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Visitors to key Somerset tourist spot will soon find it harder to park somersetlive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from somersetlive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DRASTIC action is in the pipeline to put an end to anti-social driving at an iconic Somerset beauty spot. Cheddar Gorge has been plagued in recent months with incidents of groups of motorists meeting up and disturbing the peace. A number of partners have got together to tackle the problems in the area. The Cheddar Vision Group aims to identify opportunities for investment, tourism, quality and experience, to regenerate the local economy, while respecting and working with the environmental importance of the gorge. Currently the Vision Group is working together on a number of different strands:
Avon and Somerset Police are funding Longleat, which owns the car parks in the gorge, to install gabion baskets to deter anti-social driving in the gorge;
New car park barriers have been unveiled in Cheddar Gorge in a bid to halt anti-social driving - but they have been deliberately damaged within hours of being installed.