Free car parking on Christmas shopping nights in Stratford

Residents and visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon will not have to pay for car parking in the town on Thursday evenings in the run up to Christmas.

Stratford-on-Avon District Council is offering free parking in all Stratford District Council town centre car parks (excluding Bridgefoot and Unicorn Meadow) on the dates listed below:

• Thursday 22 November 4pm to midnight
• Thursday 29 November 6pm to midnight
• Thursday 6 December 6pm to midnight
• Thursday 13 December 6pm to midnight
• Thursday 20 December 6pm to midnight

Please note not all town centre cars parks are Stratford District Council car parks, please check first.

Cllr Lynda Organ, Technical Services Portfolio says: “This is one way the District Council can help support local businesses.  In the current economic climate it is important that we support the town's traders and not only encourage our residents to shop locally but also encourage others to travel into the area and spend their money and experience the wonder of Stratford-upon-Avon at Christmas time with the beautiful Christmas lights and superb festive market.  I really hope people take advantage of this offer to help stimulate shopping in our town, everyone will benefit, from residents to traders and those from outside the district who might choose to visit.

We have run this offer for a number of years and it has proved to be really popular with shoppers and retailers. These are difficult economic times and I hope this will help ease the pressure a bit.  We want to make Stratford-upon-Avon the place of choice for people to come and do their Christmas shopping this year."