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\n Residents of Clanfield in Oxfordshire are deeply unhappy about parking problems related to The Double Red Duke boutique hotel and restaurant, and neighbouring Mason\u2019s Arms.\n<\/p>\n
\n The establishment is extremely well regarded and is reportedly frequented by Premier League footballers as well as influencers and local celebrities such as Jeremy Clarkson and Kate Moss.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n But now locals have put up cones and bollards outside their homes to stop customers parking there.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Pub owners Country Creatures declined to comment. Oxfordshire County Council says it has sent enforcement officers after complaints by Clanfield Parish Council.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ann Roberts, 67, resident of 13 years said: “It’s diabolical. They park all over and some of them block our driveways.\n<\/p>\n
\n ”Every weekend my neighbours are putting bollards out so they don’t park outside the houses.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A no parking sign in Clanfield amid residents fury about parking issues (Image: Emma Trimble \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n A resident since 1969, aged 87, said: “One thing that annoys me is them turning in my driveway. If you say anything you just get a mouthful of abuse.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Some time ago now a young couple came out of the Double Red Duke and they’d parked on the pavement and I said ‘I think it’s a bit inconsiderate for people on wheelchairs or the children because they’ve got to go on the road’ and he just said ‘oh for goodness sake, get a life’.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A local called Victoria, 36, works in management in a tech company and moved to the village in July last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “The other day I couldn’t get out of my drive. You want local businesses to be successful as well but the council needs to be more aware.\n<\/p>\n
\n A no parking sign in Clanfield amid residents fury about parking issues (Image: Emma Trimble \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n “People park on the war memorial. Weekends it just gets really dangerous with visitors coming in.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n She added: \u201cThe bigger issue is if the cars block emergency vehicle access like fire engines.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Chris Bridgewater, another local, told the BBC: “Nobody can get through. We bought a bungalow and loved the village – we thought it would be our forever home.\n<\/p>\n
\n Traffic cones in Clanfield amid residents fury about parking issues (Image: Emma Trimble \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n “But we are now thinking of moving again – it’s just got ridiculous.”\n<\/p>\n
\n One resident of ten years, 50, said that it\u2019s changed the atmosphere in the village\n<\/p>\n
\n They said: “I’ve heard a few people that have said it will affect the value of the properties.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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\n Giles Horton, chair of the Clanfield Parish Council, said those running the pubs were “trying to be as cooperative as they can be”.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “They do try and ask their punters to park in the right sort of places, but people are people – they’ll park wherever they can.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Mason’s Arms has been described by Times food critic Giles Coren as \u201cgorgeous\u201d with \u201ccooking out of the top drawer”.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pub was bought by Country Creatures, which also owns the exclusive hotel The Double Red Duke opposite the pub, for \u00a31.4million in September 2023.\n<\/p>\n
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