Hundreds of beach goers ticketed at wardens delight

7th January 2018

Hundreds of drivers have been hit with huge fines after abandoning their cars on the road outside Ainsdale beach, Sunday 7 January.

The beach car park is closed over winter so drivers and visitors instead pulled their cars up on Station Road and abandoned them to head to the beach.
However overzealous Sunday morning traffic warned were out in force to ticket the cars leaving drivers with huge fines to pay.

One driver said the wardens were smiling and laughing as they put the tickets on clearly enjoying their job in spreading misery to hundreds.

The Council first decided to close the beach parking for six months last winter – stating it would not be able to manage the beach with reduced ranger numbers.

A  Council spokespersons quoted: ” The beach remains fully open for visitors but there will be no public parking on the beach during the winter.

“We decided to close beach parking last year due to continued budget reductions by Central Government.

“During the summer we evaluated the decision and it was agreed that the car park would close during winter 2016 as the cost savings associated with the decision can be used to protect other services.”

When will it open again?

Beach parking will return in April/May to Sept 2018 and visitors can buy a beach parking season ticket for the summer season which is valid for parking at Ainsdale Beach Car Park, Southport Beach Car Park and Formby Lifeboat Road Car Park.