This festive season, shoppers looking for that special gift in Aylesbury town centre will be able to park for free every Saturday in the run up to Christmas.
Free parking will also be available for late night shoppers every Thursday from 19 November until Christmas Eve, starting at 4pm.
This scheme, which aims to help town centre businesses by increasing footfall in the vital Christmas period, is an extension of the limited free parking made available last year, which didn’t include free Thursday evening parking.
Councillor Kevin McPartland, Cabinet Member for Civic Amenities at AVDC, said: “We’re really hoping that the free Christmas parking initiative will encourage even more shoppers than last year, especially with the addition of six nights of free parking to tie in with late night shopping. This is a common sense move which benefits everyone. With businesses and shoppers across the Vale still feeling the pinch of the current financial climate, this is an early parking concession that helps both shoppers and businesses.”
The free parking scheme applies to every Aylesbury town centre car park run by AVDC. The only exception is Aqua Vale where a charge will still be made but will be refunded on use of the facilities and Hale Street Car Park where parking will be free, but limited to one hour stays.
Applicable dates are:
• Saturday 5, 12 and 19 December
• Thursday 19 and 26 November, 3, 10, 17 and 24 December from 4pm.
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