TINTAGEL residents can benefit from free parking in two village car parks, provided they display a valid residents’ permit.

Tintagel Parish Council has access to a free residents’ car park at Trevena Square and there are also a few parking spaces for residents on the council car park.

Providing the car has a parking permit displayed on the windscreen, parishioners can park for up to one hour free of charge at Trevena Square and 30 minutes on the council car park. Provided there is a valid parking permit, there is no time limit between the hours of 6pm to 6am.

Cornwall Council will no longer be providing the enforcement of the parking area at Trevena Square, but this will now be enforced by A S Parking.

A parish council spokesman said: “There is no excuse for not displaying a valid permit if you qualify for one. Parking permit application forms are available on the Tintagel Parish Council website, at www.tintagelparishcouncil.gov.uk/car-permit-application. Permit forms can also be obtained from the Visitor Centre.”

The council has warned that if vehicles do not display a valid parking permit, or it is displaying a valid parking permit but not parking in a designated parking bay, the owner of the vehicle will receive a fine.

Chairman of Tintagel Parish Council, Mary Dyer, said: “We’ve run the scheme for quite a while, which was run by Cornwall Council, but they didn’t want to do it anymore so we hired a private company (AS Parking) to help tighten things up and move it to Trevena Square.

“So far we’ve had a really good response to it, lots of people have been getting in contact with the clerk, Margaret Brocklehurst online and taking advantage of the offer.”