Tag Archives: Congleton

Shoppers aren’t all motorists

January 29, 2010 – 10:59 pm

There’s a lot of fuss in Congleton about car park charges being introduced that will ‘kill the town centre’, but a study of some local shopping areas in Bristol showed that traders overestimated how many shoppers arrived by car.  They thought 41%, but in fact it was only 22%  - the rest walked, cycled or [...]

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Congleton Sunday morning trains?

January 17, 2010 – 3:24 pm

As Congleton train travellers know, we are badly served on Sundays, with only three trains (Northern stoppers) each way and these not until the afternoon.  So the only public transport serving Congleton on Sunday mornings is

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