Littlehampton’s free parking offer extended to help town centre recovery

Two hours of free parking is available in St Martins, Anchor Springs and Manor House car parks with a Littlehampton parking disc, which are free at many shops and offices in the town.

Arun has decided to extend town centre disc parking from two hours to three hours in both Bognor Regis and Littlehampton town centres.

This extension will apply from the start of August and run until Christmas.

James Walsh, leader of the council said: “Town centre retail is on a knife edge in both Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, and we want to do as much as possible to encourage shoppers, cafe users and others to start using our town centres again. We are determined to do everything possible to assist our small business community to thrive again.”

Samantha Staniforth, cabinet member for neighbourhood services, added: “Coupled with the Chancellor’s scheme for half-price meals at participating businesses on Monday- Wednesday during August, we think that this will be a welcome boost to town centre retail, cafés and restaurants. We hope it will encourage shoppers to stay longer to complete their banking, shopping and cafe experiences.”

Discs for the free parking schemes are available from all the usual outlets.

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