APH is an off-site park and ride operator with car parks at seven UK airports. You leave the car at an APH site a few miles from the terminal and take a free shuttle, typically 10 to 15 minutes. At Gatwick and Stansted it also sells a forecourt meet and greet. Code BCP25 takes up to 25% off the pre-booked rate. Verified 10 September 2026.
Sitewide code BCP25 takes up to 25% off at every APH Parking site, and the site-specific codes below are worth checking against it. Prices are for 8 days with a code applied, checked 10 September 2026. Each button opens our quote form with that site's own code already in the discount field. Each airport name links to that airport's full code list.
APH Parking prices by the day, and the daily rate falls as the stay lengthens. Short stays carry the highest per-day rate by some margin. Below are three stay lengths, before and after code BCP25.
| Stay length | Pre-booked | With BCP25 | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 days | £39 | £31 | £8 |
| 7 days | £54 | £43 | £11 |
| 14 days | £79 | £63 | £16 |
Usually not the cheapest, and we would rather say so. At Gatwick, Cophall undercuts APH by around £6 on eight days with the same code applied. At Birmingham and Stansted, APH is genuinely the cheapest park and ride we track. In Scotland it is competing against airport-operated parking rather than an off-site sector, which is a different fight.
APH competes on consistency rather than price. It runs its own sites and its own shuttles, so the experience is predictable — and that predictability costs a few pounds against the cheapest independent at each airport. Whether that trade is worth it depends on how much a reliable 3am shuttle matters to you.
| Comparison | 8 days | vs APH Parking | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick — Cophall | £40 | £6 more | Rival wins |
| Birmingham — Airparks | £43 | £5 less | APH Parking wins |
| Stansted — SMG Park & Ride | £36 | £3 less | APH Parking wins |
| Edinburgh — Secure Airparks | £41 | £2 less | APH Parking wins |
| Manchester — JetParks | £43 | level | Rival wins |
The process is the same at all seven sites, which is one of APH's genuine advantages. Drive to the APH car park, not the terminal — the postcode on your confirmation is the car park, and satnavs routinely try to send you to the airport instead. Park in the numbered bay you are directed to, keep your keys, and walk to the clearly marked shuttle stop. Shuttles run to a published frequency rather than on demand, typically every 10 to 15 minutes and around the clock at the larger sites. On return you call or text the number on your ticket from the arrivals hall. Allow 30 minutes between arriving at the car park and being inside the terminal.
APH sites hold Park Mark accreditation, the Police-backed standard for UK car parks, covering perimeter security, lighting, surveillance and management standards. Sites are fenced, CCTV-monitored and patrolled, with barrier-controlled entry and exit. Your car is covered by your own insurance while parked, not by the car park's; APH's keys-retained model means nobody else drives your vehicle, which removes the risk category that applies to valet parking.
The off-site safety guide covers the insurance point that surprises most drivers.
EV provision varies by site and is the weakest part of the APH offer. Chargers are available at some locations but not all, they are not guaranteed free at the point of use, and they cannot be reserved with the parking booking. Paid extras that are consistently available include car valeting and cancellation cover. The hotel-plus-parking packages are the genuinely distinctive product.
Standard APH bookings can normally be cancelled or amended ahead of arrival, with the window and any fee set by the rate. Non-flexible rates are cheaper and less forgiving; the flexible rate costs a few pounds more and refunds closer to the date. Flight delays are handled automatically provided you entered your flight number — APH tracks the flight and holds your space for a late return, normally up to 24 hours.
See what happens if your flight is delayed for the tracking detail.
APH reviews are consistently positive on the things it controls directly and consistently mixed on one thing in particular. The praise clusters around the shuttle: frequent, punctual, drivers who load luggage, and a return service that turns up when called. The recurring complaint is the walk between the terminal exit and the shuttle pick-up point on return. At several airports the designated stop is a few minutes' walk from arrivals rather than immediately outside, and travellers landing at night with heavy cases mention it repeatedly. It is a fair criticism and it is not going to change — the pick-up points are set by the airports, not by APH.
The code applies to the parking element before the booking fee is added, so the discount you see on the line item will be slightly larger than the discount on the final total. That is normal and not a sign the code has misfired.
If you have settled on an airport rather than an operator, the airport pages carry every car park we have a code for, side by side: Gatwick Airport parking discount code, Manchester Airport parking discount code, Birmingham Airport parking discount code. For a like-for-like comparison across operators, browse all UK car park codes.
See all UK car park codes, grouped by the airport they serve.