Melton pub clamps down on non-customers who park there

Staff at the Anne of Cleves, on Burton Street, are fed up arriving for work and having nowhere to park or having to explain to customers there are no spaces left in their car park because of people parking there during their working day.

Cameras have now been installed and customers will be asked to enter their car registration at the bar when they order if they’ve parked at the pub.

Paul Gilchrist, whose family have run the pub for nearly three years, told the Melton Times: “Some days, particularly Tuesday market days, we will arrive at 9am and the car park is already full.

"It’s got to a point where we just don’t want it anymore.

"It’s not just the potential loss of trade from people parking there but also the fact that if you question some people who have parked there you get a load of abuse and they say ‘I’m parking here, what are you going to do about it?’.”

The new parking restrictions will be introduced on Monday June 19, when the cameras will record registration plates and anyone who doesn’t then visit the pub is liable for a £100 fine. Staff will continue to monitor the car park, which has around 30 spaces, until the new system begins.

Paul’s son, Simon, added: “The cleaner messaged me the other day to say she couldn’t park and it was only 9am.

"We’ve also witnessed people parking at the pub and then going off to catch a train.”