Malmesbury resident Arthur Robb fears boy racers in the town could have a negative impact on tourism.

Mr Robb has become so frustrated with the noise he’s started making a record of the disruption.

Station Yard car park is known as a haunt of the Malmesbury Cruisers who meet up in their modified cars.

Mr Robb, who has been recording the noisy get-togethers since January, has now started circulating the information to residents,the police and local media.

He fears the revving engines, squealing tyres, honking horns, loud stereos and shouting has got so bad it could affect the town’s ability to attract tourists.

He said: “I really think this could damage the local tourism industry. It is going on every lunchtime and evening Monday to Friday, nearly all day on Saturday and Sundays and on Bank Holidays they start at 10am.

“They sit in their cars and take it in turns to rev their engines. This weekend I saw that visitors to the Abbey and the Abbey Gardens got a big dose of them as they were trying to come and go.”

Mr Robb is concerned to see their impact is spreading. He said: “It’s not just people who live around Station Yard. Residents who live in the lower High Street are also complaining as they drive up and down there,” he said.

“In the summer people are sitting outside more often in their gardens and have their doors open so they are going to hear the noise even more.”

Mr Robb is calling on new Wiltshire Council to find a solution. He said: “Hopefully the new council will be able to get something resolved.”

Police Sergeant Martin Alvis said that although the vehicles are legal police do have the power to impound cars being used to cause anti social behaviour.

He said: “We can give out Section 59 warnings. If we have to give out a second one the car can be seized and the owner has to pay £120 to get it back. Ultimately there is need for compromise on both sides.”