The patch of land was where the compound once was for construction work to add a toucan crossing and remove the subway from Queen’s Drive but it has been left a “hideous eye sore.”
In protest, someone has put a wooden sign which reads ‘The Swamp – Beware of Ogres’ which also features a rudimentary drawing of an ogre.Â
This stunt – clearly an allusion to the beloved children’s character Shrek who lives in a swamp – has seen the area of land added to Tripadvisor as an attraction for Swindon.Â
As of Saturday, January 6, it is listed as the 33rd best thing to do in Swindon out of 59 things.Â
South Swindon Swamp on Tripadvisor (Image: Tripadvisor)
It has been well reviewed – although perhaps in the same tongue-in-cheek nature that the original stunt was made in.Â
In a five-star review, one person wrote: “As swamps go, this is one of the swampiest. So thoughtful of Swindon Council and its contractors to replace the grass and working subway with this…
