Voices: ‘They can’t have it both ways’: Readers turn on residents of scenic Cotswolds village over tourist backlash

Bourton-on-the-Water gets packed with tourists over the summer months - (Getty)

Bourton-on-the-Water’s residents say daytrippers are turning the village into ‘Blackpool-on-the-Water’, and they want coach bans, parking permits and tourist charges to bring the crowds under control.

Their complaints divided Independent readers. Many rallied behind the residents, some drawing up detailed proposals of their own for parking levies and river tolls.