05/12/2025
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Travellers warned of rogue parking operators following crackdown
Posted on 5 December 2025, at 10:12 in Campaigns
Two images side by side: One of a police car parked behind a seized vehicle and another of cars left abandoned in a muddy field
Another day of action to target rogue parking operators was held in North Somerset.
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An operation has been carried out following complaints that customers’ cars continue to suffer criminal damage and have unexplained additional mileage after using unofficial parking companies located near Bristol Airport.
The recent joint day of action was led by the Airport police team, the Immigration Enforcement Team, North Somerset Council, and the British Parking Association and targeted unprofessional parking firms which operate away from the Airport site in North Somerset.
The operation targeted three specific sites used by the parking firms which were found to have no staff present, and the ‘offices’ used consisted of insecure vehicles and a caravan which contained what appeared to be keys to customers’ vehicles.
One driver working on behalf of the unaccredited parking operators was stopped in a customer’s car and has since been reported for driving a motor vehicle without insurance.
Some customers said they had been left abandoned at the Airport by parking operators, having been given various excuses.
Avon and Somerset Police and the agencies involved in this operation, which was held in advance of people taking holidays during the Christmas and new year period, are now reminding travellers to ensure they leave their vehicles in the hands of parking companies which operate within the law.
Police officers and other staff involved in the operation helped customers facing difficulty getting to locations where their cars were stored, while others were advised by the parking operators they would be reimbursed by them if they booked a taxi.
One family was told to take a taxi to a farm where they were made to wait an hour, before being told to go to another farm, where they waited a further two hours before their vehicle was eventually returned to them.
Another family with two distressed children was also apparently stranded before Airport staff escorted them to a hotel.
