Parking boost at visitor hotspot

LLANGOLLEN EISTEDDFOD SITE OPENS ALMOST 180 MORE SPACES

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE

A PICTURESQUE Dee Valley town is to get almost 180 new parking spaces to cope with surging visitor numbers.

In peak season Llangollen can strug-gle to accommodate the influx and there are fears the town centre squeeze will tighten if the town is included in a new national park.

Llangollen has six car parks, one of which is the most lucrative in Den bighshire. These include a site at Llangollen Pavilion, home to the Inter-national Musical Eisteddfod, which today opens a new parking area.

The Eisteddfod team, which now manages the Pavilion, said it took action because Llangollen town cen-tre often suffers from a lack of car parking spaces. David Hennigan, Eisteddfod Board director, said the new facility was much needed.