A council leader in Bradford on Avon has hit back at critics after the town was once again ridiculed in the national media.
Last autumn, the national media poked fun at the town’s wildlife policy, saying it would protect Bradford on Avon’s rat population, and the town council was forced to clarify its position in a statement.
This time, a popular national newspaper appealing to middle-of-the-road readers poked fun at the town with an article entitled: Is this the stupidest cycle lane in Britain?
The cycle lane in question, Mill Lane, is part of the town’s new social distancing one-way scheme and runs the wrong way up the narrow one-way stretch from Kingston Road to Silver Street and Woolley Street.