Signage and 3 Hours Free Carparking on Saturdays in Cheadle Staffordshire

Please sign this petition if you would like to see signs directing people to the car park and 3 hours free car parking on Saturdays! 

Cheadle used to be a busy high-street, full of life and energy. The vibrant atmosphere was buzzing at weekends with family's and children. 

However this is sadly no longer the case. The car park often has more empty spaces than occupied ones, and the high-street is missing its people. Cheadle shops have much to offer and a great variety of products.

There are a lot of cars that drive through the high-street but many of these fail to stop and support the local businesses which is not helped by the poor signage to the car park. Many of the cars that drive through the high-street especially in the summer months are Alton Towers Traffic. People travel from all over the country to go to this attraction and even if they wanted to stop and look around the beautiful and one of a kind shops they are unable to find somewhere to park as they are never directed to or made aware of the car park so simply drive straight down the high-street and out the other end of Cheadle. This issue could be easily resolved with a few simple signs. What would further encourage them to stop would be 3 hours free carparking on Saturdays which is when most of this traffic comes through the town. 

If every adult in the UK spent just £5 per week in their local shops and businesses, instead of online, at the supermarket or with huge multinationals, it would be worth £13.5 billion going directly back into our towns. The busier the shops the more jobs we can offer.

Due to the cost of car parking people just turn to shopping online instead. This not only kills the atmosphere but slowly will kill the businesses along with it. 

The forced closure of small businesses due to COVID has already had a sever economic effect on the independent businesses in Cheadle. People need encouraging to return to the high-street and to the shops they once depended on and loved. 

Kind regards, 

A high-street that is deeply missing its people!