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Car Parking Changes & Roadwork

The largest transformation in our City Centre’s history is underway, including site establishment and early works for a new lyric theatre. We advise that you plan your visit with additional time to locate parking nearby, as there is reduced capacity and increased demand on available parking space near the Canberra Theatre Centre.

Please note that Theatre Lane (the small road behind Canberra Theatre Centre) and the Theatre Lane car park is now closed.

There will also be significant traffic changes in the area, including full road closures and/or lane closures on Northbourne Avenue, London Circuit, Constitution Avenue and surrounding roads.

FREE Parking

There is now FREE PARKING available Wednesday to Sunday evenings from 5:30pm at Canberra City public car parks including:

• City Hill car park (Section 116)
• Canberra Olympic Pool car park (City southeast)

Stay in the loop

Please visit the Built for CBR Travel Impacts website to view further information, including detour maps, and bookmark this interactive map of current works. You can also sign up for email updates to receive Construction Look Aheads to inform your journey planning, and be kept up to date on the Canberra Theatre Centre Transformation. 

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Location & parking

Where is Canberra Theatre Centre?

Canberra Theatre Centre is located in Civic Square on London Circuit, Canberra City.

Canberra Theatre Centre features three main performance venues:

• Canberra Theatre
• The Playhouse
• The Courtyard Studio

Map of Canberra Theatre Centre, including car parks

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Where can I park?

There are a number of car parking options available to Canberra Theatre Centre patrons:

• ACT Government surface City Hill Car Park – Located on the corner of London Circuit and Constitution Avenue.
• Constitution Place underground car park – The closest car park to Canberra Theatre Centre, which can be accessed via Constitution Avenue. Visit the Constitution Place website for parking rates.

• Canberra Centre car parks – There are number of undercover areas to securely park at the Canberra Centre. More details and pricing can be found at Canberra Centre – Parking. Note: The southern car park at Canberra Centre includes 1,200 car parks, accessible 24/7. Visitors can take the lift from the ground floor directly to the car park. 
• 5 Nangari Carpark – 5 Nangari Street-Off Rabaul Lane. Theatre & Dinner parking rate for $4 is available Mon to Fri after 5pm. More details can be found here.
• National Convention Centre – Located off Constitution Avenue, covered and secure parking is available at the National Convention Centre. More details and price can be found at Visit Information – National Convention Centre Canberra.
• ACT Government surface Canberra Olympic Pool Car Park – located at 36 Constitution Avenue.
• ACT Government surface Car Park Opposite CIT Reid – located at the corner of Constitution Avenue and Coranderrk Street
• ACT Magistrates Court parking area – located on the northern side of London Circuit, entrance off London Circuit at Knowles Place.
• ACT Government surface Hobart Place Car Park – located on Hobart Place, entrance from Marcus Clarke Street.

ACT Government Surface Car Park Information

Drivers should check ticket machines carefully to ensure they pay the correct fee and abide by any time restrictions. For more information visit the Access Canberra Paying for Parking website.

Ticket machine options to pay for parking are coins ($2, $1, 50c, 20c, 10c), Visa and Mastercard credit cards and, a smart phone application. ‘EasyPark’ that is free to download via the App Store and Play Store. If paying for your parking using the ‘EasyPark’ app, you do not need to print or display a parking ticket as parking inspectors are able to electronically verify if payment for a session (and vehicle) has been made via the EasyPark app. If paying for your parking using coins or credit card, please note that your ticket is not valid unless it is displayed face up on the dashboard of the vehicle, with the expiry time and all other inscriptions visible to a Parking Officer from outside of the car.

Disabled Parking

Accessible permit parking is located in City Hill and Hobart Place car parks. Click here to see where these spaces are located. 6 accessible parking spaces are also now available in the Theatre Lane carpark. Detailed car park locations can be seen on the map above.

The closest accessible drop-off and pickup location is via Constitution Avenue, in the Lyric Lane turning circle. Click here to download current Accessible drop-off and pickup instructions.

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Please note: MyWay+, Canberra’s new public transport ticketing system, is now live. The system provides powerful journey planning, live service updates and more ways to pay. For more information see the MyWay+ page.