Hospital worker John Wadeson is urging council bosses to keep a close eye on a layby and woodland off the A420 after it became a favourite spot for fly-tippers.

Mr Wadeson, 53, a staff nurse at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, alerted waste contractor Biffa when he spotted waste dumped in the layby close to the turn-off for Wootton.

Mr Wadeson, from Appleton, said fly-tippers had been using the layby off Bessels-leigh Road for several years.

But he was shocked at the weekend when he saw more waste had been dumped next to woodland known as Rockley Copse.

He said: “There were tyres, sacks of garden waste and builders’ rubble, which I hadn’t seen before.

“Drivers can swing off the A420, pull into the layby, dump the waste and drive off without having to turn round – it’s perfect for fly-tipping.

“I want Vale of White Horse District Council to monitor this more closely because it could become a real health hazard.

“Waste managers need to go through the waste and find out who has been doing this so they can be prosecuted. People think they can get away with it and that others will clear up afterwards – that’s why they need to be caught.”

Council spokesman Gavin Walton said: “Our environment wardens have investigated, which included looking through the waste for evidence of where it came from or who may have been responsible for it.

“The fly-tip was cleared on Monday and the area litter-picked by our waste and recycling contractors.

“Despite the antisocial and criminal behaviour of people who fly-tip, we clear all rubbish from public land within 24 hours of fly-tips being inspected.

“Fly-tipping has been an issue in this area for some time and we are continuing to monitor the situation.”

Mr Wadeson added: “I called the council about this on Monday morning so I’m pleased staff reacted so quickly.”

Figures released in November showed fly-tipping across Oxfordshire was falling due to harsher penalties and more CCTV surveillance.

Anyone with information about fly-tipping in the Vale or South Oxfordshire can call 03000 610610.