THE dates and venues for the next community litter picks in Horwich have been revealed.

The Horwich First Community Group will be holding two events — one at the end of April and one at the end of May.

The first will be at Hilton Playing Fields on Sunday, April 29 at 10am and the second will be at Tigers Clough on Saturday, May 26 at the same time.

The group held a poll of residents on its Facebook page to decide one location but because the vote was close, 52 per cent to 48 per cent, members decided to hold two events.

Everybody is welcome to help out and equipment is provided.

Previous litter picks have been held around the town including at Old Station Park.

As well as collecting bags of rubbish, people have discovered more dangerous items including a chef’s knife with an eight-inch blade.

For more information on the group and the event, go to the Facebook page.