UPDATED: Free parking in Poole at Christmas time

4:30pm Wednesday 21st November 2012 in News

FREE parking and the return of the park and ride service aims to make Christmas shopping easier in Poole this year.

Residents and visitors can enjoy free parking in all town centre car parks every Sunday between 8am and 6pm until December 23, on Thursday nights from 6pm to 9.30pm from November 29 until December 13, every evening between 6pm and 9.30pm from Monday December 17 to Saturday December 22 to tie in with late night opening of the Dolphin Shopping Centre.

District car parks at Broadstone, Ashley Road, Penn Hill, Ashley Cross and Canford Cliffs will also offer free parking from noon until 6pm on the three Saturdays before Christmas - December 8, 15 and 22.

Borough of Poole's park and ride will operate from Creekmoor every Saturday from December 1 until Christmas.

Sponsored by the Dolphin Centre, buses will leave the park and ride every 15 minutes from 8am until 6pm and the 10-minute trip into town costs £1.50 for an adult return, accompanied children 50p.

Comments(14)

speedy231278 says...
2:10pm Tue 20 Nov 12

Make it all year round and maybe less shops will pack up every year and not be replaced!

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Jetwasher says...
2:39pm Tue 20 Nov 12

Phaaa too late Poole council !

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djkent says...
4:37pm Tue 20 Nov 12

the council are desperate maybe if there were decent shops in poole like john lewis and waitrose more people would come instead its full of poundshops and charity shops and coffee houses

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Peggy Babcock says...
7:00am Wed 21 Nov 12

Castlepoint is always free and has better shops. Poole council treat the public like idiots particularly when they do away with 1 hour parking as they 'want to encourage shoppers to stay for longer'. Nope - I will now not go at all.

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jeebuscripes says...
11:59am Wed 21 Nov 12

OR, just go shopping on the internet.

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tracy m says...
5:54pm Wed 21 Nov 12

speedy231278 wrote:
Make it all year round and maybe less shops will pack up every year and not be replaced!
Agreed!

It really is not such a mystery - the death of the High Street shops.
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The authorities are already aware of this or they wouldn't be offering free parking to catch the Christmas trade.

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Yankee1 says...
6:10pm Wed 21 Nov 12

I really cannot see any reason to shop in Poole.

Everything I need is available out of town, and the town centre is depressing. It wasn't ten years ago.

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Jetwasher says...
7:12pm Wed 21 Nov 12

Why would you want to shop in Poole when out of town shopping is so much better , no big issue sellers, drunks, beggars, water aid, famine aid, save the elephant save the rubber tree etc etc people just trying to scam you. Castle point for me.

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MJD says...
7:19pm Wed 21 Nov 12

Poole council you have missed the boat.
You killed Poole 20 years ago.

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The Renegade Master says...
8:39pm Wed 21 Nov 12

Too late. I gave up going anywhere near any local town centres because of the disgustingly high parking charges and greed of the Councils. My next stop is Castlepoint. They charge you £0.00 to park all year round. Get it Council morons? You greedy scum have all but killed Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch town centres. You must be so proud.

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penhale says...
5:32am Thu 22 Nov 12

Dont matter these days, internet and out of towm centre shopping has taken the market by storm, no one needs the expensive high street parking anymore, why spend csh on petrol and greedy councils whne you can do it all from the comfort of our lounge, the savings are enormous, wi-fi tablets on the high street £179, on the internet the same tablet brand new £84.99, enough said.

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rayc says...
9:14am Thu 22 Nov 12

"why spend csh on petrol and greedy councils whne you can do it all from the comfort of our lounge,"

Can I come over then, you'll provide tea and cake as well I hope.

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live-and-let-live says...
9:24am Thu 22 Nov 12

parking is already free at the car park next to sainsbury's. if you spend £5 in sainsburys the parking cost is refunded. most people know that so this " generous " council offer is a joke.

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jeebuscripes says...
9:49am Thu 22 Nov 12

As much I think the councils in the conurbation are inept, I don't think the gradual decline of the high street is entirely their fault.

I agree that parking charges levied against shoppers will turn people away to an extent.

Why do people care so much about the high street anyway?

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