Car Park Charges.

[gness]

I've been mulling this over and can't see that it makes sense.

Kettering has gone from charming market town to a run down and uninteresting town with nothing much to draw people in.

Today I was doing a stint for Save the Children which meant parking in the town. I would be there between four and five hours.

To park for up to two hours was £1.50......up to four hours £3.50 and up to six hours £6.50.

I was a bit miffed at £6.50 to help at a charity do til my whiz of a mathematical brain realised that by putting £1.50 in every two hours I would pay at the most £4.50 for six hours.....less if we finished early.

Is this the norm for car park charges where you live and does it not put people off....paying £6.50 to shop for a day in town?

Not that many would want to spend a day in Kettering now but if we had more shoppers visiting it might just encourage some more and better shops.

Or maybe I am out of touch with what people will pay to park.

[Buenchico]

>>>but suggest you avoid asking questions on cycle paths in Northants for a good while yet

I did four 12-hour days in Rushden at the end of November (staying overnight in Wellingborough) last year. It was ruddy cold but the Wetherspoon's pub serves excellent breakfasts ;-)

[SpikeyBush]

when my wife had a stroke she was in a specialist hospital in Dublin. €4.90 per hour for the car park. It was nearly cheaper for me to abandon my car there and buy a new one

[Buenchico]

>>>no wonder town centres are closing down.(Southend)

The car park next door to the tax enquiry office (on Victoria Avenue, opposite Victoria Station) is excellent value at just £4 per day, Baza. It only takes a minute or two to walk past the side of the Odeon into the town centre. (There are shorter parking periods available, at equally sensible prices).

[petal54]

carpark in local town is 60p an hour,80p for2 ,there's a fee for 3 hours£1?,but need to put more money in after that or season ticket

[gness]

Blimey, Spikey! Could you not have found a private hospital? Would probably been as cheap as the car park fees you must have paid......☺

Chris....think my battery could last to Rushden...might bump into you if you're there again....☺☺

[gness]

Petal....Kettering more than doubles between 2 hours and 4 hours which is what set me thinking today. Yours at 60p then 80p seems more sensible.

Thank you all for your answers....it's been interesting...especially the hospital car park fees...I think we could do better there....x