Friendly litter pickers in Boston borough

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Wyberton Wombles of Boston Common logoWyberton WomblesFriendly litter pickers in Wyberton, Frampton, Kirton and Boston

Our clean-ups

Some photos from the group. Every red bag here is a bit of our area tidier.

Our volunteers

  • A large group of volunteers in hi-vis vests with litter pickers, standing behind a big pile of full red sacks on a dirt track, with a wooden fence and electricity pylons behind
    A big turnout, and a big pile of bags to show for it.View larger
  • Seven volunteers in hi-vis vests standing on a grass verge beside a country lane, next to a trailer and a pull-along cart, with red sacks and litter pickers on the grass
    The team on a country lane, with the trailer ready for the bags.View larger
  • Volunteers in hi-vis picking litter on the green beside a stone church, with a vicar in a black cassock standing among them and red sacks on the grass
    A clean-up on the church green, with the vicar joining in.View larger
  • A smiling volunteer in a hi-vis vest and orange gloves holding a litter picker and red sack beside a stone church wall, with two more volunteers working among the gravestones behind
    Tidying up around the church and churchyard.View larger
  • Two volunteers standing in an alleyway between brick walls beside a large white bulk bag full of rubbish, with a litter picker and red sacks nearby
    A bulk bag filled up from one alleyway.View larger
  • A volunteer in a hi-vis vest clearing a hedge-lined roadside verge, with a spade on the ground and the road stretching away behind
    Clearing a roadside verge.View larger
  • Four smiling people at a dinner table with a framed certificate and a glass trophy that read Power of the Community, Wyberton Wombles
    Volunteers with the “Power of the Community” award won by Wyberton Wombles at the Best of Boston Awards.View larger
  • Two volunteers in hi-vis vests sitting together on a green bench beside a painted wooden Womble figure, with a cornfield behind them
    Two volunteers in hi-vis, with a painted Womble on the bench.View larger
  • Two smiling women posing close together for a photo, with green leaves behind them
    Two friendly faces from the group.View larger
  • The side of a white van with a Wyberton Wombles of Boston Common sticker reading Volunteers keeping Boston tidy, and a Boston Rivercare sticker below it
    The Wyberton Wombles van: “Volunteers keeping Boston tidy”.View larger

Bags of litter

  • A huge heap of full red sacks on a grass verge at a roadside, with two volunteers standing beside it
    A mountain of red bags from one clean-up.View larger
  • A row of full red sacks lined up neatly along the kerb in front of a hedge
    Full bags lined up neatly, off the path, ready for collection.View larger
  • A pile of red rubbish sacks and a broken black office chair on a grass verge beside a road
    Red bags and a broken office chair, gathered on a grass verge.View larger
  • A pile of red rubbish sacks and a grey swivel chair under a tree at the roadside
    A big haul at the roadside, with a grey chair too.View larger
  • Four full red sacks in a row beside a black public litter bin, with a litter picker resting on them and a residential street behind
    Four full bags and a litter picker beside a public bin.View larger
  • Five red rubbish sacks stacked at the kerb beside a green wheelie bin
    Full bags tucked in beside a green bin.View larger
  • Red rubbish sacks stacked against a green fence, with a child's balance bike and a bicycle wheel in front
    Bags of litter, plus a child’s balance bike and a bicycle wheel.View larger
  • A hi-vis vest, a litter picker and two gloves on the ground beside a full red sack and a red bag in a wooden holder
    The kit: a hi-vis vest, gloves and a litter picker.View larger

Spreading the word

  • A colourful poster reading Please don’t litter. Show where you live some love, above a picture of the Boston Stump and the river lined with flower baskets
    Please don’t litter. Show where you live some love.View larger

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