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The wife will be using one of the old Town car parks for an event. She'll be getting there around 5.30pm. Problem is the parking charges are scaled from 6am to 6pm, then they change after 6pm to an under 2 hours or over 2 hours rate. WTF is she supposed to do? She needs to park for 4 to 5 hours.

Pay for an hour at 90p to cover her for 6pm and then pay over 2hrs at £2.30

Total £3.20.

Now either the machine should calculate that anyway {because it should know that your first hour will go beyond 6pm or you can pay on your phone. It'll cost 30p though so the grand and wallet damaging amount will come to £3.50  ;)

But it will make this scenario easier for whoever needs it. In this case, your wife; so at say 6.15pm {within the first hour}, she can then go on her phone and pay the post 6pm tariff, ''top up'' the parking time and Bob's your orange :D

https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20031/roads_parking_and_transport/335/paybyphone_for_parking

The above covers Britannia Place and probably most other SBC Car Parks.

Yeah just keep plugging money in until it gets to the time you need unfortunately, but likely to be that 3.20

Depends how close the event is & how easy it would be to get back to the car.

I’d park it there at 5:30pm go the event then go back at 6pm & get a ticket for over 2 hours & gamble on there being no traffic warden about between 5:30pm & 6pm

….assuming it’s gonna be car park with out camera & number plate recognition

Usually you can just pay the 1 hour charge (or half) to 6pm then the night charge on top. Usually it tells you the "good until time".

Most normally have app payment too. I think they used to be "paybyphone". Not sure if they still are

Thanks all, I guessed at the 1hr up front then the over 2 hours, so £3.20.

Oh and if you ever go to a gig in Bristol 02, trenchard Street car park lets you prepay with your paper ticket so you can avoid the post gig queues at the ticket machine 😁