Leominster to keep free parking

In the first review of parking charges since 2003, it has been decided to keep parking at the long stay Broad Street car park free of charge.

Free parking will also remain in the short-stay Etnam Street car park but is limited to three hours maximum stay.

While it has been necessary to introduce modest increases to charges in the other car parks, most of the charges have only been increased by 10p or 20p.
These changes will be introduced on June 2.

In the short-stay Central Area car park, the maximum stay will rise from two hours to three hours and the cost of parking for one hour will be 40p. The charge for three hours will be £1.

Charges at the medium stay Dishley Street car park will be 30p for an hour but season tickets prices remain unchanged at £45 per quarter.

Councillor Brian Wilcox, Herefordshire Council's cabinet member for highways and transportation, said: "As part of our policy to encourage people to visit our market towns, we are keeping a lot of free parking in Leominster and increases are only of the order of 10p or 20p.

"The charges also compare favourably with charges currently levied in Ludlow, Monmouth and Malvern where parking all day costs from £2.30 to £3," he added.