Bradford Car Parks with Live and Historic Status

Resources from the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Parking service include three components. A static list of car park names and locations is provided as a CSV. Real-time status for 8 city centre car parks, including capacity and empty spaces, is available via an API updated every 3 minutes. Historic status for the same 8 car parks is also available via an API updated every 30 minutes.

Use Cases

• Build real-time parking availability dashboards based on the 3-minute update frequency.
• Analyze historical parking occupancy trends based on the 30-minute interval historic data.
• Map car park locations for navigation or urban planning based on the provided latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Model parking demand and capacity utilization based on the live status data fields.

Strengths

• Includes real-time data updated every 3 minutes for live monitoring.
• Provides historic data building over time, updated every 30 minutes.
• Covers 8 specific city centre car parks with consistent monitoring.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The geographic scope is limited to 8 car parks in Bradford city centre.

Provenance

Source

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (CBMDC) Parking service.

Collection Method

Likely collected via sensors or management systems at the car parks.

Freshness

Updated every 3 minutes (live status) and every 30 minutes (historic status). Last metadata update recorded as 2026-07-08.

Geography

Bradford district, with specific focus on 8 city centre car parks.