What time did you go round campus? They lock the gates at something like 10pm over in CCC, maybe I'm wrong but thats what I always thought. Willow, there are some places to park, such as Garden Lane and Bouverie Street, but these are usually quite hard to find, unless you're here insanely early, but even then the people who live there have the spaces. The only other thing except for a permit is the other roads round about the uni. I dont know of anything else, I live on campus and dont have a car. Sorry. The best thing to do is to ring the reception, they might be able to give you a better answer than we can.