A bottle wine and a park in London?
Apr 24th, 2011, 06:59 AM
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Be careful. Parts of many British towns and cities are designated 'Controlled Drinking Zones', giving the police powers to confiscate alcoholic drinks from picnickers and others drinking or even attempting to drink in open air. Royal Parks are ok, but some parks fall within a borough-wide no drinking zone, such as Camden (except Hampstead Heath, Primrose Hill and Regent's Park).
So while you are usually safe in big parks like Royal Parks in Central London, drinking on a bench in a small neighbourhood park may not be. To be safe, look out for a sign, or ask a passing police officer or civilian police support officer.
So while you are usually safe in big parks like Royal Parks in Central London, drinking on a bench in a small neighbourhood park may not be. To be safe, look out for a sign, or ask a passing police officer or civilian police support officer.
Apr 24th, 2011, 07:29 AM
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Controlled Drinking Zones aren't areas where drinking alcohol is banned. They're areas where "constables (which I think includes non-commissioned police support officers) can request people to stop drinking alcohol in the designated public places and/or surrender their drink."
Police and hobby bobbies are supposed to limit their intervention to "when anti-social behaviour is linked with the consumption of alcohol." This is supposed to mean crowds of the potentially unruly: not individual meths drinkers, picnickers or ordinary folk getting quietly but peaceably pissed while feeding the ducks.
Doesn't stop wannabe Hitlers trying it on. But even in a Controlled Zone, the onus of proof is supposed to be on the policeman to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of the demon drink provoking anti-social behaviour. Which is unlikely among tourists - even young Australian males (well, maybe in that case...)
Police and hobby bobbies are supposed to limit their intervention to "when anti-social behaviour is linked with the consumption of alcohol." This is supposed to mean crowds of the potentially unruly: not individual meths drinkers, picnickers or ordinary folk getting quietly but peaceably pissed while feeding the ducks.
Doesn't stop wannabe Hitlers trying it on. But even in a Controlled Zone, the onus of proof is supposed to be on the policeman to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of the demon drink provoking anti-social behaviour. Which is unlikely among tourists - even young Australian males (well, maybe in that case...)
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