Vicarage Lane Car Park

The worst parking system. Expensive, have to predict in advance how long you might stay, then explain it to the most user unfriendly machine ever invented. It's unbelievably complex, often unresponsive and doesn't always work. When I park in Canterbury I just drive in and out and the system works out how much to charge. No wonder people don't go to Ashford to shop anymore.

Car Park is conveniently located & available 24 hours a day and tends except Fridays and Saturdays to usually have spaces .

Convenient for lower end of town centre. Can be busy at times. Able to pay through ring go app

Very central in town, a cheaper alternative to county square car park. Located right next to the high street. About 55p per half hour, from 1 hour and longer. I use this constantly when I go to town (but you have to know how long you'll be BC you pay for specified duration then the ticket is printed and displayed in the car. If you are unsure how long you'll be, use county square car park).Because it's cheaper and more central, it's popular. It's also small. Peak times may mean no spaces available, but I usually don't have a problem finding one.The payment stations don't like cards, don't pay by card, they slow right down to a crawl I had another guy queued behind me for so long he offered to give me cash to pay instead. Cash works quickly, don't use cards.

If you aren't bang in the box PLEASE be careful! The parking wardens also love giving out tickets to large vans motorhomes and campers. Also a joke that the minimum payment is 30 minutes! My kids do a club, I park at 17.55 but I have no choice to pay for 30 minutes when I only need 10!!

Easy parking, safe, well lit.

Handy for town but only through a narrow gap between buildings. EV charging, 2 spaces, and plenty of other parking. Easiest to use a parking app rather than the machine.I used the car charger here. Unfortunately the post has been vandalized and has not worked for over a year. That's not the council's fault though, BP Chargemaster are very slow to fix their chargers.

Excellent facility, pity about the shin high fence along the town side of the car park . Unnecessary, dangerous and inconvenient. Remove it!

Easy to park find space pay on app . Or machine but I find it easier with app