Doggers: Please remember to pay & display

A NOTORIOUS outdoor sex spot has been hit with a parking fee during hours of darkness.

The introduction of a £3 pay and display system means anyone wanting to engage in illicit activities at Broxton picnic area between 6pm and 6am must pay - or face an £85 fine.

Doggers - people having sex in public watched by others - have been subjected to undercover police surveillance at the picturesque spot in recent years.

Charlie and Bec Dakin, of Duckington, own an arable farm which borders the picnic area and doggers often venture on to their land.

Mrs Dakin said: "If it prevents the damage occurring and the anti-social behaviour that goes on, we welcome it."

Tommy Lloyd, who runs a burger bar in the secluded car park and owns the land, imposed the fee on May 26 but denies the measure is solely to target doggers.

He said: "We've had a lot of damage done to the area including the drainage. It's taking a lot of money off us and the pay and display is a way of paying for it."

Mr Lloyd has employed a warden from Central Ticketing, who specialise in parking management, to issue £85 fines to people not displaying.

Police spokesman Glyn Hellam said: "What an individual chooses to do on his or her land is not for us to comment on."