17/04/2026
Update on the Community Litter Pick organised by Greening Glemsford and held on Sunday 29th March 2026:
Thank You so much for the support of 19 adults and 4 children, who collected a total of 23 bags from all over the village, including Park and Hobbs Lanes.
It was mostly sweet & takeaway food wrappers, plastic drink bottles and glass beer/wine/vodka bottles.
Other items - 3 damaged footballs, part of a chair, part of a storage box/firebox, a squashed metal tray, a broken child’s easel, a spade with a broken handle, one football boot, a wooden toy pig with 3 wheels instead of 4, a damaged highways cone and an old car mat.
Sadly, a large amount of litter/fly tipped items were found between the hedge and the fencing alongside the unofficial footpath leading from Shepherds Lane towards the allotments. 4 full bags were collected from that spot alone!
The next Community litter pick will be in October, date tbc.
In the meantime, if you are keen to litter pick regularly please arrange to borrow a litter picking stick and hivis tabard.
Message here and Lesli Tunbridge will get back to you.
PS permission given to use this photo from a litter pick last year.
