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"Could the owner of the ugly yellow car please park away from the quaint village."

That could be the refrain of those who visit Bibury in the Cotswolds, where an "ugly yellow car" has been "photobombing" tourists' pictures of the picturesque village.

The Vauxhall Astra was snapped by tour operator Lee McCallum who posted it to Twitter with the comment "Picture postcard street photobombed by ugly little yellow car."

However, McCallum is not genuinely enraged by the car, which he says is "so out of place - you've got to love it".

Some Twitter users have been less accommodating, calling the car a "shot spoiler".

Bibury's central feature is Arlington Row, a street of beautiful 17th Century cottages which even feature in the UK passport.

Mr McCallum tells tourists to expect the presence of the yellow car.

The car is seemingly always there. But it is not a case of the owner being unable to find a competitive annual breakdown cover policy; the car hasn’t broken down!

The cottages are the property of the National Trust, but the car in question is owned by someone in a neighbouring property. The Trust says it has no power to prevent people from parking their cars outside their own homes, whatever colour they are.

The National Trust's Allan King was reported on the BBC website as saying: "For tenants of our properties, we have a car park behind Arlington Row but it's up to them if they want to park outside their houses - they live there."

Authorities such as councils and national parks can control the materials used to build some properties if they are in areas of outstanding natural beauty, but those powers do not yet extend to the aesthetic appeal of the cars parked in them.

By Craig Hindmarsh