Reservoir hit by fly-tipper

DUMPED . . . Waste bags and boxes dumped a in lay-by overlooking Dowry Reservoir on the A640 Huddersfield Road near Denshaw

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THE Dowry Reservoir is quite picturesque with blue water, rolling hills... and fly-tipped waste.

Perhaps not the latter, but that was what greeted passers-by on Wednesday.

Black bin bags and cardboard boxes full of rubbish were thoughtlessly left dumped at a lay-by next to the reservoir on Huddersfield Road near Denshaw.

Huddersfield Road seems to have become somewhat of a hotspot recently for fly-tippers who see it as a easy place to dump their waste.

Oldham Council have since attended the scene and removed the rubbish.

You can report fly-tipping or the dumping of waste via the online form on oldham.gov.uk/ or by calling 0161 770 2244.