Residents clean up pigeon poo ahead of Ledbury Poetry Festival
Mr Whitelegg described the town as "delightful" and said walking through bird poo should not be part of the "Ledbury experience".He said he hoped Herefordshire Council, the town council, and Ledbury Civic Society, who are responsible for Burgage Hall, would help to arrange a "regular cleaning programme". He added that it was "astonishing and unacceptable" that the bird droppings had not been cleaned up before the market group intervened.
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