Parking at Christmas and New Year

Our ‘Free After 3’ initiative encourages more people to use their local high street for shopping in the run up to Christmas and New Year. In addition, some city, town and community councils will offer free parking all day on certain dates.

Free after 3pm

From 23 November until 31 December 2025, parking at the following car parks is free after 3pm:

Corwen

Green Lane car park

Denbigh

• Barkers Well Lane car park
• Crown Lane car park
• Factory Ward
• Post Office Lane
• Vale Street

Llangollen

• Brook Street
• East Street
• Hall Street
• Market Street
• Mill Street

Prestatyn

• Fern Avenue
• King's Avenue
• Lower High Street
• Nant Hall Road
• Prestatyn railway station

Rhuddlan

Parliament Street

Rhyl

• Morley Road
• Queen Street
• Rhyl library (disabled bays only) 
• Rhyl railway station
• Sky Tower car park
• Rhyl Town Hall
• West Kinmel Street

Morfa Hall private car park, Rhyl, is not included in the initiative.

Ruthin

• Crispin Yard (Cae Ddol)
• Dog Lane
• Market street
• Park Road
• Rhos Street
• Troed y Rhiw

St Asaph

Bowling Green

Free parking days

City, town and community councils are given five free parking days to allocate as they wish, each year. Councils are not required to offer these at Christmas and some councils will have used them at other times.

Corwen

Corwen Town Council is offering free parking all day on Friday 11 December 2026.

Green Lane car park

Denbigh

• Barkers Well Lane car park
• Crown Lane car park
• Factory Ward
• Post Office Lane
• Vale Street

Llangollen

• Brook Street
• East Street
• Hall Street
• Market Street
• Mill Street

Rhuddlan

Parliament Street

Ruthin

• Crispin Yard (Cae Ddol)
• Dog Lane
• Market street
• Park Road
• Rhos Street
• Troed y Rhiw