HO, HO, HO! Shoppers will have a Merry Christmas in Wokingham borough after free parking at council-run car parks was announced.
Drivers will not have to pay for parking at 14 different car parks on Saturdays during the festive season.
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Cllr Pauline Jorgensen, highways and transport boss at Wokingham Borough Council (WBC), said: “We’re pleased to be able to offer free Saturday parking again this year in the run-up to Christmas.
“We plan for it every year because it is the right thing to do for our residents while also encouraging them to shop locally in all of our borough’s towns and villages.
“We have some fantastic shops and want to do all we can to help our local economy.”
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WBC’s car parks are free on Sundays and evenings too, so shoppers can park without charge on the weekends of the 7th, 14th and 21st of December.
The car parks taking part are:
• Polehampton Close, Twyford
• School Lane, Wargrave
• Shute End, Wokingham
• Denmark Street, Wokingham (council-managed section only)
• Easthampstead Road (east and west), Wokingham
• Polehampton Close, Twyford
• School Lane, Wargrave
• Easthampstead Road (east and west), Wokingham
• Cockpit Path, Wokingham
• Headley Road, Woodley
• Crockhamwell Road, Woodley
• Lytham Road (east and west), Woodley
• Former M&S car park, Rose Street, Wokingham
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• Carnival MSCP, Wokingham
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