Beautiful little UK village home to just 700 people - but it has one big issue

Furious locals successful Bibury, Cotswolds, accidental tourists person been invading their privateness by causing mayhem extracurricular their homes. It comes pursuing a post-pandemic influx of visitors

A beauteous colony which lone has 700 residents isn't arsenic rather arsenic peaceful arsenic locals had hoped owed to 1 immense issue.

Residents surviving successful Bibury successful the Cotswolds accidental their country is flooded with tourists which has taken distant its peaceful charm. The tiny colony is known for its 17th-century weavers’ cottages connected Arlington Row and its stunning surroundings. Bibury was adjacent labelled "the astir beauteous colony successful England" by William Morris.

Sadly, tourism has go a large occupation for locals who said they person been struggling to woody with the influx post-pandemic. In caller years, tourists person sought staycations successful much quant, historical areas. But visitors person reportedly go rowdy and adjacent effort to leap implicit fences of backstage homes.

In 1 picture, radical tin beryllium seen leaning against a chromatic cottage successful a bid to get a selfie with a countryside background, reports DailyMail. Resident Sarah, 27, and her sister, Martha, 25, were near stunned by the scenes. Sarah said: "The manager pulled up successful the mediate of the roadworthy due to the fact that determination was obscurity to park, opened the doorway and everybody flooded out, cameras successful hand, and they were virtually lasting determination taking photographs of each different successful beforehand of people's houses. It was extraordinary.

"I get that they possibly travel from places wherever radical don't person these beauteous accepted chromatic cottages and beforehand gardens, but it is causing chaos successful this beauteous village. Surely they tin find determination to parkland the coaches and cars truthful they don't person to propulsion up successful the street."

Anthony White, 80, said astatine the time: "Since I moved present a mates of years ago, I've been shocked and progressively acrophobic by the horrendous effects of over-tourism here. It tin beryllium truthful noisy, not conscionable due to the fact that of the traffic, but besides the radical walking on successful immense groups past our house making truthful overmuch noise. They conscionable don't care.

"Streams of people walk past present successful groups of up to a twelve astatine each times of the time and nighttime and I truly consciousness thing needs to beryllium done to restrict numbers." However, nonmigratory Sarah said determination are benefits to tourism and believes a amended postulation strategy conscionable needs to beryllium enactment successful place. She said: "Yes, determination are a batch of tourists here, but truly I deliberation radical should halt moaning astir it and bask the economical benefits they bring in."