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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

The UK beauty spot that pulled in £45,000 in parking fines in a year

Parking wardens issued fines worth up to £45,000 last year in a major crackdown in the ‘world's most beautiful village', as a community leader claimed overtourism had left residents facing a daily “nightmare”.

Bibury, known for its row of 17th-century weavers' cottages and water meadow, has become an ever-increasing popular stop-off for tourists in the Cotswolds after being given the prestigious title by Forbes magazine last year.

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