Grandfather Fred Grundy has started a one-man crusade to clean up his town.

The 60-year-old has written to Bicester Town Council and attended a meeting to voice his concerns about the Glory Farm area.

He said a surface water sewer behind Lancaster Close and Andover Close was littered with debris, and dangerous for children.

There are 30 dead trees in the area, and other trees and bushes were so overgrown they blocked pathways.

Mr Grundy, of Turnberry Close, said people had been fly tipping at the spot and during a recent walk he counted a car exhaust, a bicycle frame, fridge, garden refuse, a concrete post, and traffic cones among the abandoned items.

He said: "I am conducting a campaign on my own and I intend to find out who is responsible and what is going to be done about it.

"It is an awful mess and it has been allowed to go to seed. I am not seeking publicity, I just want action.

"I don't want to be known as the local Victor Meldrew, I just want to be able to walk round with my grandchildren and feel they are safe."

Mr Grundy said his next step was to lobby Cherwell District Council.

Conservative councillor Carol Steward said the town council had been investigating the complaints, but had run into problems over who owned the land.