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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

One of England’s most beautiful villages blocks new shops in battle against overtourism

Bibury attracts up to 20,000 tourists during peak summer weekends - (Getty Images)

England’s “most beautiful” Cotswolds village has denied development plans for a cafe and retail area in an ongoing fight against overtourism.

Coaches of tourists descend daily on the picturesque hamlet of Bibury – ranked as one of the world's most beautiful villages by Forbes – in the Cotswolds area of Gloucestershire.

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