Visitors to one of Powys’ most famous beauty spots have said they have been fined £100 due to issues with parking technology.

Motorists who have visited the Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall have contacted the County Times to about being fined £100 after the parking technology at the car park failed to recognise their number plate.

The person who contacted the County Times said the situation was “outrageous” and that they had just paid the fine after seeing other people online had failed in their appeals to Parkingeye who run the enforcement at the site.

They added that their “Day was ruined as we went to ticket machine. It was not working correctly it issued us a ticket and did not register my number plate.

“We got home to a letter charging me a private eye car parking fine of £100.00.”

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Multiple online reviewers have also found the same issue.

One said: “On arrival we paid the £5 parking fee at the machine which took us 10 minutes because the machine wasn’t user friendly - six days later I am incensed to receive a parking ticket from Parking Eye as our car registration had been incorrectly inputted (all the digits were there but in the wrong order).”

Another said: “Nice location but the car park is a money-making racket. We paid £10 to park two cars for 80 minutes and because there machine only printed the first four digits of one of the registration numbers we received a parking charge notice from a company called Parkingeye , demanding we pay fine.

“We tried to explain the situation we sent a photo of the ticket and proof of payment but was informed that this was not sufficient proof and we still had to pay a fine. I feel I have been totally ripped off.”

Parkingeye have said that anyone who thinks an error may have been made are welcome to appeal a decision.

A Parkingeye spokesperson stated: “The car park at Pistyll Rhaeadr is monitored by ANPR camera systems and has 20 prominent and highly-visible signs that give motorists clear guidance on how to use the car park responsibly.

"This guidance includes that motorists must pay for the full duration of their stay at a payment kiosk and need to enter their full correct vehicle registration before exiting the car park.

 “The motorist parked in the car park on July 23 without paying and therefore received a parking charge. Our records show that the motorist did not appeal this parking charge and it has since been paid.

“Parkingeye operates a BPA (British Parking Association) audited appeals process, which motorists can use to appeal their parking charge. If anyone has mitigating circumstances, we would encourage them to highlight this by appealing to Parkingeye.”