Bank Holiday weekend HELL: Locals in the UK's picture postcard tourist hotspots warn their villages are buckling under the weight of floods of visitors - as thousands of families travelling for mini b
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Bank Holiday weekend HELL: Locals in the UK's picture postcard tourist hotspots warn their villages are buckling under the weight of floods of visitors - as thousands of families travelling for mini b

Daily Mail  

Families across the UK's tourist hotspots say they dread the vast hordes of visitors that bring chaos to their doorsteps every bank holiday. Pictured is Bourton-On-The-Water on May 25 Long queues outside sandwich and ice cream shop in Bourton-On-The-Water on Saturday Whitby: Crowds of shoppers in the North Yorkshire town on Saturday Salcombe: A picturesque resort town in Devon, its population booms in the summer Windsor: Hundreds of tourists wait in a huge line for Windsor Castle to open its doors this morning Marshals from the Royal Collection Trust looking after the line this morning Tour guides in Windsor today said the castle had never been so busy Parish and district councillor Jon Wareing says Bourton-On-The-Water is buckling under the weight of an ever increasing number of daytrippers. Overcrowding, car parking issues and out of order public toilets are just some of the issues to plague local areas like Bourton-On-The-Water Picnickers in Bourton-on-the-Water, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire Crowds of tourists in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-On-The-Water on Saturday Bourton-On-The-Water parish and district councillor Jon Wareing says the small village is buckling under the weight of an ever increasing number of visitors Bernie Roberts lives just yards from the High Street in Bourton-On-The-Water but, like many other villagers, only goes there to buy a newspaper and rarely goes out on busy days Cars are crowded in the parking lot as hundreds of tourists flock to Bourton-On-The-Water over the weekend Bernie Roberts lives just yards from High Street but, like many other villagers, only goes there to buy a newspaper and rarely goes out on busy days. Sarita Tapper, who runs the Chestnuts Fashion Fix shop in Bourton-On-The-Water, said banning coaches from the centre could force her business to fold A packed car park in Bourton-On-The-Water in Gloucestershire on Saturday 'It is lovely place Whitby but no one seems to police anything and there are some things that need sorting out.' Signs in Bourton-On-The-Water point tourists towards the village from a car park Parking for coaches in the village has become more difficult after a privately owned area they had been allowed to use was withdrawn The pavements in Bourton-On-The-Water were bustling over the weekend due to the influx of tourists Whitby runs an annual goth convention and has been made famous by classic novels such as Bram Stoker's Dracula Signs advertising teas and boat trips on the streets on Whitby on Saturday Shoppers in the tourist hotspot of Salcombe in Devon on Saturday Sally Hannaford, 54, who manages The Pasty Shack on the waterfront in Salcombe, says high house prices are making it difficult to find staff People in Salcombe soaking up the sun on Saturday while enjoying stunning views over the estuary Surrounded by stunning coves and beaches and glorious cliff walks, the South Hams town is a tourist magnet - sometimes to the dismay of locals, who say parking can get limited in high summer.

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