Complaints over East Yorkshire war memorial Pokemon stop

Hornsea's memorial gardens contain three Pokemon Go stops

A council has asked the firm behind the Pokemon Go game to get three "stops" in the town's memorial gardens removed.

The deputy mayor of Hornsea, East Yorkshire said there had been complaints it was "inappropriate" to have Pokestops next to the war memorial.

Anne Padgett said there were also concerns about players causing noise late at night.

Game publisher Niantic has not yet responded.

More on this and other East Yorkshire stories

Mrs Padgett said there had been a number of complaints sparked by an increase in visitors to the seaside resort since the game launched in July.

"People were there in the early hours of the morning," she said.

"Constant noise, car doors slamming, cars being revved up, etc, etc."

The augmented reality game is played on mobile phones and lets players roam on a map using GPS location data to "catch" virtual reality creatures.

'Very respectful'

Hull-based Pokemon Go player and blogger Dann Cook said he disagreed with the council's call for a ban.

He claimed "a tiny, few" players were causing the problems.

"The vast majority of people who go there know full well it is a memorial gardens. They are very respectful of it," he said.

"I don't see the point of getting rid of the Pokestops, because people actually take their kids there and show them the memorial gardens and explain what it is."

Players use a GPS data on mobile phones to track down virtual creatures