Car Park Information

Lydbrook Memorial Hall and Car Park

Car park charging system

Pricing:

Daily usage: The first hour is free to allow parents to drop and pick up children from school. Charges are: up to 3 hours £1, up to 5 hours £2.50, up to 24 hours £4Annual permits; First car £220 (same as social club – 60p a day), Second car £100 (27p+ a day), 3rd car and thereafter £85 per car (23p+ a day) – all prices per annum. We reserve the right to terminate a permit should the vehicle parked be in an unroadworthy condition, i.e. damaged, a non-runner or partially dismantled. Registration numbers are required for a permit. If you change your car, registration numbers can be changed by email through the Lydbrook Memorial Hall website contact address. For exceptional events such as the band concert, bank holiday rounders match and other community organized events we would ask Parkingeye to switch the car park monitoring off. This facility is limited, however, so please contact us if you need to use this feature.

Rationale:
The car park is owned and maintained by the charity. Charities need a revenue stream to exist, and to maintain all their facilities for the benefit of the community.  Recently, we have installed a new kitchen to enhance its value for hiring, added hot water to the kitchen for the first time in at least 10 years, repaired a leaking flat roof that has let water in for over 5 years, begun repairs to the fencing on Church Road that has been damaged over several years, changed the hall lighting to LED to save money, replaced the stage frontage, and much more. The Hall is an old building and maintenance is always an ongoing issue. There remain many jobs to be done. Most of this is carried out with no labour cost by volunteers who give their time, tools, and often even materials free of charge. We plan to do more charitable work such as providing a venue for pensioner meals on a regular basis in conjunction with a third party such as Lydcare. We also have to maintain the hall as a Place of Safety as it has been identified by the Parish Council for use in emergencies.

Car park benefits:

Surface maintenance has been recently carried out together with the installation of lighting to create nighttime safety, the parking camera offers a degree of security by recording vehicles entering the car park 24 hours a day, and in cases of damage or theft from vehicles this may be used as evidence by the police. No footage is accessible by the trustees or the public and is only available on request by the police. New demarcation kerbing to allow for an increase in car park size if required is currently being installed. An area is to be designated for a toddlers/young children’s playground, which is on the 2024/2025 agenda, subject to funding.

Hall usage:

There are ample hours available for hire and we welcome enquiries from new groups and event organisers. Zumba, mother and toddler groups, art classes, coffee mornings, bring and buy sales, youth clubs and much more. If we can raise more money from events we will and will try all avenues to pursue this opportunity with all interested parties.