点评:A very poor experience. I've been visiting Heybridge for over 35 years and the car park has always been free. It's yet more predictable Essex greed. They just can't help themselves. We were taught at uni about the aggressive privatisation of the countryside and the (usually successful) attempts of councils and landowners to remove as many publicly accessible spaces as they can get away with and help themselves to your cash, and that's exactly what's happened here. The council have made sure to remove any alternative parking options from the entire area and you're basically being funnelled into yet another money pit. So of course it will not surprise you to learn that all the businesses at Heybridge Basin have happily jumped on that wagon and have uniformly and sickeningly raised their prices and agreed to exclude anyone who doesn't want to pay to visit their own area. If you don't want to get ripped off, don't visit Heybridge Basin. Furthermore, if you are the sort of person who takes offence at being treated like a 3rd pocket every time you leave home, please register your disgust with Visit Essex and Essex County Council as many times as you deem necessary. Alternatively, come up north where you can mostly park for free. Remember: if you don't stand up for yourself and others, we will eternally remain victims of these people and their toxic attitude towards their own community. Nice place, very poor value for money...
翻译:一次极其糟糕的体验。35年来我一直常去Heybridge,那里的停车场一直都是免费的。这不过是埃塞克斯地区那种贪婪本性的又一次体现罢了——他们根本控制不住自己。大学时我们就学过:乡村地区正被大肆私有化,各地方议会和地主也总是试图尽可能多地剥夺公众可进入的空间,从而榨取大家的金钱。而这里发生的事情恰恰印证了这一点。市政委员会特意取消了该区域内所有其他停车选项,实际上就是把游客逼向另一个烧钱的陷阱。因此,当你得知Heybridge Basin地区的所有商家都欣然加入了这一行列——它们一致且可恶地提高了价格,并决定拒绝那些不愿付费进入该区域的游客时,也丝毫不会感到意外。如果你不想被坑,那就千万别去Heybridge Basin。此外……如果你属于那种每次出门停车时都被当作“免费停车位”来对待因而心生不满的人,那就尽可以多次向Visit Essex以及埃塞克斯郡议会表达你的不满吧。或者,干脆北上吧,在那里大多数地方都能免费停车。请记住:如果你不为自己和他人挺身而出,我们将永远沦为这些人及其对自身社区的恶劣态度的受害者。是个不错的地方,但性价比实在太差了……