A woman will have to pay out £1000 in repairs after she hit a huge pothole.

Charlotte Briggs, of Amesbury, was travelling home down the A345 near the Beehive Roundabout when she drove through the pothole.

Both of her children, aged nine and 10, were in the car and left "very shaken" after the incident took place.

Two of Charlotte's 20-inch wheels were damaged during the incident and she has estimated the cost to repair her 2015 Ford Transit Custom will be around £1000.

She said: "I've priced the wheels around £300 each and I paid £200 for my Pirelli tyres that are ruined too. I'm going to have to pay out the best part of £1000 which I don't have right now.

"I hope they pay it back to me."

Salisbury Journal: Half the road is missing and so is half my wheel!Half the road is missing and so is half my wheel! (Image: Charlotte Briggs)

The estimated time to recover Charlotte's car was over an hour.

She "limped" to the closest pull-in where two other cars had also parked up with blown tyres and a member of the public helped change her wheels.

The incident took place around 7pm on December 19.

Charlotte told the Journal that she will be claiming the money back on legal cover since she'd lose her no-claims bonus if she were to go through her insurance.

This is the second time she has had to claim money back from Wiltshire Council due to hitting a pothole.

The council said the pothole was "addressed" the same evening they received reports about it.

Councillor Dr Mark McClelland, cabinet member for transport, said: “It is normal for the number of potholes reported to increase during the winter. However with the recent very cold weather combined with wet weather there has been an increase in reports due to a combination of conditions which can cause small defects to become much larger surface defects.

"We had reports of the recent defect on the A345 between the Harvest and Beehive roundabout and a repair crew attended that evening to address it.

"We’ll continue to monitor the situation and we’ll divert resources into filling more potholes if it’s required.”

Salisbury Journal: The enormous pothole on the A345.The enormous pothole on the A345. (Image: Charlotte Briggs)

A Facebook post on an Amesbury community group amassed more than 130 comments of people sharing their experience with the troublesome pothole.

One user offered advice, they said: "Anyone that has hit this pothole (whether a puncture or not) get your tracking/steering checked as it might still be critically damaged even if the car feels normal."

Another user, who hit the pothole, said the nearby lay-bys were full of parked cars while drivers inspected their wheels.

Have you had a similar experience to Charlotte in Salisbury? If so, email newsdesk@salisburyjournal.co.uk.