Princes Street Gardens shelters temporarily boarded up after drinkers leave human excrement and waste

Shelters at Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens have been temporarily boarded up due to an increase in antisocial behaviour.

It is not clear yet when the shelters will reopen

Edinburgh City Council has confirmed that the decision was made to board up the shelters due to a ‘significant increase’ in antisocial behaviour linked to groups sitting in the shelters drinking, which has caused concern particularly during the ongoing pandemic.

Following the groups gathering in the shelter, staff who tend to Princes Street Gardens have regularly had to deal with cleaning up human excrement and waste.

The council have said that the incidents of antisocial behaviour have been reported to the police.

It is not yet clear when the shelters will reopen.

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