Buckinghamshire Council have announced that the following car parks will be free of charge on selective days ahead of the Christmas period.

The free council-run car parking days are:

  • South Bucks (all council-owned car parks): Saturday, December and Saturday, December 21
  • Aylesbury (all council-owned car parks): Every Thursday in December from 3:30pm
  • Aylesbury (Walton Street Car Park only): Every Sunday in December up to Christmas

Other select free parking is available across the county on days in the run up to Christmas.

These arrangements have been made at a local level in partnership with town and parish councils:

  • Amersham - Old Town, Sycamore Road, Chiltern Avenue and multi-storey - Friday 6 December and all Saturdays leading up to Christmas
  • Beaconsfield - Warwick Road, Altons & Penncroft – December 14 and 21
  • Buckingham - Cornwalls Meadow & Westerns Avenue – December 14
  • Chalfont St Giles - Blizzards Yard – All Saturdays leading up to Christmas 
  • Chalfont St Peter - Church Lane – Friday, December 6, all Saturdays leading up to Christmas 
  • Chesham – Saturday, December 7, 14, 21 and 28, plus Christmas Eve at Albany Place and Watermeadow 
  • Great Missenden - Link Road & Buryfield – All Saturdays leading up to Christmas 
  • High Wycombe – Saturday, December 7 and Friday, December 13 at all council car parks with the exception of Handy Cross and Kingsmead (Desborough Square I Desborough Street Duke Street I Railway Place I Totteridge Road Wycombe Swan I George Street Wycombe Council Offices Front and RearEaston Street I Richardson Street) 
  • Little Chalfont - Snells Wood – December 7, 14, 15, 21 and 22
  • Marlow – Institute Road, Dean Street, Riley Road, Marlow Central, Liston Road, Pound Lane, West Street – December 7, 14 and 21
  • Prestwood High Street - All Saturdays leading up to Christmas 
  • Princes Risborough - The Mount & Horns Lane – Saturday 30 November, Saturday 14 and 21 December
  • Wendover Library – Friday, December 13 6pm to 8pm
  • Wooburn and Bourne End - Wakeman Road -Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December

Steven Broadbent, Buckinghamshire Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Transport, said: “This free parking in our council-owned car parks will help support local high streets across the county.

From 2025 we will be offering four days of free parking across the year in line with the Parking Strategy.

Two of these days will be designated by Buckinghamshire Council for Christmas free parking and allocation of the remaining two days, which are per area, per calendar year, will be led by the Community Boards.

You can check online for the most up-to-date information: www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/free-xmas-parking.