Finding a parking space at Abingdon’s White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre is now much easier after the extension to the car park was completed. The car park at the Audlett Drive site has been increased in size by 40 per cent (from 244 spaces to 343) in a move designed to make more spaces available and make the area safer for its 700,000 plus visitors a year. 
Work on the new 99 space overflow area, located next to the skate park, began in August and took two months to complete. Once the new area was available improvements were then also made to the existing car park, including resurfacing work which replaced the block paving with more durable porous tarmac, improving the alignment and markings of parking bays, the creation of five additional disabled parking spaces and new signage. Landscaping for the new car park will be carried out during the end of November/early December. Cllr Matthew Barber, Leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “I’m sure centre users and local residents will be very pleased that this work has been carried out. The overflow area has made it much easier to find a parking space and helps to ensure that nearby roads are no longer clogged up.”