Swaffham bus shelters vandalised weeks after installation

The "eco" bus shelters - built with real-time information screens and grass roofing to promote biodiversity - replaced older shelters in Swaffham earlier this month.

But only days later, they were found daubed with graffiti and slogans. 

The new information board was graffitied, as well as the glass walls (Image: Swaffham Town Council)

"It's such a shame," said town clerk Helen Carrier. 

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"These are brand-new shelters which the town really needs and somebody has gone and done this."

The town council have contracted cleaners to clear off the graffiti (Image: Swaffham Town Council)

Happening around 3:50am last Friday (August 11), Ms Carrier believes "two young males" are responsible for the graffiti, as well as for an act of vandalism at the nearby Orford Road playground in which swastikas and phalluses were drawn on to the play equipment. 

"We had to clear it quickly because obviously young children use the playground and couldn't be seeing those obscenities," Ms Carrier added. 

A swastika was graffitied on to the play frame at the Orford Road playground in Swaffham (Image: Swaffham Town Council)

"We've also had to contract cleaners to clear off the graffiti from the bus stop."

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A report has been filed with Norfolk Constabulary which has yet to provide any details of the investigation. 

Graffiti was written on the play frame, used by young children (Image: Swaffham Town Council)

Twenty such eco bus stops are said to be coming to towns around Norfolk in the near future as part of Norfolk County Council's Bus Service Improvement Plan.

£9.8 million has been earmarked to improve bus stops and travel hubs countywide, with Swaffham and other market towns receiving the stops for their participation in the High Street Heritage Action Zones scheme.