Nice place but parking is highly inconvenient and poorly managed ... visited the Centre to have some lunch and catch a movie, upon trying to pay for parking the machine would not accept any money as we had been there for more than four hours (obviously) ... looked at small print on sign and it did state 'four hours maximum' - what's the point of that ? ... why have restaurants and a cinema if you cannot park long enough to actually use the facilities ?
Got fined £25 (x 2 as we drove separately) tried to call the Orchard Centre and they were completely uninterested and just referred me to the robbing Parking Company who were equally dismissive of the fact that I had tried to pay but machine wouldn't allow it .. so in the end I just get ripped off with the fine
Utter shambles !! ... will not bother visiting again ... if you want to have some food and see a movie, without Parking grief, go to Oxford, Wynnersh or Reading ... much less hassle read more