Wokingham

Wokingham Shoppers are set to get an early Christmas car parking present from Wokingham District Council as it announces free parking in its car parks on the three Saturdays leading up to Christmas.

Wokingham Council-owned town and village centre car parks will be offering free parking all day on Saturday December 9, 16 and 23.

For the last few years, car parking on the three Saturdays before Christmas has been free to encourage people to make use of their local shopping areas. The move has proved very popular with both traders and the public and three years ago the offer was extended to include station road car park in Earley and the Winnersh Triangle station car park.

The Carnival Pool car park in Wokingham is excluded from the incentive as it is not a shoppers’ car park.

Cllr Anthony Pollock, executive member for highways and transport, said: “The council is offering this incentive to encourage people to use the district’s excellent shopping centres. The inclusion of station car parks means that people wanting to travel to neighbouring towns within the district can also take advantage of this early present.”

Although parking will be free on the three Saturdays before Christmas, maximum stay limits and disabled parking bays will still be enforced and any vehicles breaching these regulations will be subject to the usual excess charges and fees.

Wokingham District Council