But when the sun comes out, so does the chaos.

Villagers in the picture-postcard community, five miles west of Norwich, say cannabis use, fighting, loud parties and defecation have become a fixture of summer weekends at the site now dubbed "Costa del Bawburgh" online.

A packed green in Bawburgh earlier this summer (Image: Denise Bradley)

As many as 350 people have been descending on the green on hot days, with locals saying the invasion is now so bad they've stopped taking their own children there and are considering a move away. 

The scale of the problem has grown sharply this summer, with as many as 150 cars counted parked at the site in a single weekend.

The congestion on the single carriage road around the green has grown so severe that an ambulance responding to an emergency was recently forced to turn back, and a farmer who has lived in the village for 80 years unable to get home.

The heatwave has resulted a surge in visitors (Image: Denise Bradley)

Peter Markham, the chairman of the parish council, said many who live in........

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