People living in the UK’s most popular picture-postcard hotspots say their towns and villages are buckling from too many visitors. Many say they particularly dread bank holiday weekends, but claim the problem is often now year-round. Complaints include overcrowding, parking disputes, out-of-order toilets, inflated rent and house prices, roads being blocked by selfie takers and even bad language.
Entire coach-loads of visitors will arrive in small, quaint villages, not designed to withstand such high numbers of people, they say. The MailOnline spoke to several residents who voiced their dismay. Parish and district councillor Jon Wareing said pretty Bourton-On-The-Water in the Cotswolds is struggling under the weight of day-trippers.
He explained how a visitor recently threatened one of his neighbours after being asked not to park on his drive. ‘People can spend an hour in their car, driving around. Some of the ”difficult” behaviour that follows is because they get frustrated,’ he added.
‘One of my neighbours asked this person not to park on his property and got threatened with violence. He said he knew where they lived if they did anything to his car and threatened to throw a brick through their window.’ Coaches could previously park on a designated piece of private land, but this has now been withdrawn, leading to congestion issues.
As a result the parish council is now considering banning coaches from central parts of the village. Resident Bernie Roberts lives .
