Christmas shoppers will be able to enjoy free car parking every day in December in the Yorkshire coast towns of Scarborough and Whitby.
Scarborough Borough Council says that as part of it's efforts to support the retail community to bounce back from the challenges of Christmas last year, it will be suspending charges in some of its own off-street car parks all day from Wednesday 1 December to Friday 31 December.
The council is hoping that for those who cannot walk or take public transport to the town centres, the free parking will encourage them to spend their Christmas pounds locally instead of travelling further afield or paying for online deliveries.
In Scarborough, the free parking offer applies to the following off-street car parks:
- Castle Road,
- Falconers Road,
- Friarsway,
- North Street,
- North Terrace,
- St Nicholas Parade,
- St Thomas Street,
- Victoria Road,
- Westwood,
- William Street.
In Whitby, free parking will be available at the following car parks:
- Church Street,
- Cliff Street,
- Marina Back,
- Marina Front
- St Hilda’s Terrace.
Charges will apply in all other car parks and to on-street parking.
Council owned car parks in Filey and the borough’s coastal villages are already free at this time of year.
Cllr Tony Randerson, Scarborough Borough Council cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said:
“After the challenges and uncertainty of the last twenty months, our local businesses need our support more than ever this Christmas.
“If free parking is an incentive that makes the difference between someone spending their money in our borough’s fantastic independent shops as opposed to online or in York, Leeds or Middlesbrough, then it’s worth doing and is something we are more than happy to offer.”


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