Christmas Market Parking
Case reference FOI2021/00112
Published 23 November 2021
Request
Please name the Christmas market that you are referring to when answering the following questions. Please note that I would like the data for all towns in Herefordshire.
Q1. How many roads do you close during the Christmas market taking place in your city/town? Please list roads and miles of roads closed, broken down by year for 2019, 2020, and plans for 2021. If possible, please also provide for 2017 and 2018.
Q2. How many parking fines were issued within the town centre whilst the Christmas market was open? And how much did these parking fines equate too? Please provide the data broken down by year for 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Q3. Do you accommodate any additional parking spaces during the Christmas market period? If so, how many and how far away are these from the Christmas market? (miles) If this number has increased per annum please provide a breakdown by year for 2019, 2020 and plans for 2021. If possible, please also provide for 2017 and 2018.
Q4. Does the town/ city see an increase in revenue from parking during the Christmas market period? If so, please provide a breakdown by year for 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Q5. How many complaints have you received regarding the safety of motor vehicles during the Christmas market period? Please provide a breakdown by year for 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Response
Q1. No road closures for Christmas Markets in Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington from 2017 to 2020 and there are no plans to close any in 2021.
Please find below the data for Leominster Victorian Christmas Market:
2017 - Broad Street, Corn Square, Corn Street, Victoria Street
2018 - Broad Street, Corn Square, Corn Street, Victoria Street
2019 - Broad Street, Corn Square, Corn Street, Victoria Street
2020 - There was no Christmas Market due to covid, but planned closures were Broad Street, Corn Square, Corn Street and Victoria Street
2021 - Broad Street, Corn Square, Corn Street, Victoria Street
The miles of roads closed each year is less than 0.5 miles.
Q2.
Bromyard Christmas Street Market
2018 - no Christmas market
2019 - No PCN's (parking charge notices) issued.
2020 - No market due to Covid
Kington - Winter Food Festival
2018 - No PCN's issued
2019 - No PCN's issued
2020 - No market due to Covid
Ledbury - Christmas Lights Switch-on Event
2018 - No PCN's issued
2019 - No PCN's issued
2020 - No event due to Covid
Leominster - Victorian Christmas Market
2018 - No PCN's issued
2019 - No PCN's issued
2020 - No event due to Covid
Ross-on-Wye - Christmas Fayre
2018 - No PCN's issued
2019 - No PCN's issued
2020 - No event due to Covid
Hereford Street Market at Christmas
Hereford hold additional markets at Christmas time, rather than a specific Christmas market.
2018 - 230 PCN's issued, totalling £6,900
2019 - 208 PCN's issued, totalling £6,240
2020 - No events due to Covid
Q3. No additional parking spaces are provided.
Q4. The Service Area have advised that off-street parking for Bromyard is run by their Town Council rather than Herefordshire Council. They may be able to assist with this part of your request and I have included their contact details below which I hope are helpful:
Address:
The Old Vicarage 1 Rowberry Street Bromyard HR7 4DU
Telephone: 01885 482825
Email: clerk@bromyardandwinslow-tc.gov.uk
Kington, Ledbury, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye offer free parking on the above events, so see a decrease in income.
Due to the collection and accounting procedures, there is no daily data available for Hereford.
Q5. Herefordshire Council do not hold any information. We advise that you contact West Mercia Police for complaints about the safety of motor vehicles during the Christmas Market period. I have provided a link below to the contact section of the West Mercia Police website which I hope will be helpful in making contact with them:
https://www.westmercia.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/
Documents
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