More than 20 NCP car parks to close as major operator falls into administration - update on Lancashire sites
NCP operates many car parks in Lancashire, including several in Preston.
20 car parks are set to close after a major operator’s collapse into administration.
National Car Parks (NCP), which has struggled to fill spaces since the Covid-19 pandemic, last week appointed PwC as administrators.
NCP has been around for 95 years and operates around 340 car parks across the UK, including sites in city centres, near train stations, hospitals and airports. The operator has numerous car parks in Lancashire, including several in Preston.
Last week, Zelf Hussain, Rachael Wilkinson and Toby Banfield of PwC were appointed as joint administrators to the business. They said they would be assessing the viability of each location operated by the firm, which was founded in 1931 and is owned by Japanese company Park24.
Following an initial assessment of operations, the administrators have now identified 22 sites that will be closed to customers from 11.59pm on Friday, March 27.
Due to the closure of these sites, 33 employees will be made redundant on March 31.
NCP car parks to close
- Ashford County Square
- Ashton-un-Lyne Cotton Street
- Banbury Marlborough Road
- Bexley Royal Oak Road
- Birmingham Gough Street
- Bournemouth Hinton Rd
- Bristol Nelson Street
- Bromley Travelodge
- Cardiff Dumfries Place
- Eastbourne Trinity Place
- Exeter Market Street
- Grantham Station 1 - 3
- Hinckley Britannia Shopping Centre
- Ipswich Portman Road
- Leicester Abbey Street
- Leicester East Street
- Leicester Lee Circle
- Leicester Rutland Centre
- London Harley Street (prev. Portland Place)
- London Kings Cross St Pancras (prev. Judd St)
- London Knightsbridge
- Luton Regent Street
The other 318 car parks remain open and there are no further sites identified for closure at this time. This means all of Lancashire’s NCP car parks remain operational for now.
NCP car parks in Lancashire
- Preston Boltons Court
- Preston Manchester Road
- Preston Laurel Street
- Preston Church Street
- Preston Christian Road
- Blackpool Lancaster Apartments
- Blackpool 281 Promenade
- Blackpool Delton Hotel
- Lancaster Dallas Road
- Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital Car Park