New parking regulations at Beach Rock

A note from Peter Goreham:

After some discussion about changes to parking at Beach Rock this summer, I thought I'd ring Nick to find out what is actually going on.

He told me that from a financial viewpoint it was beneficial to them to have the car park administered by an external agency and this is what they've done.

The car park is now strictly 'pay & display' and the charge is 90p / hour and is available to be used by anyone.
As before, for those who hold a book of launch vouchers there is ONE free space per boat as long as the voucher is displayed.  Books of launch vouchers are still priced at £275 for 15 vouchers.

Vehicles not displaying a valid ticket / voucher are subject to clamping and a punitive release charge will be applied.

Nick explained that the 'on the day' launch fee has been reduced to £15 to take into account the fact that you would now have to pay for parking.

He also said that if boat users encountered a problem and were going to be unexpectedly late back he would do his best to ensure that they didn't get clamped provided that they contacted him.

The cheaper 'charity' carpark is still available a few minutes walk away.

Plainly, if we organise ourselves and encourage more car sharing etc. these changes shouldn't be too great problem for us.

Peter