While the trustees welcome responsible dog owners and their animals on Reepham’s recreational area, in future dogs must be kept on leads at all times – except in the designated dog-walking area in the lower part of the field, beyond the tennis courts and the second football pitch, where they can run free under the control of their owners.
 
The trustees also ask that dogs be kept off the football pitches at all times.
 
Apart from the general nuisance to visitors, dog fouling particularly affects the football club, which may have to cancel or postpone matches if the problem persists, and the nursery, which needs to take small children on to the field.
 
“It should go without saying that we expect owners to clear up after their animals,” the trustees say. “Dog bins are provided at the Bartle Court entrance to Stimpson’s Piece, at the entrance to the car park in Kerdiston Road and at the end of the footpath to Kerdiston Road, opposite Catchback Lane.”
 
Suitable notices will be erected as soon as they are available.
 

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