| Tiverton parkway parking Posted by red cuillen at 19:41, 19th November 2025 |     |
Long time lurker but infrequent poster! We normally drop and pick up from Tivy during the day, but today we decided we'd park up for a trip to Okey. Couldn't believe that all 3 car parks were full at 0900! Ended up parking back on the Sampford Peverell road.
When we came back at 18:00 there were about 20 cars queuing to pick up passengers, the overflow parks had cars parked on the grass and off the edge of all the rows, and 15 cars were on the approach road, trying to park on the grass and off the double yellows!
Is this normal now or wednesdays only, or more than usual people enjoying the sights of Bristol or London??
Thanks
| Re: Tiverton parkway parking Posted by ChrisB at 20:23, 19th November 2025 | |
Remnants of travellers from the Tarka Line (has it reopened yet?)
| Re: Tiverton parkway parking Posted by The Tall Controller at 13:54, 20th November 2025 | |
The car parks are regularly full Tuesdays to Thursdays and if anything goes awry with the railway further west, many passengers will drive to Tiverton Parkway - adding to the already full car parks.
What used to be a clear road between the A361 and Sampford Peverell a couple of years ago has turned into a free car park for those unwilling/unable to pay to park at the station.
Naturally, the residents of Sampford Peverell aren't happy seeing their village turn into a car park for Tiverton Parkway.
| Re: Tiverton parkway parking Posted by red cuillen at 17:10, 20th November 2025 | |
That's very interesting and sounds like the cause! Impressive then how many people use the service from Barny then. The Sampford Perverell road was full, we made sure we didn't block a driveway or park on double yellows, unlike those cars on the approach road! Thanks
