Albert Village Lake

There has been a lot of focus lately on Albert Village Lake and issues with dog fouling and littering due to the removal of bins.

Whilst Albert Village Lake is in Leicestershire and is on land owned by the National Forest Company there have been requests for the council to sort out the mess but this can not be done.

Despite not being in our ward, it is a well used local amenity and is popular with our residents so it is worth mentioning within the blog.  It is also part of the National Cycle Network that I monitor.

The National Forest Company took the decision to stop providing litter bins as they could no longer collect the rubbish.  By not providing bins it was hoped that people would be encouraged to take litter home.

Sadly this is not the case and recently the problem has escalated.  This is such a shame as the lake has recently has a number of new arrivals such as goslings and ducklings.

It is worth noting that a number of people have taken it upon themselves to clean the area up.  I hope that the National Forest Company is grateful to these people as we all should be.