Masses of day trippers descending on rural beauty spots across the UK over the Easter weekend have been lambasted by locals who say they are being 'besieged'.
Locals from Gwynedd, the Cotswolds as well as the Lake District, have hit out at social media users inspired by Instagram and TikTok for causing traffic chaos and littering their streets.
This Easter weekend, the streets near Eryri, Snowdonia, were said to have been so badly clogged that it raised fears over the prospect of someone being killed.
Dashcam footage captured by a frustrated Dinorwig resident has shown swathes of parked vehicles stretching all the way to the neighbouring village of Deiniolen around two miles away.
Local communities have complained of over-tourism, saying it has caused mounds of litter and human faeces to gather in the surrounding fields of what was once the world's second largest slate mine.
Some say they are now too afraid to venture out from their homes on busy weekends, leading to calls for renewed parking restrictions – or to install an entire new car park with toilets on the mountain.
Resident John Horrigan has campaigned for improved safety on the access road for years and said the traffic last weekend was the 'worst he'd ever seen'.
He said: 'The whole site was like a giant anthill with people crawling all over it. I spoke to several of them and they all said they'd seen the quarry on TikTok and they wanted to see it for themselves.
At the weekend, the streets near the site of Eryri, Snowdonia, are said to have been so badly clogged that it has raised fears over the prospect of someone being killed
Dashcam footage captured by a frustrated Dinorwig resident has shown swathes of parked vehicles stretching all the way to the neighbouring village of Deiniolen around two miles away
Some locals say they are now too afraid to venture out from their homes on busy weekends, leading to calls for renewed parking restrictions – or to install a new car park with toilets on the mountain (Pictured: a No Parking sign in Snowdonia from last year)
'There seems to be a view that just because a place has been on TikTok, people have a God given right to go anywhere.'
Paid-for parking near the quarry is available in Llanberis, but this involves a climb up the mountain to reach a site billed as the 'place where time stood still'.
Old barracks, sheds, mine passages and cabins hark back to a time when the quarry was a hive of activity, offering a fascinating glimpse into an industry that once roofed the world.
Free parking is available up on the mountain itself at the Allt Ddu bus terminus and Mr Horrigan says this offers an easier route for those looking to take in the scenery.
He said: 'You ...
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