Electric vehicles
We are committed to improving air quality across Southampton. As part of this commitment, we are making improvements to the city's public electric vehicle (EV) charging network.
Eastgate Street Multistorey Car Park charging points unavailable
We apologise that the charging points at Eastgate Street MSCP are currently unavailable.
Charging points
Southampton City Council currently have 50 electric vehicle chargers with 73 sockets available across 19 locations around the city (parking charges may apply in some locations).
We have two operators for our charge point network.
- Park & Recharge: You do not need to download an app to use these chargers
- Shell Recharge: You need to download the app to use these chargers
Please read signage on the EV charger for details of which operator and payment methods to use.
Locations
Six standard charge points are available at the four city centre multi-story car parks below:
- West Park car park - ground floor
- Grosvenor Square car park - ground floor
- Bedford Place car park - level two
- Marlands car park - level three
All of these chargers use the Shell Recharge app.
There is also a fast charger with two sockets outside Grosvenor Square MSCP. For this charger use Park & Recharge.
North of East Park
Two fast chargers and two standard chargers, with five sockets available.
All of these chargers use Park & Recharge.
Maybush
Two fast chargers with four sockets available.
All of these chargers use Park & Recharge.
Southampton Central Station
One fast charger with two sockets available
For this charger use Park & Recharge.
Woolston
Three standard chargers and one fast charger in Colonnade car park, meaning there are eight sockets available across the area
- Woodley Road car park - currently out of order
- Victoria Road car park
- Oakbank Road car park - currently out of order
- The Colonnade car park
All of these chargers use Park & Recharge.
Bitterne
Four standard chargers and eight sockets available across the area
- Lances Hill
- West End Road Car Park - currently out of order
- Whites Road
- Pear Tree Gardens
All of these chargers use Park & Recharge.
Midanbury
Two slow chargers and two sockets available.
All of these chargers use the Shell Recharge App.
We will be installing more chargers soon across the city, to help more people switch to electric vehicles. Keep an eye on this page to find out where more charging points are being installed.
Zap-Map can be used to find your nearest charging point in Southampton and elsewhere.
If you have questions about EVs and EV charging, please email electric.vehicles@southampton.gov.uk.