Bibury residents say tourist crowds are disrupting village life
Residents of Bibury, a village of about 600 people in Gloucestershire, say heavy tourism is making their homes feel like part of a theme park. They report visitors entering gardens and houses, looking through windows and photographing people inside, and say the disruption has become intolerable for some.
The village’s honey-coloured cottages, especially Arlington Row, attract coachloads of visitors after Bibury was named the world’s most beautiful village by Forbes last year. Reports say up to 20,000 people visit in a day during peak periods. Residents and local heritage representatives say social media promotes an idealised image of a quiet village, while at least one resident is moving away.
- Bibury residents say tourism is intruding on their homes and daily lives.
- Up to 20,000 visitors reportedly arrive on peak days.
- Locals say social media helps portray the village as a theme park.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Disneyfication of world’s most beautiful village: The Bibury residents sick of living in Cotswolds ‘theme park’ where 20,000 daily tourists are ‘loving it to death’ by setting up picnics in front gardens and even walking into homes”.