Parish council backs calls to ban coach parking in Bourton-on-the-Water

A campaign to ban coaches from one of the Cotswolds' most popular tourist destinations is gathering momentum.

Last year, an estimated 160,000 tourists visited the village by coach. It is expected that coach traffic and parking will become more problematic this year as the Bourton Vale coach parking area closed permanently on 31 December 2023 and no alternative has been provided.

The prospect of prohibition coaches has been in the air since December last year, but Cotswold District Council has...

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