Over 40 people took part in a community clean-up in Maryport – removing 50 bags of rubbish from the streets.
Organised by Maryport Business Group, the event took place on Sunday to tidy up the town’s main streets ahead of the Taste of the Sea food festival this weekend.
The group tackled litter and weeds on Senhouse Street, Mill Race Lonning and other key areas of the town centre.
Supported by key groups in Maryport, the big clean saw members of the Scouts, local business owners, councillors, passers-by, and those with a strong connection to the town come together to remove some 50 bags of litter and rubbish in just under two hours.
Sean Parnaby, chair of the business group said: “The people of Maryport should be proud of the area we live and work in, and with a bigger crowds expected for the taste of the sea festival the business group felt the need to clean up the town ahead of the event which was well supported by many different people.”
The group received support from Allerdale and Maryport town council which provided bags, gloves and litter pickers.
The total economic impact of the 2021 Taste of the Sea event at Maryport was estimated at around £500,000 to the local economy last year and the business group were keen to ensure visitors saw the best of the town so a quick spring clean was organised and hailed a success.
The army of volunteers didn’t go hungry either; as Wrights Coffee, Portobello Pizza and Maryport News fed and watered the troops.
