Any Waverley car park costs £2 after 2pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 24 December. That is 12 afternoons, and here is what it saves.

Parking in any Waverley Borough Council car park will cost £2 after 2pm, for as long as you stay, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 24 December.

The council announced the offer on 5 November. It covers every council car park in the borough, in Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere and Cranleigh alike.

The 12 afternoons it covers

1 December 2026 is a Tuesday and 24 December a Thursday, so the offer runs on 12 days:

  • Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December
  • Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 December
  • Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 December
  • Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 December

If you only want an hour, you pay the normal one-hour charge instead. The council gives the example of £1.40 for an hour in Farnham’s Central car park.

What it saves in Farnham

Farnham’s town centre car parks are priced to turn over shoppers. In Central and Lower Hart, the normal daytime charges are:

Stay Normal charge
4 hours £5.60
6 hours £8.90
8 hours £14.70

Those prices come from the council’s own car park pages, which we last checked for our roadworks and parking page.

So an afternoon’s shopping from 2pm that would normally cost £5.60 in Central will cost £2 on an offer day. Arriving at 2pm and staying through the evening costs the same £2.

Councillor Tony Fairclough, the portfolio holder for enforcement and regulatory services, said the offer was meant to “encourage people to visit our town centres and support local traders”.

How it compares with last year

Last year’s offer was bigger but narrower. From 9 December 2025 to 1 January 2026, parking cost £1 per entry from 1pm to 8am, every day, but only in Waverley’s Farnham car parks. It was aimed at traders hit by the town centre works (Waverley council news, 18 November 2025). This year’s covers the whole borough, on three days a week.

What it means for you

  • Plan big shopping trips for a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays are charged as normal.
  • Sundays are already free in every council car park in Farnham, and so is Christmas Day.
  • The offer applies only to council car parks. Privately run car parks set their own prices.
  • Late-night shopping and events: our Christmas shopping in Farnham page lists the town’s festive dates.