Are out-of-town visitors flouting lockdown by coming into Stratford-upon-Avon?
| Updated: 11:01, 08 March 2021
(Story published in current Herald, so weekend of 27th/28th is referred to.)
âWe love you normally but please go awayâ, was tourist town Stratfordâs message to the outside world after a busy sunny weekend.
For weeks worried locals have reported their alarm over the seeming escalation of visitors to the area. Many have voiced their frustration to the Herald, saying that out-of-town day-trippers are descending on the town unchecked, flouting Covid rules and undermining their own efforts to follow guidelines.
The view of the Bancroft Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon last Sunday afternoon (28th Feb). Photo: Mark Williamson. B14/2/21/ 3103.
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