Maidenhead & Windsor

Last-minute Christmas shoppers in Maidenhead have just been given an early present – the Stafferton Way park and ride will run a special Sunday bus service on Christmas Eve.

Using the park and ride, which has 600 spaces, will allow residents to avoid potential queues for parking on the last shopping day before Christmas.

The first bus will leave Stafferton Way at 10.30am and run every 20 minutes until the last pick-up from Broadway at 6.08pm, safely covering the shop opening hours of 11am to 5pm. Parking charges will remain the same – £1.50 for up to four hours and £3 for a full day, and free shuttle bus service – as the additional cost of running the service on a Sunday will be covered by Sainsbury's.

Cllr Antony Wood, lead member for traffic and transport, said: "The park and ride, with its regular free shuttle bus service, offers an easy and convenient way to shop in Maidenhead, especially on Christmas Eve when we expect local shops to be very busy indeed. I am delighted the council has worked in partnership with Sainsbury's to provide this additional support to the businesses in the town centre and I would encourage drivers to use the park and ride to beat the queues and make their last-minute Christmas shopping as hassle-free as possible."

For details of the Stafferton Way bus timetable over the pre-Christmas period, visit www.courtneycoaches.com

The Christmas Eve timetable is the same as the regular Saturday timetable from 10.30am.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead