'Absolute nonsense': Mum's fury over 'unreasonable' £50 fine in Heaton Park ticket row

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A mum-of-two said she has been hit with an ‘unreasonable’ £50 parking fine in Heaton Park. Amanda Foxman, from Watford, Hertfordshire, visited the beauty spot with her her husband and their two children, aged 8 and 11, for a stroll.

Having left her vehicle in the Garden Centre car park, the family came back to find they had been issued with a £50 Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) from Manchester Council for parking beyond the bay markings.

Amanda, who works for a management consultancy, said she had no idea she had used a prohibited parking space on June 3. “We were visiting the park with the kids to see the squirrels,” Amanda told the M.E.N. READ MORE: Residents hit out after skyscraper rejected for being 'too tall' now could be built - after height reduced by just ONE floor “I had parked in what I thought was a standard bay spot and paid for my parking via the app.

It was a really nice day but coming back to a parking fine wasn’t really part of the plan.” Speaking about the spot she had parked in, Amanda explained: “There was a white line on the ground next to where I parked where the double yellow lines ended.