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In partnership with Bridlington In Bloom.👌

VOLUNTARY organisation created 2014 to help tidy the town - Litter picks; painting seats; restoring railings; installing a new lobster sculpture; tidying up abandoned properties & allsorts of community projects.

17/10/2026

So, the weather wasn’t as good as we’d planned for today, but we did still manage to get some painting done! The wind caused havoc with things blowing around but we got half of the street furniture painted. We will come back in the new year to finish the rest (unless the weather is exceptionally kind in November!).

We also had some Wombles out litter picking various town centre hot spots, especially around Moorfield Car Park & around Dukes Park / Football Club etc

19/09/2026

Today’s pick was around Old Town - all the main streets plus Easton Road estate; Westgate Park; the greens and snickets around The Priory & Well Lane area. Plus we’ve reported two lots of fly-tipping on Easton Road estate.

Next month: Back to repainting street furniture - this time the bike racks; giant planters and seating outside the main post office on Quay Road - watch for details…

07/09/2026

🦺 Our next litter pick is:-

SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER

MEET: Old Town Free Car Park,
Stepney Grove
TIME: From 10am-11am
NEW VOLUNTEERS WELCOME.
Coffee & chat afterwards.

🦺 All equipment provided & briefing given. Young people welcome if accompanied by adult. All picks are undertaken at your own risk.

06/09/2026

And just like that, summer is over.

What a brilliant few months it's been on the East Yorkshire coast. As the summer crowds start to thin and our beautiful beaches return to their quieter selves, we just wanted to say a huge thank you.

Thank you to everyone who picked up their litter. To everyone who used the bins. To everyone who took part in a beach clean. To every visitor and local who treated our coastline with the love and respect it deserves.

See you next summer 💙

15/08/2026

🦺Today’s project complete (the hazard tape prompted speculation it was another crime scene)! 😳 Thankfully it was just to keep people safe and stain-free, whilst we repainted these remaining seats, in South Cliff Gardens - completing what we started in spring.

🦺Half our team also undertook a litter pick along the Hilderthorpe Road corridor and side streets, to keep on top of litter.

👍Lots of nice comments from passers-by once again, one gentleman with his young family on holiday commented how well maintained he thought Bridlington looked, each time he visits ☺️ And then we were offered free coffee and homemade cakes by those very kind and lovely people, at The Harbourside Evangelical Church. Really friendly it was too. Thank you so much to them 🍰☕️

NEXT MONTH: Old Town litter pick

18/07/2026

👍Today’s Community Clean Up Day focussed on streets around Wellington Road area, inc Haslemere; St George’s; Holyrood; North St and Travis Streets. Lots of neighbours came out to bring items, and special thanks to Kev ‘the penguin’ who was a star, bringing items to the skip in his van, from locations we’d already identified through last week.

😱 In just one hour the giant skip was full to capacity with six mattresses; several doors; furniture of every kind; wood; old carpets and everything you could imagine!

👮🏻 This was again another project under Bridlington Police’s CLEAR HOLD BUILD programme - aimed at building more resilient and pleasant communities for everyone. Hugely successful once again. We’d like to thank all our volunteers who turn up every time, plus anyone else who brought items for disposal.

🦺SPECIAL THANKS AGAIN to Adam & his amazing team at A. Brunton Skip Hire for another giant FREE skip, removed immediately, to reduce any fire risk. We couldn’t do this without their incredibly generous support. 🍻👏

Next month we return to the ten-foot behind New Burlington & Hamilton Roads, to finish that job. Come and join us then if you wish….

Here’s lots of Before, During & After pics

HOT OFF THE PRESS: 👀 Watch for us on GB News sometime soon - Anna Riley filmed us in action today…

11/07/2026

OUR NEXT PROJECT:-

Saturday 18th July from 10am
Community Clean Up Day no.3

Focussing on areas around Wellington Rd.; Haslemere Ave.; Travis St.; St George’s Ave.; Vernon Rd.

The Community Safety Partnership team will be touring these areas next week to speak to residents and distribute these fliers, to encourage neighbours to join in! Our BUB members will be in high viz, working in pairs to collect items from pavements and in front yards, if they are no longer wanted.

🦺 UPDATE:
Location for skip now approved as at junction of Wellington Rd & St. George’s Ave. PLEASE MEET HERE to start the clean up. Thank you

27/06/2026

😡 Well, this had to be the worst, smelliest, most unpleasant project we’ve undertaken in the 12 years that we’ve been trying to make a difference, and brighten up our lovely town…

😡Those responsible should be utterly ashamed, for dumping hundreds of bags of rotting, putrid, stinking garbage, which all split when we tried to pick them up. Plus mattresses; bags of cement; items of furniture. Anything and everything fly-tipped over many months / years. Sadly we couldn’t even finish, as the skip was full to bursting.

😇 Huge thanks once again go to Brunton Skip Hire, and this time we partnered with ERYC Environmental Control Team.

👮🏻This project was another delivered under Bridlington Police’s Clear Hold Build Programme - helping build a brighter, better Bridlington for everyone.

🦔 We also discovered the ten foot, with its copious undergrowth is also a haven for hedgehogs - so we hope it’s now a lot more pleasant for them to enjoy. Our strimming crew took extra care, when clearing the growth.

We will be back to finish the job, soon…

20/06/2026

👉🏼So, here we are - the very first
West Bridlington Pride In Place Programme (PIPP) small scale, quick win projects rolling out.

🦺LITTER PICKS with the residents of West Hill & New Pasture Lane. Lots of litter collected and lots of thank yous from the locals too 🥰

We also were able to report some fly-tipping of books and dvds on Seathorne Walk. Thank you to ERYC Streetscene, who have always partnered with us on these projects. 👌

Watch out for news of another quick win project developing in the next couple of weeks, in partnership with Bridlington In Bloom… 🌺

13/06/2026

BIG EXTRA PROJECT IN JUNE:

🦺Community Clean Up Day at this
ten-foot, off Hilderthorpe Road & behind New Burlington Road.

📣As part of Bridlington Police’s major Clear Hold Build Campaign, and in partnership with ERYC Environmental Control Team, we are appealing for volunteers to join us on:-

SATURDAY 27th JUNE 10am-12 noon

🦺We intend to clear this (very long) ten-foot, which has dozens of full black rubbish bags, along with small items of furniture & the odd mattress!

👏With generous sponsorship & supply of giant skip, once again from Adam at A. Brunton Skip Hire, Bridlington 👏

🦺High viz, thick gloves, litter pickers & pre-project brief given. NB* The skip will be removed immediately on completion of this project, to eliminate any fire risk.

🙏 Residents encouraged & welcome to join in. We look forward to making a big difference to this fly-tipping black spot.

👉🏼 The contaminated various wheelie bins will also be removed, to reduce future problems. We’d also like to appeal to anyone who has an industrial strimmer, if they would like to tidy up the undergrowth, once we’ve removed all the rubbish? Thank you.

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