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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

Residents of ‘the most beautiful village in England’ sound alarm over new car park plans

Bibury residents have long been fed up with cars, coaches and tourists - (Getty/iStock)

Residents in a picturesque Cotswolds village that has struggled with tourist behaviour fear that visitor numbers could go up by 800 every hour if a new car park plan is put in place.

Bibury is famous for its row of residential 17th-century weavers’ cottages and its water meadow – and was once described by William Morris as “the most beautiful village in England”.

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