EV charging for tourist and visitor attractions
A day out is the longest charging window of all. Visitors to theme parks, zoos, stately homes and farm parks leave their car for hours, and a charger in your car park means they drive home with a full battery.
Why it fits a tourist or visitor attraction
Most visits to an attraction last three hours or more. A 7kW charger adds around 30 miles of range an hour, so a family who plugs in on arrival leaves with 90 miles or more added. Where visits are shorter, or you have a three-phase supply, a 22kW unit adds around 90 miles an hour.
Many attractions are out of town or in the countryside, where public chargers are thin on the ground. Electric car drivers plan days out around where they can charge. An attraction that lets them arrive, plug in and forget about it removes the biggest worry about the journey, and becomes the easy choice over one that doesn't.
Once your charger is live we add your site to the apps drivers use to find somewhere to plug in, including Zapmap, Google Maps and Apple Maps. Visitors planning a trip can see that you have charging before they set off.
What EV Plus provides for attractions
No capital cost. We fund the chargers, so the attraction pays nothing up front.
Installation handled, including groundworks across large or rural car parks.
BS 7671 compliant. Every install meets the UK wiring regulations.
£5 million public liability insurance.
Operated and maintained by EV Plus, so your team can focus on visitors.
Matched to the length of a visit. 7kW for a full day out; 22kW about 90 miles an hour for shorter stays.
Repeat visits. Members and annual pass holders come back to places where they know they can charge.
Listed on the apps visitors use to plan a trip: Zapmap, Google Maps and Apple Maps.
Room to grow. Most attractions start with two to four bays, and we add more as visitor demand grows.
Free to apply. There is no cost to find out what is possible.
Heritage sites and rural locations
Stately homes, castles and gardens often sit in listed grounds or conservation areas, and rural sites can be a long way from the electricity supply. Neither rules you out. We check permissions as part of the free site assessment, and choose charger positions and cable routes that respect the setting. Read Is my site suitable? for what we look at.
Read the full benefits of offering car charging, see how it works, check how costs and revenue work, or apply to host chargers at your attraction. There is no cost to apply.