Car Parks in Harborne

Having written extensively about businesses in Harborne that you should either check out (or avoid) I felt it only fair to devote a few words to that thorniest of thorny topics — for car drivers of the region at least — car parking in the High Street. Now, its probably worth noting here that I am a passionate bus goer and proud owner of a monthly bus-​pass so car parking is never that much of an issue to me — unless of course I’m being driven around and then it becomes a little more pertinent (I’m off on a tangent here but if you’re planing on driving to Bridgnorth all I can say is DON’T — they have naff all in terms of car-​parking spaces and the hunt for one will drive you completely mad) but I know from friends and also from reading the Harborne Society Newsletter this is very much a concern. In no particular order then, here are places you might want to leave your car:
a) the car-​park behind Sainsbury’s — for two pounds you can stay for up to 4 hours. If you can find a space — this is a popular choice
b) the car-​park behind Home Bargains (by Harborne Medical practise) — all day parking costs 3.30 although you will have to walk past the stinky public toilets to get back into the car park
c) the car-​park by Marks — also 3.30 for the day but usually packed with people loading up their shopping
d) the car-​park in Waitrose — free but only for use by Waitrose customers. Staff do check and you will be fined if you stay longer than an hour
e) the car-​parks by the Green Man and The Old Proverbial — again for use by customers only but both pretty spacious and secure
Or you could attempt to park in one of the residential streets — not a chance at weekends of being able to get anywhere near the the High Street I’m afraid or do as I do and leave the car at home and jump on a 22,23,24,29,636 or 448 instead — all of which serve the High Street and with the exception of the 636 (which is actually the bane of my life) all pretty reliable.
Failing that there is a taxi rank just by Zizzi at the top end of the High Street which is served by TOA.