A clean-up campaigner has been appointment a Litter Heroes Ambassador by Keep Britain Tidy.

Now Peter Sherred is asking members of Dover neighbourhoods to pull together to keep the town clean as spring approaches.

He says it could be done through Keep Britain Tidy's Great British Spring Clean from March 22 to April 23.

Mr Sherred regularly carries out litter and rubbish clean-ups with fellow members of the Rotary Club of Dover.

He and other colleagues had a cleaning blitz in late January.

He says litter is more easy to notice now when greenery growth is at its lowest point.

Mr Sherred worked in Guston, at Dover Road near the Castle and The Lane, filling sacks of discarded plastic bottles, cans and take away food packages.

In The Lane, he came across a number of dumped tin file boxes and papers. He reported this to Dover District Council whose workers came straight away to collect it.

It is hoped that some of the paperwork could identify the offender.

Fellow volunteer John Morgan meanwhile began his annual sweep of cemeteries such as St Mary's and St James' as well as a footway locally known as Ticklebelly Alley.

Mr Morgan has a Paul Harris Award by Dover’s Rotary Club for his regular efforts.

Mr Sherred and Mr Morgan also together cut back overgrowth near the St James' Dover Retail and Leisure Park.

Mr Sherred was ready to do the same at Hubert Passage between Castle Hill and St James' but found that Dover District Council had already done it.

He said: "They are are to be congratulated for an excellent job of cutting everything back and tidying up this route which tourists take when going from the town centre towards the Castle."

Last November Mr Sherred, a retired solicitor, lead a team of Rotarians cleaning away overgrown vegetation outside St Radigund's Community Centre in Poulton Close. A total 17 bags of waste were filled.

The next target is the Victoria Park area and Mr Sherred hopes landowners will do the work themselves or allow volunteers to do it.

He explained: "I have noticed how, in recent years, this major site adjoining Castle Hill and just below the Castle has become a complete eyesore.

" It is neglected, overgrown, uncared for and, frankly, an inconvenience to pedestrians walking up the hill.

" Important road signs are obscured by overgrowth and in places the overhanging ivy protrudes over the footway."

Mr Sherred said that he would be willing to try and organise volunteers at least to severely cut back the boundary encroachment over Castle Hill from Laureston Place to Victoria Park.