Residents in Cotgrave say parking on one major road in the town can be "bedlam" with cars using both sides of the roads at busy times. Woodview is used as a bus route and is also the location of Cotgrave Leisure Centre as well as the welfare centre on opposite sides of the road.
All of this means a lot of people can be heading to the area, especially at weekends, to play football matches, visit the centre or for other activities such as dance classes. According to those who live nearby, the overspill from car parks onto the residential street can make it quite dangerous.
Graham Jamieson, who has lived close-by for 18 years, told Nottinghamshire Live it's not just weekends. "It does get quite busy and at times the buses come down here and they struggle to get through it all," he said.
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"People get the bus here to get in and out of Cotgrave. You also have all the shopping places near to here as well as the leisure centre and the Welfare, so it's no surprise that it gets so busy. People park on both sides of the road all the time."
One resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "It does get pretty bad, yeah. On weekends there is a lot going on so naturally there's a bit more traffic and a few more parked cars.
"I think I've just got used to it. When you move in near shops and a leisure centre, you expect for it to be busy every now and again. I have seen some pretty awful parking over the years, though."
Meanwhile Carol Leyland, 55, said: "It's not too bad but it can get much worse than this. At times it's absolute bedlam. The problem is that you often have a lot of kids and the last thing you need is lots of parked cars and people running around, or trying to cross the road and peering around one of them.
"I'm not sure what you could do to improve it though, as people need to use the road for lots of things and we all have to park our car. I always make sure I drive very slowly whenever it's like that."
Nottinghamshire County Council and LEX Leisure, which operates the leisure centre, have been approached for comment.
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