Charge Your Car
The Sands Car Park
Durham, DH1 1SQ
7 kW AC, bring a cable
The Sands Car Park is a Charge Your Car charging site in Durham, County Durham, with 2 charge points and a top speed of 7 kW. Bring your own Type 2 cable. Not every Tesla comes with one in the UK. The nearest Tesla Supercharger is Tesla Supercharger Durham, 4.1 miles away. At 7 kW you add roughly 25 miles of range per hour of charging.
- Address
- The Sands Car Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1SQ
- Coordinates
- 54.78019, -1.57547
- How to charge
- Bring your own Type 2 cable. Not every Tesla comes with one in the UK.
- Access
- Public - Membership Required
- Status
- Partly Operational (Mixed)
- Cost
- £1.00/session
- Phone
- 0191 265 0500
- Website
- chargeyourcar.org.uk
Phone is the support line for the charging network.
Send it to your phone, sat-nav or Tesla
- Any map app (Android)
- Google Maps pin
- Apple Maps pin
- what3words square
- Bing Maps
- OpenStreetMap
- GPX (sat-nav)
- KML (Google Earth, My Maps)
Send to your Tesla: open the Google Maps or Apple Maps pin on your phone, tap Share and choose the Tesla app; the car picks it up as its next destination. The what3words link gives the exact 3-metre square, handy for meeting someone at the right bay or telling a breakdown service where you are.
Connectors
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| Type 2 socket | 2 |
Fastest DC: Speed not listed. Fastest AC: 7 kW. 2 connectors in total. Listed as: 2x Type 2 (Socket Only) 7kW.
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3 closest chargers to The Sands Car Park
If this charger is busy or out of action, these are the nearest alternatives.
- DCC Sidegate Car Park 10.1 miles north · Mer
- Address
- Sidegate Car Park, Durham, DH1 5SY
- How a Tesla charges
- AC, bring a cable · 2× Type 2 socket
- Access
- Public
- Cost
- Not listed
- Phone
- 020 3884 2768
- Website
- uk.mer.eco
- Radisson Blu Hotel Durham0.2 miles north-east · The GeniePoint Network (EQUANS EV Solutions)
- Address
- Frankland Lane, Durham, DH1 5TA
- How a Tesla charges
- AC, bring a cable · 2× Type 2 socket
- Access
- Public - Pay At Location
- Cost
- Not listed
- Phone
- 0800 999 4240
- Website
- equans.co.uk/ev-solutions
- Prince Bishops Shopping Centre0.2 miles south · Pod Point
- Address
- High Street, Durham, DH1 3UJ
- How a Tesla charges
- AC, bring a cable · 6× Type 2 socket
- Access
- Public - Membership Required
- Cost
- £0.40/kWh
- Phone
- 020 7247 4114
- Website
- pod-point.com
More chargers nearby
- DCC Wharton Park 110 Princes Strett, Durham, DH1 4FJAC, bring a cable, Mer0.3 miles
- Old ElvetOld Elvet, Durham, Doncaster, DN1 3HPAC, bring a cable, Charge Your Car0.4 miles
- College of St Hild and St Bede, St Hilds LaneSt Hilds Lane, Durham, DH1 1SZAC, bring a cable, Charge Your Car0.4 miles
- Durham County Hall, Framwellgate Peth (DH1 5UQ), point 1Framwellgate Peth, Durham, DH1 5UQAC, bring a cable, bp pulse0.5 miles
- College of St Hild and St BedeCollege of St Hild and St Bede, Durham, DH1 1SZAC, bring a cable, Charge Your Car0.5 miles
Nearest rapid charger
Nearest Tesla Superchargers
Charger fault or car fault?
If a charge won't start, try another connector, then restart the session in the operator's app or call 0191 265 0500. If your Tesla fails at more than one charger, charges far slower than usual everywhere, or shows a charging alert, the car may need looking at. The nearest Tesla Service Centre is Tesla Service Newcastle, about 16 miles away. For independent servicing, tyres and bodywork, find a Tesla specialist on TeslaService.co.uk.
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Listing 5233. Source: Open Charge Map, last verified 2020-06-02. Report a change. How we build these pages.