Tourists come here in power. The inhabitants of the village want to put an end to this
This charming village is another victim of excessive tourism. Residents loudly oppose the arrival of loud coaches.
Bibury in the pictures looks like the calmest village in the world. The everyday life of its inhabitants is quite different and certainly does not resemble an idyllic landscape from photography. Located halfway between Oxford and Bristol, the English oasis has been attracting tourists with its fairy -tale buildings for years. Unfortunately, large coaches arrive on the narrow streets. “The pressure exerted on us by a huge number of visitors has become unbearable,” says Craig Chapman, chairman of the Bibury parish council.
The most beautiful village in England
Only seven hundred people live in a small Bibury. Meanwhile, according to The Independent, even fifty buses stuffed to the brim are parked here every day with tourists who want to see a place considered the most beautiful village in all of England. Bibury is usually one of the stops during traveling trips around the Cotswold district. Tourists come here for a moment to see real England in a nutshell. The traditional stone houses, in which weats once lived, arouse interest. Now, however, they belong to “ordinary” residents who are fed up with tourists blocking the streets. The council of the local parish decided to react to the deepening problem faster.
The inhabitants of the Bibury want to fight tourists
Chaos in the Bibury begins to be unbearable for residents. “This is not a suitable place for larger coaches,” believes Craig Chapman, chairman of the Bibury parish council, which, as a consequence of the development of excessive tourism, decided to intervene. First, the location of bus bays will be changed, which will no longer be located in the very center of the village. In the second stage, the implementation of further restrictions will be considered, such as the introduction of a total ban on stopping and parking buses. “We are trying to find a compromise, thanks to which the village will continue to receive guests in a controlled manner, but at the same time the safety of residents will not suffer,” says the chairman of the Gloucestershire Tephen Davies Council.
