Free 2-hour parking for Boots shoppers; permit parking for residents
This private mixed-use tarmac car park on Larwood Avenue provides 50 marked bays: 20 reserved for Boots Pharmacy customers (free for up to 2 hours with an in-store voucher) and 30 reserved permit-only bays for adjacent residential flats. The lot includes 3 Blue Badge spaces adjacent to the pharmacy entrance and one motorcycle bay. LED bollard lighting ensures illumination until 10 pm, and CCTV cameras monitor all entry and exit points. Pedestrian exits lead directly to the pharmacy entrance (0.05 km), local bus stops on London Road (0.10 km), and the residential block lobby. Two 7 kW EV chargers are available at £0.40 per kWh, billed via QR code; chargers are exclusively for pharmacy customer use. Seasonal medicine delivery demand can temporarily reduce available customer bays by 5; signage directs overflow customers to the Central Avenue Visitor Car Park (1.2 km). Maintenance crews repaint bay lines quarterly, repair potholes biannually, and clear litter weekly.