Doncaster car park used for sex to be locked at night, beauty spot bosses warn

A Doncaster car park used for sex and anti-social behaviour is to be closed at nights after the installation of security gates.
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Gates were installed at the entrance to the car parks in Sandall Park last year.

Now Friends of Sandall Park, the volunteer group which looks after the park, has said that the gates will now be locked every night, starting this month.

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A statement said: “Both car parks will be locked at night starting in February.

Signs warning of the car park closure have been installed at Sandall Park. (Photo: FOSP).Signs warning of the car park closure have been installed at Sandall Park. (Photo: FOSP).
Signs warning of the car park closure have been installed at Sandall Park. (Photo: FOSP).

"There will be signs displayed all round the car parks so there shouldn't be any reason for someone to be locked in. If anyone does, there will be a number to phone in emergencies. There will of course be a delay for someone to attend, so it's not advisable to test the system.

"Pedestrians will of course still have access.”

Sandall Park has long been a haven for ‘dogging’ – people engaging in public sex – with the Wheatley park’s car park advertised on numerous sex websites.

A spokesman for FOSP said they had worked in conjunction with Doncaster Council and security firm Prosec to close off the car park, which is also a haven for other anti-social behaviour.

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She said: “This has taken much discussion with the council and with Prosec who have very generously offered to close the gates at night and open them again in the morning. The cafe car park gate will also be closed.

“This is to prevent all the unlawful activity in the car park and the copious amounts of rubbish and other unpleasant debris that the volunteers and council have to clean up every morning. It will also bring security to the park.

“There will be signs erected stating at what times the car park will be locked and opened again.

One website described the car park as a ‘dogging heaven’ where people could ‘meet up with other doggers for great sex in Sandall Park.”

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Another advertised the park as an open air sex hotspot, posting: “Both car parks at Sandall Park opposite KFC heading towards Doncaster.

"The smaller off the two carparks is best, predominatly gay dogging and always quite busy after dark.”

Littering has also been an issue, with KFC rubbish often left strewn across the car park.