Park and Ride service available for Victorian Christmas Fayre weekend

The County Council will be providing parking space in one of the car parks at County Hall along with staff to help visitors in support of the Park & Ride service no. 910 operated commercially by First Worcester Bus.

 

The event has grown to become one of the leading themed Christmas Fayres in the country.

 

200 stalls will be taking over the city centre selling local arts, crafts, food and gifts so why not make the most of the festivities and use the park and ride service to and from the event?



Councillor Mike Rouse, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said: “The Victorian Christmas Fayre is always a special time for the city of Worcester and our county as a whole, bringing in a lot of people from further afield.  For many, the event marks the start of their Christmas celebrations. We’re really pleased that First Bus have agreed to run the park and ride scheme with us again this year, giving people options and flexibility on how they travel; it proves popular and is a great way to ensure you can enjoy what the fayre has to offer, whilst keeping the city centre moving.”

Details for the Park and Ride service are as follows:

Friday 1 December

• County Hall (WR5 2NP): The first bus leaves at 05:00pm, then every 15 mins until 08:30pm, then half-hourly. The last bus is 10:00pm
• Crown Gate Bus Station (WR1 3PA): The first bus leaves at 05:20pm, then every 15 mins until 09:35pm, then half-hourly. The last bus is 10:20pm

Saturday 2 December

• County Hall (WR5 2NP): First bus leaves at 08:35am then every 15 mins until 09:20am, then every 10 mins until 05:20pm, then 05:40pm and 06:00pm
• Crown Gate Bus Station (WR1 3PA): First bus leaves at 09:00am then every 15 mins until 09:45am, then every 10 mins until 06:55pm, then 07:10pm, 07:25pm, 07:40pm and half hourly until 10:10pm

Sunday 3 December

• County Hall (WR5 2NP): First bus leaves at 9:45am then up to every 15 minutes. The last bus is at 3:30pm
• Crown Gate Bus Station (WR1 3PA): First bus is 10:07am then every 15 mins until 04:52pm, then 05:10pm, 05:40pm, 06:10pm and 06:40pm

The Prices are as follows: 

• Single: £2
• Return: £4
• Group Weekender Ticket (for use of up to any 5 people of any age): £10

Road closures

There are also a number of road closures in place during the event.

City Walls Road (towards St Martins Gate) will be reduced to one lane to accommodate coaches dropping off visitors.

A number of other roads will also have closures in place whilst the fayre is open to help facilitate the event.

These include:

• Angel Place
• Bank Street
• Broad Street 
• Charles Street
• Cathedral Square
• Church Street
• Copenhagen Street (Deansway to High St)
• Cornmarket
• Friar Street
• High Street
• Mealcheapen Street
• New Street 
• Pump Street
• Queen Street
• The Shambles 
• The Trinity
• Union Street

For more information on the event, please visit the Worcester Christmas Fayre website.

 

For more information on the road closures, please follow @WorcsTravel on Twitter for more details.