Spearing Road rubbish: 'Not enough': Shocking photo taken AFTER volunteers spent hours clearing rubbish hotspot

Dozens of bags of rubbish, including cans, cardboard, a recycling bin and even a vehicle registration plate were cleared from Castlefield Woods, alongside Spearing Road, by the Chiltern Rangers team today [Thursday, May 12]. 

But despite their valiant efforts, they admitted a few hours was just not long enough to tackle the scale of the mess that blights the woodland. 

Chiltern Rangers spent hours clearing the woods but more time is needed due to the sheer amount of fly-tipping dumped there

The team said: "I wish I could say this has cleared the woodland, but a few hours wasn't enough to clear years worth of rubbish (the photo of the woodland is the 'after' photo).

"As always, very grateful for our volunteers who weren't afraid to get stuck in."

There has long been a problem with fly-tipping in Spearing Road, which edges the woodland. 

Hardworking volunteers did their best with limited time

Last year, Cllr Majid Hussain said the service road behind Spearing Road was being used as the "town tip", with people coming from all over Wycombe to trash the area. 

The site is also close to the Desborough Castle hillfort, which is a scheduled monument but currently features on the Historic England 'at risk' register because it has been blighted by bad behaviour. 

The register, which lists all the important monuments and listed structures which are suffering, says Desborough Castle's condition is "generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems" and is vulnerable to vandalism, with its condition "declining". 

Despite the disgusting mess the woodland has been left in by brazen fly-tippers, nature is still trying to find its way - with Chiltern Rangers detailing some of the promising sights they saw. 

They added: "There was some beauty amongst the mess though! Saw a Holly Blue butterfly having a great time, and some Jelly Ear fungus too."