The Sainsburys Benton car park comprises approximately 200 marked bays on a smooth tarmac surface, serving the supermarket and adjacent retail units along Benton Road. Open daily from 7 am until 10 pm, access is controlled by entry-and-exit barrier gates; free parking is permitted for up to two hours upon presenting a minimum £5 in-store spend at checkout, after which a flat rate of £3 applies. Vehicles enter and exit via automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, allowing seamless cashless payment via contactless card or the Sainsburys Parking App. Eight accessible bays, each 3.6 m wide with extra-length space for ramp deployment, are located within 10 m of the stores main entrance, featuring dropped kerbs and tactile paving for visually impaired pedestrians. The car park is well illuminated by dusk-to-dawn LED column lighting, providing uniform coverage across all aisles, and monitored by 24-hour CCTV cameras with motion detection; nightly security patrols occur between 10 pm and midnight. To ensure optimal drainage, grated gullies were installed during the 2023 resurfacing, and directional signage guides drivers toward the single exit onto Benton Road. A dedicated pedestrian crossing with high-visibility markings connects directly to the stores sliding automatic doors, with guard rails protecting the pathway.
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