Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

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Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by Gow9900 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:38 pm

A heads up for anyone who parks in Blackwell Grange Hotel on a matchday.....

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/polite- ... ange-hotel

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by bga » Tue Jan 15, 2019 3:23 pm

Gow9900 wrote:A heads up for anyone who parks in Blackwell Grange Hotel on a matchday.....

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/polite- ... ange-hotel
Surely no one can have a problem with this, but then again some may!

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by spen666 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:06 pm

bga wrote:
Gow9900 wrote:A heads up for anyone who parks in Blackwell Grange Hotel on a matchday.....

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/polite- ... ange-hotel
Surely no one can have a problem with this, but then again some may!
The following will have problems... "...But its my human rights to park where I want to" brigade and the
"I'm too lazy to walk further than needed and too tight to pay to park group"


Sadly people like that are too ignorant to realise the ill feeling it causes towards the football club and its fans


It happens at every club sadly

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by bga » Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:36 pm

spen666 wrote:
bga wrote:
Gow9900 wrote:A heads up for anyone who parks in Blackwell Grange Hotel on a matchday.....

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/polite- ... ange-hotel
Surely no one can have a problem with this, but then again some may!
The following will have problems... "...But its my human rights to park where I want to" brigade and the
"I'm too lazy to walk further than needed and too tight to pay to park group"


Sadly people like that are too ignorant to realise the ill feeling it causes towards the football club and its fans
Agree too stupid to realise it is Private Land!

It happens at every club sadly

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by bga » Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:41 pm

spen666 wrote:
bga wrote:
Gow9900 wrote:A heads up for anyone who parks in Blackwell Grange Hotel on a matchday.....

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/polite- ... ange-hotel
Surely no one can have a problem with this, but then again some may!
The following will have problems... "...But its my human rights to park where I want to" brigade and the
"I'm too lazy to walk further than needed and too tight to pay to park group"


Sadly people like that are too ignorant to realise the ill feeling it causes towards the football club and its fans


It happens at every club sadly
Agree too stupid to realise it is Private Land!

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by polarbear » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:49 pm

Clamping is illegal.

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by bga » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:54 pm

polarbear wrote:Clamping is illegal.
That makes me the Stupid one then I guess! Seriously though, wonder how Blackwell Grange can enforce this?

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by polarbear » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:39 pm

bga wrote:
polarbear wrote:Clamping is illegal.
Seriously though, wonder how Blackwell Grange can enforce this?
They could charge £3 per car, get one of the staff to enforce it, then say full after a certain amount, that keeps spaces for guests.

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Post by HarrytheQuaker » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:42 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19782680

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by quakersfan » Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:16 pm

If your there at an event and you cant park I’d be pissed off, plenty of parking within 5-10min walk of Blackwell.

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Post by Darlogramps » Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:58 am

bga wrote:
polarbear wrote:Clamping is illegal.
That makes me the Stupid one then I guess! Seriously though, wonder how Blackwell Grange can enforce this?
In reality, they won't be able to without further expense to themselves. As said earlier, if they try clamping vehicles, that's actually a criminal offence, so they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. Someone could do with mentioning that to them (or they already know in which case it's the worst scare tactic ever).

They'd need to employ a parking attendant on a matchday to turn supporters away. Or they can ticket unauthorised vehicles, although pursuing people who simply don't pay would become expensive and create bad will.

Tricky one for the hotel as it's clearly ridiculous for supporters to be parking on private property without permission.
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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by lo36789 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:12 am

polarbear wrote:
bga wrote:
polarbear wrote:Clamping is illegal.
Seriously though, wonder how Blackwell Grange can enforce this?
They could charge £3 per car, get one of the staff to enforce it, then say full after a certain amount, that keeps spaces for guests.
They could in reality charge whatever they wanted for parking and then give it back to any genuine guests inside the hotel. Discount off your hotel stay. Discount off your bill etc.

How expensive that would be to operate I dunno - they would probably only have to do it once I month I suppose to act as the deterrent intended.

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Post by Darlo_Pete » Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:30 am

I park at Blackwell Grange and I usually I arrive early and there is normally loads of space. Thanks for the warning, I guess Blackwell lane will be getting even busier on matchdays from now on.

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Post by lifetime darlo fan » Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:52 am

Darlo_Pete wrote:I park at Blackwell Grange and I usually I arrive early and there is normally loads of space. Thanks for the warning, I guess Blackwell lane will be getting even busier on matchdays from now on.
Predictable that this idiot parks in Blackwell. Just pay your fiver to park at Blackwell Meadows and enjoy the match.

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Post by spen666 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:10 am

Darlogramps wrote:
bga wrote:
polarbear wrote:Clamping is illegal.
That makes me the Stupid one then I guess! Seriously though, wonder how Blackwell Grange can enforce this?
In reality, they won't be able to without further expense to themselves. As said earlier, if they try clamping vehicles, that's actually a criminal offence, so they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. Someone could do with mentioning that to them (or they already know in which case it's the worst scare tactic ever).

They'd need to employ a parking attendant on a matchday to turn supporters away. Or they can ticket unauthorised vehicles, although pursuing people who simply don't pay would become expensive and create bad will.

Tricky one for the hotel as it's clearly ridiculous for supporters to be parking on private property without permission.

That of course will cost the hotel money and reduce profitability. Which in turn will cause resentment from hotel towards football club and its fans.

Your last sentence sums it up


Its also sadly a problem across society as many motorists seem to think its their right to leave their vehicles wherever they like. It is wrong to think of it as soley a thing caused by fans going to Darlington. however, the "victim" will see it as being caused by Darlington Football Club

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by BaronsCourtQuaker » Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:45 am

Good on Blackwell I’m amazed they have been so patient and it has taken this long.

Anyone in their right mind who supports the club should stay away from parking there or trying to be clever saying 'what can they do?' They are close neighbours who have politely asked you not to park on their grounds.

There is loads of free on street parking around the BM. Only total laziness and selfishness is behind the reason why people park on the hotel grounds.

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Post by Spyman » Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:50 am

BaronsCourtQuaker wrote: Only total laziness and selfishness is behind the reason why people park on the hotel grounds.
Same reasons a lot of people drive in the first place.
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Post by HarryCharltonsCat » Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:54 pm

Probably brought to a head by the idiots who park on the grass on the drive up to the hotel, and not even in recognised parking spaces. Doesn't give a great first impression to visitors to the hotel.

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Post by onewayup » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:08 pm

Park at Blackwell Grange, pay the penalty, simple as. Any darlington fc fan who had the club at heart would park at Blackwell meadow, in the club car park, all the whingeing that went on before we got parking sorted you would think that people would be only to happy to use the club parking as 80%of the fee goes straight to the football club funding.
So come on gentlemen park in the appropriate car park. No sympathy with those parking where they SHOULDN'T, just be sensible about it.

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Post by LoidLucan » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:14 pm

I just hope the ban isnt extended to people walking through the hotel grounds to get to BM because it'll mean a bloody big detour. But i suppose a motley band of darlo fans doesnt make a good backdrop to wedding photos :shock: Then again they do get the occasional fan calling in for a beer and they may then return for a meal.

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Post by Emdubya » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:27 pm

LoidLucan wrote:I just hope the ban isnt extended to people walking through the hotel grounds to get to BM because it'll mean a bloody big detour. But i suppose a motley band of darlo fans doesnt make a good backdrop to wedding photos :shock:
I think the walk past the hotel is a public right of way.Its certainly a marked route on Google maps.As has been said,park at the ground and help the club out.

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Post by LoidLucan » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:31 pm

I walk from the Blackwell Lane direction as do quite a few others but have noticed cars with fans pulling into the hotel car park.

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Post by HarrytheQuaker » Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:39 pm

HarryCharltonsCat wrote:Probably brought to a head by the idiots who park on the grass on the drive up to the hotel, and not even in recognised parking spaces. Doesn't give a great first impression to visitors to the hotel.
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Post by Darlo_Pete » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:35 am

Yep despite white painted boulders obviously meaning don't park here, people still try and squeeze there cars into the spaces in between.

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Post by Emdubya » Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:00 am

Darlo_Pete wrote:Yep despite white painted boulders obviously meaning don't park here, people still try and squeeze there cars into the spaces in between.
But it’s OK to park outside the front door is it ? :roll:

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Post by Darlo_Pete » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:12 pm

Emdubya wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:Yep despite white painted boulders obviously meaning don't park here, people still try and squeeze there cars into the spaces in between.
But it’s OK to park outside the front door is it ? :roll:
There are no boulders or signs that say you can't.

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Post by theoriginalfatcat » Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:42 pm

Darlo_Pete wrote:
Emdubya wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:Yep despite white painted boulders obviously meaning don't park here, people still try and squeeze there cars into the spaces in between.
But it’s OK to park outside the front door is it ? :roll:
There are no boulders or signs that say you can't.
I bet there are signs in the Hotel car park saying something like "parking for patrons only" in any case it's just common sense not to park at the Hotel if you're not a customer.
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Post by Vokuhila » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:27 pm

theoriginalfatcat wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
Emdubya wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:Yep despite white painted boulders obviously meaning don't park here, people still try and squeeze there cars into the spaces in between.
But it’s OK to park outside the front door is it ? :roll:
There are no boulders or signs that say you can't.
I bet there are signs in the Hotel car park saying something like "parking for patrons only" in any case it's just common sense not to park at the Hotel if you're not a customer.
Yeah, Pete's talking boulder-dash again.

There are plenty of signs, not least the massive one (unless it's been taken down) at the main entrance! I had thought you couldn't miss that one, but evidently you can...

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Re: Parking at Blackwell Grange Hotel on Matchdays

Post by lo36789 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:41 pm

I don’t have any boulders or signs on my driveway. Please don’t take this to mean you can park on it Pete.

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