Beauty spot trashed by dozens of revellers at large outdoor party in Milton Keynes

The crowd left a mountain of empty drinks cans, bottles and litter behind - more rubbish than the Parks Trust has ever seen before in a single spot on MK.

There was a large barbecue, dozens of glass bottles and cans and even a makeshift table left behind.

The Trust has now blasted the unknown organisers and guests at the event, which took place yesterday (Sunday).

A spokesman said: "We are saddened and disappointed with the enormous amount of litter left at Furzton Lake yesterday after a large gathering took place there.

"We have never seen so much litter left in one area in the vast quantities we witnessed today. The time and money it will cost us to clear this will have a significant impact on The Trust."

The spokesman added: "We are a self-financing charity and each year, we spend £350,000 removing litter from across our parks, seeing increases like this drastically adds to the financial burden on the charity and at a time that we are already under financial strain due to the hit we have taken on our income because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"The actions of those that trashed areas of Furzton Lake yesterday have caused considerable financial implications as well as taking out our entire ranger team for most of today which impacts our other work and has meant that they couldn’t visit or carry out any other duties across the rest of our 6,000 acres of parkland."

Less than two weeks ago the Parks Trust issued a plea through the Citizen for people to take their rubbish home with them after dealing with unprecedented amount of litter during the weeks of lockdown.