If you board a bus within Wokingham Borough on any Saturday between 18 November and 23 December, you won’t need to pay
Travel free by bus
If you’re travelling outside the borough, you will need to pay for your return journey, unless a similar scheme is in place in the area where you board.
This will only be on local buses, operated by Reading Buses and Thames Valley Buses and won’t be provided on services such as park and rides or football specials.
Find out more, including the routes HERE.
Free bus travel to Woodley Extravaganza & Wokingham Winter Carnival
Additionally, the Lion 4/X4 will be free on 26 November for the Wokingham Winter Carnival and the Orange 13/14 on 3 December for Woodley Christmas Extravaganza.
Free parking for Woodley Extravaganza & Wokingham Winter Carnival
Free parking will be available for visitors to Wokingham and Woodley town centres for their festive events to help support local businesses and stallholders, many of whom are charities.
Wokingham Winter Carnival takes place on Sunday 26 November, and on this date all council owned Wokingham town centre car parks will be free to use.
The weekend after, Sunday 3 December, the Woodley Town Christmas Extravaganza takes place and on this date all council owned car parks in Woodley town centre will be free to use.
More information is available HERE, however, please note the ticket machines and RingGo will not be changed on these dates, and you will not need to enter a registration or purchase a ticket. If you do purchase a ticket, regrettably refunds will not be available. Notices will be on display in the car parks on these dates.
For any further information regarding this, please contact Wokingham Borough Council.
Woodley Christmas Carol Concert & Extravaganza
Please join our community to watch the Christmas lights switch on in Woodley Town Centre on Saturday 25th November, 4.30pm – 5.30pm. The winners of the Christmas Extravaganza poster competition will turn on the lights with Woodley Town Mayor, Cllr Janet Sartorel.
The Christmas Extravaganza is on Sunday 3rd December, 10am-3pm. There’ll be lots of stalls and entertainment throughout the day.
As usual, both events are run by the Town Centre Manager so please contact Brian Fennelly for any further information:
📧 tcm@woodley.gov.uk
☎ 07506741591
