A Harrow park is in such a poor condition that even a graffiti artist has urged the council to improve it.

Harrow Council was even told by a cheeky tagger to fix a bench in Byron Park that was missing a couple of wooden slats. 

On a nearby bin, the artist wrote: “Harrow Council fix the bench. Lazy mugz.” It prompted locals to suggest that the park has seen better days. 

Iain Britton, who raised the issue with the council, said the bin and the bench were examples of the lack of “general care” at the park. 

He said: “The very small number of benches are in a poor state. It seems to me they just want to let this park rot as they plan to build tower blocks on at least part of it.”

Harrow Council explained that the bench was scheduled for repair and it was waiting for a delivery of the new wood. The bench has since been removed for repair and the bin graffiti painted over. 

But Mr Britton argued this was not tackling the wider issues at the park. He said another example of neglect was the poor condition of the park’s tennis courts, which currently do not have nets or properly marked out lines, and weeds are sprouting up over them. 

Addressing the council on social media, he said: “A while back you put a high quality fence around the left-to-rot tennis courts in Byron Park. 

“So when are you coming back to sort the courts out? Otherwise a huge waste of money putting a fence around an unusable space.”

Harrow Council has announced plans to redevelop the area by the park known as Byron Quarter as part of a major £690 million regeneration project. 

There are plans to build 337 flats at the site, although there are fears these could be jeopardised by new planning laws and rising inflation.

Environmental campaigners have also criticised the plans in the past, suggesting they could have a negative impact on the park as the homes are set to be built right on its boundary.