 

In addition to monthly parking, the Braddock Street Autopark offers the follow:

1. Business Block Parking:  This allows for parking in a specified reserved area within the facility during the hours of 6 am to 6 pm, Monday-Friday.  For hours other than 6 am to 6 pm, Monday thru Friday, renter will be allowed access into facility.  All business block parking requires a yearly contract. 
2. 24/7 Block Parking:  This allows for parking in a specified reserved area within the facility on a 24/7 basis.  All 24/7 block parking requires a yearly contract.

Autopark Lease Agreement(PDF, 234KB)

Submit your parking fine payments using the below options:

1. Online – Pay your parking fine here!
2. In Person – Winchester Police Department's office, 231 E. Piccadilly Street, Lobby
3. Phone – Winchester Police Department, 540-545-4705
4. Red Drop Box – Timbrook Public Safety Center (bottom of entrance steps)

Make Monthly Rent Payments Online HERE.

Other Payment Options:

• By Phone: 540-722-7575, Monday-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm
• In Person: Winchester Parking Authority Office, 128 N. Cameron Street
• Mail: Winchester Parking Authority, 128 N Cameron Street, Winchester, VA 22601
• Drop Box: Located in each garage

Questions? Call (540) 722-7575 or email wincparking@winchesterva.gov

With the street closings and parking restrictions to be implemented during the Bloom, the parking garages are the best alternative. The four downtown garages are one block from the parade route and the Midway.

NOTE: Credit cards only. No cash accepted. Reserved parking tickets will NOT be sold.

Wine Fest Parking*

A parking fee of $20 will be collected at the gate of all four garages starting at 12:30 pm on Friday, April 26, and 8:30 am on Saturday, April 27.  

Firefighter and Grand Feature Parades*

A parking fee of $20 will be collected at the gate of all four garages starting at 9 am on Friday, May 3, and 8 am on Saturday, May 4. NOTE: The Braddock Autopark will be closed at 12 pm on Friday, May 3, through midnight on Saturday, May 4. Once the gate is closed, vehicles will not be able to enter or exit.

Handicap Parking

2024 Handicap Parking for Apple Blossom(PDF, 6MB)

Monthly Tenant Access

Wine Festival

• Friday – AVI Tags will be honored at all Autoparks during the day's events. There will be no guaranteed monthly parking spaces after 1 pm.
• Saturday – AVI Tags will not be honored at all Autoparks. All patrons parking in the garages will be charged the $20 event parking fee. There will be no guaranteed monthly parking spaces provided during the event.

Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival

• Friday – Court Square, George Washington and Loudoun Autoparks will be open for normal business. AVI Tags will be honored at these three garages during the parade. There will be no guaranteed monthly parking spaces.
• Saturday – AVI Tags will not be honored at all Autoparks. All patrons parking in the garages will be charged the $20 event parking fee. There will be no guaranteed monthly parking spaces provided during the event.
• Braddock Autopark CLOSURE – Braddock Autopark will be closed beginning on Friday at 12 pm through Saturday at midnight. After the gate is lowered and locked at 12 pm on Friday, parkers will not be able to enter or exit the garage. If the vehicle is left in the garage during this time, additional fees will not be charged.