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7 Sep 7 , 2026 Monday

Cobblers!

Market Place parking will be harder for a while

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Richmond Market Place is supposedly the largest cobbled area in England - a fact of which we are ridiculously proud.

The down-side, apart from the occasional twisted ankle and ruined bicycle wheel, is that all those cobbles need looking after. So, several times a year, our Council sets up camp in the Market Place, digs up an acre or two of cobbles, and laboriously mortars them all back in place again. Necessary work, but tedious and disruptive. And pity those poor blokes who spend several weeks on their knees, tapping the stones back, one by one.

Anyway - it's all happening again. For 12 whole weeks, we think, so until 27 November. Good grief... This is bound to make parking in or near the Market Place that bit more difficult. Rather than drive round fruitlessly, searching for a spot, why not use Nun's Close car-park instead? Or come by bus?

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