Monday, 14 October 2024 06:00

It's after the first hour free was scrapped in Buckinghamshire Council controlled car parks.

Since the new charge was introduced, shop keepers and local businesses in the Wendover High Street say they've noticed a drop in weekly takings.

For years for the first hour as been free, which enabled locals and visitors to Wendover to pop into the local shops.

One car park user couldn't understand why Bucks Council has made these changes, saying they should be encouraging people to shop local, not force them to out of town retail parks;

Bucks Radio visited the car park last week, and found both machines were out of order, while shopper couldn't get her 'Ringo' app to open. Another car park user told us this wasn't the first time he'd been unable to pay for his parking;