'There's an illegal waste dump near our school'

Name: Kidlington: 'The illegal waste dump near to our school'
Uploaded: 2026-07-22T16:59:42.511Z
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Description: How would you feel about going to school near a huge, smelly pile of rubbish? For some children in Kidlington that's been their daily reality. Shanequa has been to hear what it's like for pupils there, and to find out what's being done about it.

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Children living nearby to an illegal dump have been speaking to Newsround about their experience of going to school close to the site.

Kidlington, in Oxfordshire, has been in the news in recent months after 21,000 tonnes of rubbish was left there in a pile measuring a massive 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high.

It's against the law to dump rubbish like this and now the Environment Agency are clearing it up.

Shanequa spoke to pupils at the nearby school to find out how it affects them.

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