Clean-up crews are currently working across the Brookside estate in Telford to improve the local environment following concerns raised by residents. Since February 2026, the Telford & Wrekin Council teams have been carrying out extra litter picking, clearing fly-tipping, edging footpaths, and cutting back overgrown vegetation throughout the area.
The improvements were launched after local ward councillor and Speaker of the Council, Arnold England, brought community feedback regarding the state of the estate to the council. As part of the effort, community payback teams have also cleared a long-standing fly-tipping hotspot known as The Dip, located between Blakemore and Bishopdale.
Councillor Carolyn Healy, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Planning and Sustainability, stated that the initiative is focused on getting the basics right to ensure neighbourhoods are clean, safe, and looked after.
This work runs alongside the wider, government-funded Pride in Place programme. This £30 million, ten-year regeneration scheme covers Woodside, Brookside, and Sutton Hill and is currently led by the Pride in Place South Telford Neighbourhood Board under the guidance of its independent chair, The Reverend Jo Farnworth.
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