Locals are armed with their litter pickers in West Oxfordshire ahead of the upcoming Clean for the Queen events in honour of Her Majesty's birthday.

Households across the district are being urged to get involved in the community clear up being held in Witney and Carterton next month.

It is part of a national campaign to get Britain tidied up for The Queen's 90th birthday in April.

Organiser and West Oxfordshire conservative association member Liam Walker, 25, will be staging a clean up event on Sunday, March 6.

He said: "The idea is to get people out for an hour or so to help clean up the area.

"For the Witney event we are going to be focusing mainly on the Leys recreation ground [off Station Lane] and just pick up litter essentially.

"We have around 10 people definitely signed up at the moment but we could cater for between 20 to 30."

The Witney event is being held the same weekend as a Carterton community clean up which is also part of the campaign.

The Carterton event will be held on Saturday, March 5, and target the Shilton Park Estate including along Glenmore Park and Northwood Crescent.

For more information on both events please see the Carterton and Witney Facebook event pages.