Bluewater expects 900,000 visitors in six days with 130,000 on Boxing Day

Bluewater expects 900,000 visitors in six days with 130,000 on Boxing Day

Bluewater is welcoming a bumper load of post-Christmas sales shoppers.

BLUEWATER is expecting 900,000 visitors between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve as shoppers rush for post-Christmas bargains.

The Greenhithe shopping centre broke its own Boxing Day records yesterday as 130,000 people passed through its doors with some queuing from 1am – five hours before stores opened at six.General manager Robert Goodman said: “Boxing Day was as busy as ever at Bluewater. “Premium fashion and footwear performed exceptionally well, with several brands reporting double digit growth on December 26 last year.

“The momentum has continued into today with the opening of the John Lewis Clearance Sale being a major draw.”
Bluewater is open from 9am to 10pm up to and including Saturday, December 29.

So people drive to places they can walk to...

Greenhithe Marina Residents Association

GREENHITHE PARKING REVIEW

At a meeting of the Joint Transportation Board on 6 December 2011 at Dartford Borough Council it emerged that more than two hundred (200) vehicles have been removed from Greenhithe streets thereby improving traffic movement and safety related pressures they had caused. It is therefore clear that the introduction of CPZs have been effective in deterring commuter parking in residential streets. 

However what the report failed to mention was the positive impact the pay and display regime  was also having on the Public Car Parks which has had the effect of freeing up additional  visitor parking.  In total we understand that there are nearly Six Hundred (600) less commuter related vehicles parked in and around the Streets near to Greenhithe Railway Station each day. This is clearly welcome news and a job well done resulting from the Councils efforts, which many of our members believe would never have come to fruition had it not been for the marina planning application.  A copy of the full report that went before the Joint Transportation Board can be downloaded via the following link: Chairman’s Update Greenhithe Parking Review

The images below taken mid-morning show just how much parking space is available at Greenhithe during the week. Many residents will remember that prior to the introduction of on-street parking controls, all previously available Public Car Parking spaces and those on the surrounding streets were occupied by commuters. 

Greenhithe Parking Review Slide Show