Free weekend parking for Christmas shoppers

Published Friday, 1st December 2023

Shoppers will be able to park for free on a weekend in the run-up to Christmas.

Beginning this weekend, Saturday/Sunday (2nd and 3rd December), and then continuing until Christmas Eve, the offer covers all Hartlepool Borough Council-managed car parks and on-street pay and display areas in the town centre and also at Seaton Carew.

The aim is to boost trade and ease the burden on financially-squeezed shoppers.

Councillor Sue Little, Chair of the Council’s Neighbourhood Services Committee, said: “The free parking offer has always proved to be popular in previous years and we hope that will be the case again.

“The aim is to help businesses and boost the local economy by encouraging more people – both residents of the town and others from outside the area - to shop here for Christmas