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Park and Change

What is Park and Change?

The aim of Park and Change is to allow you to park at a designated location and change to a more sustainable mode of travel. No permits are needed to use Park and Change sites – simply park in one of the allocated spaces and switch to cycling, car sharing or the bus for the final part of your journey into Exeter or the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone.

Park and Change – Exeter Science Park

The Exeter Park and Change site at the Exeter Science Park opened on 26 July 2021.

Aerial photo of Exeter Science Park
Credit: Still Imaging

The site provides 300 parking bays, enabling drivers to park on the edge of the city and then switch to sustainable forms of transport – bus, bicycle or car share – for their journey into the city. Electric vehicle charge points are also planned to be installed at the site from September as part of the County Council’s DELETTI project, which aims to expand the network of charge points across Devon to incentivise uptake of electric vehicles.

The site is open between 05:15-21:15 between Monday and Saturday, and is closed for Sundays and Bank Holidays. The car park is locked outside of the opening times, with no facility to release vehicles until the site is next open. There is a height barrier at the entrance to this car park of 2.1 metres.

Accessing the site

The site is located just off Anning Drive, north of Honiton Road and next to the Exeter Science Park. If you plan to use a sat nav to reach the site, the postcode for the nearby buildings at the Science Park is EX5 2FN.

If you are approaching from the M5 or Honiton Road, take the junction to the Science Park just east of Junction 29 on the M5 and take the second left along Anning Drive. Below is a map showing the location of the site relative to the M5 and Honiton Road.

Map showing the park and change location, just north of Honiton Road
Map showing the Exeter Park & Change location
  • Onward journey by bike

    The shared use path along Anning Drive leads to cycle connections towards the city centre via the E3 cycle corridor and university via the E4 cycle corridor, as well the rest of Exeter via the network of cycle routes across the city.

    There are 20 bicycle lockers available to rent at the site for commuters to leave their cycles overnight at the site. Booking and availability for the cycle lockers can be found at www.cyclemanagement.co.uk.

  • Onward journey by bus

    Six bus services operating from stops next to the Park and Change enable onward travel. These are:

    • Anning Drive stop
      • B – Exminster via Pinhoe Road, City Centre & Marsh Barton
      • 43 – Pinhoe Railway Station (peak times only)
      • Nightingale Shuttle Service – Nightingale Hospital
    • Honiton Road stops
      • 4 – Westbound to the city centre via Heavitree Road, or eastbound to Cranbrook (4).
      • 44/44A – Westbound to the city centre via Heavitree Road, or eastbound to Ottery St Mary, Honiton and Axminster (44A).

  • Onward journey by carsharing

    If you are looking to carshare the rest of your journey, you can use the Carshare Devon website to help find people travelling the same way as you. Simply register and add a regular or one-off journey you make to get started.

More information and questions

For further information and with any questions, please contact the Devon Customer Services Centre on 0345 155 1004, or email csc.roads@devon.gov.uk.