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York Christmas Market is running until Friday 22 December. You can find all the details for coach parking on the Visit York website. If all the main sites are fully booked, UKCOA member York Pullman are offering overflow parking. It must be booked in advance. Details are below. Overflow Coach Parking for York Christmas Markets … Continue reading “York Christmas Market – Parking”
Manchester has become the first UK city to launch a “tourist tax” for visitors from 1 April 2023. The City Visitor Charge will mean that those staying in hotels face an extra £1 per room, per night, for their accommodation cost. The money will be used to help to run large events, conferences, festivals, marketing … Continue reading “Tourism Tax”
Work is being carried out on Cromwell Road Railway Bridge, which carries the A4 Great West Road over a railway line between Chiswick Roundabout and Hogarth Roundabout. There will be a series of lane closures and full directional closures on the A4 between Chiswick roundabout and Hogarth roundabout, which will also at times affect the M4 … Continue reading “A4 Great West Road August – December 2022”
Utility works are taking place on the A13 Commercial Road at the junction with Branch Road (A101). Works will include temporary traffic lights and lane restrictions. From Tuesday 24 October until January 2024
Pall Mall East and Trafalgar Square westside will be closed from 17 February to 13 April 2024 for gas main works. During this time tour buses will need to divert via Cockspur Street and serve bus stop B as an alternative to tour stop Z.
Westminster City Council approached the UKCOA at the end of March over coach engine idling. It was a specific issue involving three coaches all run by different operators. However, it came with a warning. ‘Please ask your members and all coach operators to switch off their engines when they are parked or stationary for any … Continue reading “Coach Engine Idling”