![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-seaside-town-was-used-to-film-hit-drama-fans-risk-lives-for-souvenir-pics/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2020-uk-weather-sunbathers-holidaymakers-597388652-1.jpg&description=ITS colossal, towering coastline was the secret star of detective drama Broadchurch. But now, residents in the idyllic seaside town West Bay say it is being "forgotten" and left to pile up with rubbish, while idiot tourists risk their lives on its crumbling cliffs for souvenir photos. 8 West Bay in Dorset is a tourist hotspot Credit: Alamy 8 The beach was made famous by the drama Broadchurch, which starred Olivia Colman and David Tennant Credit: ITV handout The Dorset summer hotspot is battling a rat and seagull problem , a crumbling harbour wall, sky-high parking prices and stinking blocked drains. Located on the Jurassic Coast, the beach and harbour became a tourist magnet after Olivia Colman and David Tennant filmed the popular crime drama there from 2013-2017. Fans in their droves descended on the harbour town to visit the sandstone cliffs and the Jurassic Pier which featured in the gripping ITV show. But six years after the last series aired, locals say West Bay is now strewn with litter and in need of a string of other work to make it more attractive to visitors. 'Tired and tatty' Local businessman Simon Myles runs his boat charter business from the harbour in the town, taking tourists out to sea for tours of the bay. As head of the town's Harbour Consultative Committee, he has raised the issue of the lack of bins and the 'tired and tatty' state of the seaside town with Dorset Council's harbour committee. Speaking to The Sun he said: 'A number of people on the committee, including the harbour tradesperson's rep, raised the issue of more bins being needed. 'We also need more signage to stop people feeding the seagulls, as we have a real problem with them, the same as a lot of coastal towns. If people feed them, it encourages them to attack people for food. 'They're scavengers by nature so if the bins are overflowing it's easy pickings for them. The people who empty them to a good job, but often than not, they're still overflowing because there just aren't eno){kind=link}
ITS colossal, towering coastline was the secret star of detective drama Broadchurch.
But now, residents in the idyllic seaside town West Bay say it is being “forgotten” and left to pile up with rubbish, while idiot tourists risk their lives on its crumbling cliffs for souvenir photos.
The Dorset summer hotspot is battling a rat and seagull problem, a crumbling harbour wall, sky-high parking prices and stinking blocked drains.
Located on the Jurassic Coast, the beach and harbour became a tourist magnet after Olivia Colman and David Tennant filmed the popular crime drama there from 2013-2017.
Fans in their droves descended on the harbour town to visit the sandstone cliffs and the Jurassic Pier which featured in the gripping ITV show.