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Years ago Shields was a canny shopping centre but definitely not now.

Posted by Norman on 24/6/2026, 12:13 pm

I've spoken to lots of Shields people over the years and most said they shop in Jarrow & Hebburn or the Metro Centre where all car parking is free.
As I said Shields was a good place to shop years ago so what has changed ??????????
Ive just seen that the new parking charges in town for the 1st hour will be free (which is good) but every hour after that will be £1 per hour

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Down at the Sea front car parks, parking will be £1-60 per hour or £8 for all day.

What a good way to discourage visitors & kill off businesses

Maybe our new Reform Council will look into this.

Re: Years ago Shields was a canny shopping centre but definitely not now.

Posted by Ray Forster on 24/6/2026, 5:05 pm, in reply to "Years ago Shields was a canny shopping centre but definitely not now. "

I read it's the new Reform council that have initiated it.
Plus, the parking ticket machines are new and supposed to be card or app only.

Re: Years ago Shields was a canny shopping centre but definitely not now.

Posted by Brian on 25/6/2026, 9:39 am, in reply to "Re: Years ago Shields was a canny shopping centre but definitely not now. "

Its rare to find parking machines that take cash now. I don’t know why they don't do what they do in towns around a lot of Northumberland. You buy a disc and it lasts a year and they're very reasonably priced

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