Metal fencing has been put up outside a Ladbrokes on Stapleton Road in Easton in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour. Neighbouring business owners believe that the barriers will stop people from gathering outside the betting shop.
Stapleton Road Working Group held a series of meetings with council officers and the police to get the fences installed, which Ladbrokes agreed to do. The group of local businesses said people standing outside the betting shop are causing ‘anti-social behaviour’.
The main entrance to Ladbrokes on Stapleton Road has a series of steps where small groups of people gathered. The entrance and the small set of stairs is now completely blocked off and the betting shop can now only be accessed via the side door at the end of St Mark's Road.
