Our picturesque village is ruined by influencers & mobbed by tourists – they’re turning our shops into ‘Alton Towers’
A FRUSTRATED local has slammed an influencer for "ruining" her favourite shop by turning it into "Alton Towers".
TikToker Hollie was furious with a very specific TV star for the "pure carnage" she caused by visiting Hollies Farm Shop in Cheshire.
Hollie went online to share her frustration that her adorable, local farm shop had been hit by what she called the "Molly-Mae effect".
Earlier this month, the 24-year-old former Love Islander had posted a series of pictures on Instagram of her day out at Hollies with her daughter Bambi.
It clearly caused quite a splash and her fans flocked to the small shop to follow in her glamorous footsteps.
In the , Hollie explained that Molly-Mae's visit had led to absolute pandemonium - three queues of people waiting outside, streams of traffic and nowhere to park.
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She was especially flabbergasted that people were willing to wait outside in the rain to enter what had always been a quiet, low-key local spot.
"We always come to Hollies farm shop; we've been coming here for years. Never ever is there anyone there really.
"She [Molly-Mae] posted it on her Instagram.
"We've just driven to come here on a Sunday to get a hot chocolate, and they are [customers] queuing out three doors."
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The content creator added: "It's literally raining, and people are queuing out the door in the rain...what?"
Her visit had clearly turned sour as she remarked: "Pure carnage in the car park, it's like going to Alton Towers for a day out.
"You'll have to buy fast passes soon."
"I'm sorry Molly Mae, I really do love you, but this one has taken the mick a bit because you have ruined Hollies Farm Shop."
TikTok users rushed to the comment section to share their own experiences of the so-called "Molly-Mae effect".
One responded: "Literally a local to me and now it’s ruined it so bad ! Hahaha."
A second wrote: "Same I went yday! Used to be able to walk straight up to the counter to get a drink."
"This is really good for small businesses though!!" a third offered.
A fourth wrote: "I'm devastated me and my dad go every so often, it's normally so chill."
It comes as locals in a picturesque seaside town have complained that its being ruined by second home-owners.
Residents in the popular North Yorkshire resort of Robin Hood's Bay say they can no longer afford homes there due to newcomers snapping up holiday cottages.
Average home prices in the historic fishing village near Whitby have now hit £488,000, according to property firm RightMove.
That's more than double the typical £200,000 for similar homes in Scarborough just 13 miles along England's north-eastern coast.
Elsewhere, residents in Walthamstow, northeast London, have been busy despairing over a "hideous eyesore" that now plagues the area.
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Locals are now living in the shadows of two colossal high-rise buildings which are nearing completion.
Some compare it to the Eye of Sauron in Lord of the Rings, while others say they look like something Tom Cruise would abseil down in Mission Impossible.
