A Keighley mother is in uproar after a five-minute stop to pick up her six-year-old daughter from a Girl Guiding trip landed her with an £85 fine.

Julie Walker, from Long Lee, went to collect Ingrow 1st Rainbows member Emily from a day trip to The Wynches activity centre, in Ilkley, at 5pm, on Sunday.

The coach, which contained Rainbows, Brownies and Guides from all over the town, parked in Hanover Street, in Keighley, and left parents struggling to park nearby to ensure their children returned safely to their cars.

Mrs Walker said: “I ended up parking on the Airedale Shopping Centre service ramp along with around nine other parents, because there was nowhere else close to park.

“I had my two-year-old son with me and I couldn’t leave him, so I left my car when the coach pulled in and spent no more then five minutes dashing across the road to pick Emily up and take her back.

“By the time I got back all the cars had been given £85 tickets. I was in complete shock.

“The man who gave them must have been watching and waiting for us to leave so he could pounce.” Mrs Walker said “I did not realise that on a Sunday, at 5pm, there would be restrictions on parking there.

“I really do feel the ticket is not justified as there is not one shop open to receive service vehicles on a Sunday then.”

The fine was imposed by Central Ticketing, a company employed by Airedale Shopping Centre to police its property.

A spokeswoman for Central Ticketing said that the vehicles had been fined because they were parked on private property.

Airedale Shopping Centre manager Susan Mendoza said a security officer spoke to the motorists and warned them they were blocking the access ramp, which was used by delivery vehicles.

However, this is refuted by Mrs Walker, who said the ticket officer never spoke to her.

Mrs Mendoza said: “Some of them did move but others didn’t, so he proceeded to write out some tickets.

“He took a lot of verbal abuse but he was doing his job.

“This is a 24 hour operation, just because shops are closed doesn’t mean that deliveries stop. It’s unfortunate that people can’t see the bigger picture.”