A busy Chelmsford car park was closed and police earlier after a woman was spotted on its roof.
The High Chelmer car park was closed from about 2pm.
An Essex Police spokeswoman said: "Police were contacted at 2pm with concerns for a woman believed to be on the roof the High Chelmer multi-storey car park.
"Officers attended and found the woman, in her 20s, who was distressed.
"Officers took the woman to the Linden Centre."
As of 3.30pm, it is believed the car park has now been re-opened.
