Lakes Parish Council has agreed a motion to only accept contactless payments in some of their toilets. Areas to be affected include tourist hotspots around the north of Windermere and into Ambleside. The toilets affected will be Moss Low Fold and White Platts, which will be converted. Chapel Stile and Rothay Park will remain free, with Parrock Grasmere, Mechanics Ambleside, and Rydal Road car park Ambleside, all currently equipped with contactless. Cllr Vicky Hughes, who represents Ambleside and Grasmere for South Lakeland District Council (SLDC), said some people will find it hard. She said: “It alienates people who don’t have cards, such as young children who could get caught out whilst they are playing or hanging out, or older people who don’t wish to have cards and all those who generally just prefer to pay by cash.