VOLUNTEERS managed to fill two skips with 83 tyres hauled from a brook running through Winwick.

Members of Winwick Litter Network and Resolution Running Club in Newton-le-Willows carried out the clean-up along Hermitage Green Lane this morning, Tuesday.

Some of the tyres belonged to large trucks, with the rusted metal alloy still attached in some cases.

Other items pulled from the greenery included lawnmowers, vacuum cleaners and even the front end of a car.

Volunteers fill two skips with 83 fly-tipped tyres and other bulky rubbish in Winwick (Images: Bob Towers)

Volunteers fill two skips with 83 fly-tipped tyres and other bulky rubbish in Winwick (Images: Bob Towers)

Group member Bob Towers told the Warrington Guardian: “We probably cleared five to seven years’ worth of rubbish down there.

“Having been monitoring it for the past 12 months, the odd few tyres might have been added during this time, but the majority of it is historic.

“Winwick Road Skip Hire donated us one free skip and we started work at 8am, but by 9.30am we realised we had recovered far too much for one skip.

“Director Derek McLellan kindly gave us a concessionary rate on the second one to help us remove the rest of it, so a big thank you to him for his help.”

Volunteers fill two skips with 83 fly-tipped tyres and other bulky rubbish in Winwick (Images: Bob Towers)

Volunteers fill two skips with 83 fly-tipped tyres and other bulky rubbish in Winwick (Images: Bob Towers)

Bob says that there is still some asbestos waste at the site which volunteers are unable to remove, and they have asked Warrington Borough Council for assistance in disposing of it safely.

Since forming in March, Winwick Litter Network has swelled to 215 members, and is one of a number of community clean-up groups operating in north Warrington.

“We work closely with other litter networks in the town, and next month we are doing a complete tidy up of the canal from St Helens through Sankey Valley and the Trans Pennine Trail to Spike Island in Widnes,” Bob added.

“Collectively, we are hoping to have a couple of hundred people working in smaller groups of six.”