A PENHILL mum fears that she may not be able to take her son to the park due to the amount of broken glass she found there.

Lianne Redgate visited Seven Fields park with her three-year-old earlier this week but left after she saw sharp shards of broken glass on the field by wooden play equipment.

Lianne and her friend Holly Marsh, who had brought her young sons to play there, tried to tidy some of the glass up.

On their way out, they found even more fragments by a footpath which passes a hut by the flower park area.

Lianne said: “I was absolutely appalled, how can people be so inconsiderate?

“I visit the park regularly and though I’d seen some glass on the floor before, even in the baby section, I’d never seen so much of it.

“It’s dangerous and thoughtless.

“I was shocked, but luckily I spotted it before my son did.

“Kids play in this park after school, dogs run around it, someone could get hurt.

“I don’t know who’s doing it – maybe drunks or teenagers trying to be rebellious – but it needs to stop.

“The situation is definitely getting worse, and if it carries on like this, I won’t be able to take my son there any more.

“I put some of the glass in a carrier bag, it looked like it had come from smashed alcohol bottles.

“I couldn’t empty it into the park bin because it’s always full and never gets emptied.

“I had to tell my son that he couldn’t play there today because of the glass - he was disappointed but it was for his own safety.”

Holly said: “I think it’s disgusting that people do this in a place where children let off their energy and enjoy playing outside.

“The shards were massive and there were loads pushed up by the hut.

“We picked up as much as we could, even though it’s not really our job to do that.

“Our children came over to see what we were doing and we told them to stay back.

“I always tell my kids to look out for glass when they play.

“In the summer, we’ve seen kids run around the park barefoot, they could have stepped on glass or who-knows-what.

“It’s put me off a bit, but my kids know they should be careful, though other parents might not be aware of the glass problem.”

After being notified of the problem, Swindon Borough Council acted swiftly to resolve the issue.

A council spokesman said: “Seven Fields Nature Reserve is a very large park and it can sometimes be difficult to pinpoint the exact location of discarded waste.

“Despite this, our teams have been on site today and we are confident that all the glass has now been cleared up.”