Christmas Comes Early as Wrexham Council Announce Free Parking Throughout December

Wrexham Council have announced an early Christmas present for shoppers and visitors to the town centre – with free parking available throughout December.

In a move which aims to bring hundreds of shoppers into Wrexham Town Centre during the Christmas season, all council-run car parks will be free to park from Thursday, December 1 until Saturday, December 31.

The car parks open for free parking during December are:

• Waterworld
• Crescent Road
• St George’s Crescent
• St Giles
• Market Street
• Library
• The People’s Market (Monday to Saturday only)
• The Guildhall (weekends only)
• Crown Buildings (weekends only)

In previous years free parking has been available at some council-run car parks during December, often to coincide with the Christmas shopping period and Small Business Saturday.

This however is the first time Wrexham Council have opened all their car parks free of charge.

Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, said: “I hope residents and visitors will take advantage of free car parking in December in a bid to boost to the local economy in the run-up to Christmas, especially with popular events – such as the Victorian Christmas Market at St Giles Church – taking place during the month.

“We know that these events are a great draw and Wrexham town centre has plenty to offer, so we want to see more shoppers fill the town than ever before.”

Cllr Mark Pritchard, Leader of the Council, said: “We know Christmas shoppers, traders and businesses alike all welcomed moves to make council car parks free on the Saturdays during December in previous years.

“We’ve spoken to business owners and traders and know this is something they’ve wanted to see, and we hope the increase in footfall meets their expectations.”

“With that in mind, we as an administration wanted to extend that offer and make parking free for the whole of December.

“I want as many people as possible to take advantage of this – the more people make use of free parking at council car parks, the more custom town centre businesses, traders and shoppers will see during the busy Christmas shopping season.”