FREE car parking

Cornwall Council is offering free parking in a number of Council run car parks in main towns in Cornwall on 31 October as part of a campaign to encourage people to use their local town centres.

The Go To Town campaign to get more people using town centres in Cornwall was set up by the West Briton, Cornish Guardian and Cornishman newspapers in February.  At that time the Council offered free parking in some town centre car parks on February 29 through a voucher scheme in the paper.

The newspapers are keen to stage a second free parking day on 31 October and approached the Council to see if it would repeat its offer.

Although the authority was keen to back the campaign, there was concern that providing free parking would put additional pressure on the parking budget.  However, former leader Alec Robertson agreed to use some of the Leader’s Contingency Fund to cover the loss of income.

Under the terms of the offer free parking will be available after 9.30 am on Wednesday, 31 October in some Cornwall Council run car parks in the following towns:

• Bodmin
• Bude
• Callington
• Camborne
• Falmouth
• Fowey
• Hayle
• Helston
• Launceston
• Liskeard
• Looe
• Mevagissey
• Newquay
• Padstow
• Penryn
• Penzance
• Porthleven
• Redruth
• Saltash
• St Austell

• St Ives
• Torpoint
• Truro
• Wadebridge

Please note that the free parking offer is not valid before 9.30am and only applies to some Cornwall Council run car parks and not to any other car parks in the town.

The voucher is not valid in the following car parks:

• Bodmin, Dennison Road;
• Bude, Post Office
• Callington, New Road North
• Falmouth,  Grove Place, The Moor, Well Lane, Church Street
• Launceston, Castle Street, Pannier Market;
• Liskeard, Upper Sungirt, Westbourne;
• Looe, Riverbank;
• Mevagissey, Church Street;
• Newquay, Fore Street;
• Penryn,Saracen
• Penzance, Greenmarket, Causewayhead, Penalverne;
• St Austell, West Hill - Short stay area;
• St Ives, The Sloop, Porthmeor;
• Saltash, Belle Vue West, Culver Road;
• Torpoint, Antony Road;
• Truro, Old Bridge Street;
• Wadebridge, Goldsworthy Way

To qualify for free parking a voucher must be displayed clearly in the front windscreen of the vehicle.  The voucher is being printed in local newspapers and will be available on the Cornwall Council website. 

The vehicle must also be parked in accordance with the terms and conditions of the car park and failure to abide by the terms of the offer may lead to the issue of a Penalty Charge Notice.