Farmer charges people £10 to 'park like a wally' on his land

Farmer who charges people £10 to park ‘like a wally’ rather than ‘neat and tight’ on his land says he’s amazed so many people pay up

• Ian Flindall charges people extra to park badly on his land in Cornwall 
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A landowner has revealed he charges people extra money to ‘park like a wally’ on this land.

Ian Flindall, from Cornwall, put up a sign on his farm in Portheras Cove to tell tourists they can pay £3 to park ‘nice and tight’ or £10 to ‘park like a wally’.

His land is next to a public footpath which leads to a local beauty spot, meaning many holidaymakers are looking for a spot to leave their car.

But after getting frustrated at the way people leave their cars, he decided to charge extra for bad parking, land was left shocked that many people are actually willing to pay up. 

Ian Flindall, from Cornwall, put up a sign on his farm in Portheras Cove to tell tourists they can pay £3 to park ‘nice and tight’ or £10 to ‘park like a wally

‘All we are asking is that drivers park close together so that more and more people can come and enjoy the wonderful Cornish coastline.

‘But I’m still amazed at how many £10 notes have been put in the honesty box because they can’t be bothered to park close to another car,’ the 69-year-old told The Sun. 

Farmer Ian and his family have owned the land since the sixties, leaving a small patch as a car park.

His mother-in-law came to the farm as a Land Army girl during the Second World War and put up a sign allowing visitors to park for sixpence.

His land is next to a public footpath which leads to a local beauty spot, meaning many holidaymakers are looking for a spot to leave their car

The fee sat at 5p in 2003, but has gradually increased over the last 20 years as the spot became more popular.

Ian had the ‘wally’ part of the sign added during the pandemic when more visitors came to the area.

‘I went to the local sign-maker and asked if he could do it and he was only too happy to oblige. I think it was the first time that he’d been asked to use the word “wally” on a sign,’ he explained. 

Without the sign, he says people would be parked all over the street and take up ‘four spaces’.

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